Sidenor Use Case

The challenge

External and internal disruptions require reallocating the production to different production sites than originally planned. Currently, reconfiguration takes place manually and is based on expert knowledge and spreadsheet calculations. Moreover, decisions taken at the network level are not connected to the reconfiguration needed at the factory level.

The vision of the future process

Based on a secure data exchange using IDS & Gaia-X connectors and the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) concept, the resilience toolbox will guide the user through the steps for network reconfiguration by highlighting the differences with the current configuration status. In the production scheduler optimisation tool, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent will compute the scheduling of Thessaloniki’s plant based on the output of the Master producion scheuling optimisation tool and data from the ERP. The resulting schedule will be displayed to the user through a graphical user interface (GUI).

Involved project partners

• Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (Greece)
• Netcompany-Intrasoft (Luxemburg)
• Sidenor Viomichaniki Chalyva Anonymi Etairia (Greece)