This pilot scenario addresses the agile supply network through circular economy activities involving multiple European companies from the manufacturing ecosystem. At present, the supply chain and business relationships in the manufacturing ecosystem are being managed via traditional communication means. Key issues include the lack of waste tracking and tracing functionality, lag in material transition phases and entry barriers for new innovative European companies related to limited awareness of business opportunities within the ecosystem and complexity of collaboration procedures. Both research and real-world examples highlight the issues concerning the interoperability and integration of enterprise systems.
The federated services of EFPF will provide tools for the integration of enterprise systems and a marketplace for negotiating business contracts concerning waste collection, management and purchase-back of the processed/recycled material by the manufacturing companies. The current, limited availability of shop-floor automation tools and support for agile network management; as well as the need for experimentation and validation of existing solutions in real-world conditions necessitate the use of an EFPF-like environment in the circular economy scenarios.
The EFPF platform provides digital tools that enable SMEs to take part in closed-loop supply chain activities and also develop new business opportunities through multi-sided marketplace feature.
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