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I*PROMS FP6 Network of Excellence Industrial Questionnaire The competitive environment for manufacturing will be dramatically different in the year 2020 and beyond. Major changes will occur in a number of areas such as economics, education, competition, customers, globalisation, ecological considerations, technology breakthroughs, social conditions and the workforce. For example, future cities would look radically different and all products are made from recyclable materials. The objective of this questionnaire is to provide a vision of the future manufacturing enterprise and the challenges it needs to address in order to remain competitive. The information gathered in this survey will be used to define the profound changes that will occur in manufacturing and not the next incremental steps. This is achieved by developing foresight reports and roadmaps intended to help the European Commission plan the research agenda for the 7th Framework Programme and beyond. This work is sponsored by the Innovative Production Machines and Systems (I*PROMS) Network of Excellence which is funded by the European Commission under its Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Click here to download the questionnaire. Research Updates Information is monitored and exchanged with universities and research establishments and with national and EC-funded research schemes. MTA also ensures that the UK machine tool industry is kept informed of European developments through discussions with CECIMO. |
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