Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems EngineeringManufacturing-X is a global initiative funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) to establish industrial data ecosystems. These are to be used across industries to exchange product and production data and use it in various use cases.
Manufacturing-X creates a common basis so that further use cases can be easily implemented after initial integration (see schematic diagram). These use cases pursue both industrial and social objectives. For example, Industry 4.0 aims to digitize factories and improve the resilience and efficiency of supply chains. On the other hand, healthcare is to be improved and Sustainability increased. The latter enables recyclers to recover resources from products more efficiently, for example. Standardized product passports such as the battery passport are suitable for this purpose. Manufacturing-X offers value creation partners the basis for cross-industry collaboration in order to bring together the necessary product and process data.
