REAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE INDUSTRY 5.0 TRANSITION OF THE MEUSE-RHINE MANUFACTURING SME (REAL)

Manufacturing SMEs (mSMEs) are at a turning point. While many mSMEs are still struggling with Industry 4.0, focused on automation and datadriven technology, Industry 5.0 is already emerging. This new paradigm integrates Industry 4.0, human centricity, sustainability, and resilience. For SMEs, this transition is especially challenging: limited resources and expertise make it difficult to integrate advanced data solutions and sustainability. The human centered approach of Industry 5.0 does however bring opportunities for better adaptation by SMEs.

Sustainability Data is a major and urgent aspect of the Industry 5.0 transition. The ability and flexibility to supply the right (format of) sustainability data is a challenge. For mSMEs doing crossborder business, this is even more complex given the (ever changing) regulatory differences per region. Without the flexibility created by a structural Industry 5.0 transformation, the mSME will be faced with either a loss in cross border business or an ever-increasing cost to keep up with diverse compliances.

The overall objective of REAL is to take the first step towards Industry 5.0 together with mSMEs in the Meuse-Rhine-region. Industry 5.0 is inherently interdisciplinary. For successful adoption in the MR-region, it is paramount to cut across the knowledge and innovation silos which currently exist across the borders. In the consortium, knowledge partners bring together interdisciplinary state of the art expertise. Ecosystem partners will mobilize mSMEs, provide insights from the field and find, engage and mobilize innovation silos.

REAL will integrate and translate Industry 5.0-technologies to hands-on solutions which mSMEs can work with. These solutions will be combined into REAL TOOLKITS, giving mSMEs easy access. mSMEs also need guidance on strategic and practical decision making, a mSME cannot change everything at once. This is supported through the REAL COMPASS.

As a border region, the Industry 5.0 transition is an even bigger challenge for the MR-industry: Cross border innovation & knowledge silos need to be linked, and flexible delivery of diverse sustainability data is required to keep up cross border business. mSMEs in the MR-region need the head start which the REAL project can bring to remain competitive in the near future.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der REAL Projektwebsite unter:

https://www.interregmeuserhine.eu/en/projects/real/