Fabrication and Fabulous

FABULUS aims at providing a system which creates and supports the configurations, methodologies, production techniques, decisions and actions at all different levels and stages of the equipment manufacturing value chain so as to achieve the goals of i) customer centricity, ii) on-demand manufacturing of lot sizes of one' and best meet the Industry 4.0 objectives of operational excellence, where mass customization and personalization have become the norm, and iii) zero-defect manufacturing which will increase efficiency, reduce waste, boost competitiveness and lower costs for European manufacturers, particularly for the SMEs. FABULUS will deliver an advanced configuration variants' framework and state of the art production paradigm, embedding key technologies into a unified platform ecosystem to manage live product innovation, via building and shipping "configuration to specification", through the seamless adaptation on new customer requirements. This involves a set of intelligent tools for real time analytics and prediction, and recommender systems, further integrated into FABULUS configuration environment. FABULUS "Customized Open Production" (sustainable mass customization and flexible manufacturing) system framework includes a set of equipment -service simulation models considering the a) equipment specifications, b) equipment design & materials, the suppliers, the manufacturing strategy (produce to order or make to stock), c) the equipment usage (profiles of customers), d) the equipment servitisation (type of maintenance services proposed), and eventually e) equipment recycling/reuse.