The slides presented during the FITMAN Support Webinar to A16 on November 20th, 2014.

1. FITMAN Support Webinar to A16
Katerina Achinioti1, Clare Hooper2,
Jesus Benedicto Cirujeda3
(1 Innovalia Association, 2IT Innovation, 3ATOS)
20 November 2014
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FITMAN Support Webinar to A16

2. FITMAN A16 Support Webinar: Purpose
• Provide an overview of FITMAN deliverables,
technologies, methodologies for SME and WE
engagement, and other support relevant for
the A16
• Support A16 by:
- Contributing to Open Call texts
- Attracting the right SMEs/WEs
- Providing technical and non-technical support
(Promoting successful Phase III projects within
the context of ICT for manufacturing)
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3. Agenda
• Introducing FITMAN
• FITMAN Phase III Package
• FITMAN Specific Enablers and Platforms
• SME Engagement Methodologies –
Methodology for raising technology
awareness
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4. FITMAN: Future Internet Technologies
for MANufacturing industries
The mission of the FITMAN project is to provide the FI
PPP Core Platform with 10 industry-led use case trials in
the domains of Smart, Digital and Virtual Factories of
the Future
FITMAN Trials (4 conducted by Large Enterprises, 6 by
SMEs) will test and assess the suitability, openness and
flexibility of FI-WARE Generic Enablers while contributing
to the STEEP (social-technological-economical-environmental-
political) sustainability of EU
Manufacturing Industries.
The use case trials belong to several manufacturing
sectors such as automotive, aeronautics, white goods,
furniture, textile/clothing, LED lighting, plastic,
construction, and manufacturing assets management.
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5. FITMAN Phase III Package
fitman-fi.eu/phase-iii-package
Clare Hooper
IT Innovation
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and other FITMAN partners

6. The FITMAN Phase III Package
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and other FITMAN partners

7. User registration
• Please register to access the consultation documents and forum
• Visit fitman-fi.eu/phase-iii-package
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and other FITMAN partners

8. Phase III Package Content:
Methodologies and Tools
• Summaries of ‘verification and validation’ (V&V) outputs
– V&V method and criteria
– Business and technical indicators
– Assessment package and its instantiation
• Summaries of ‘SMEs innovation preparation’ outputs
– Ways to identify best practices and lessons learned
– SME and WE engagement methods
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and other FITMAN partners

9. Phase III Package Content:
Architecture and Trials
• Summaries of ‘baseline system’ outputs
– Use Case Scenarios and Business Requirements
– Trials IT Requirements
– Generic Enablers Selection
– FI-WARE Platform Instantiation
– Reference Architecture
– FI PPP Capacity Building Analysis
• Summaries of ‘experimentation sites’ outputs
– Trials IT infrastructure/platforms
– Trials Business Cases
– Competencies / Capability Gaps and Open Call Specifications
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and other FITMAN partners

10. Phase III Package Content:
Further materials
• T&Cs for FITMAN Specific Enablers
• Checklists
– legal issues
– business models
– external resources
• Intermediaries’ best practices and lessons learned for
Phase III
• The consultation documents themselves
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and other FITMAN partners

11. Services
• Support
– please send questions to fitman-support@
txtgroup.com
– Questions and answers will be hosted on the FAQ
fitman-fi.eu/phase-iii-package/support/faq
• Notification of updates
– Via social media (twitter.com/FitmanFI and
linkedin.com/groups?gid=4986259)
– Via email (please request this by contacting us on
the email address above)
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and other FITMAN partners

12. Phase III Package: Summary
• The Package provides
information and services for
Phase III Participants
– Information based on FITMAN
deliverables, plus supporting
materials such as checklists and
Specific Enabler T&Cs
– Services including an email
address for queries, an FAQ,
and notification of updates
• fitman-fi.eu/phase-iii-package
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and other FITMAN partners

13. FITMAN Specific Enablers
and Platforms
Jesus Benedicto Cirujeda
ATOS
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14. FITMAN Assets
Generic
Enablers
(GEs)
Specific
Enablers
(SEs)
Manufacturing
sector
Reference
Platforms
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Generic
Components
Specific
Components
Domain Specific Platforms
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15. Open Source
Components
for
Manufacturing
FITMAN Specific Enablers
http://catalogue.fitman.atosresearch.eu/
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16. FITMAN Specific Enablers
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17. FITMAN Reference Platforms
Real-time data collection & processing
for Shop-floor operations
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18. FITMAN Reference Platforms
Connecting people to information,
advanced data visualization
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19. FITMAN Reference Platforms
Cross-enterprise collaboration,
tangible/intangible asset management
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20. References & Support
FITMAN SEs: http://catalogue.fitman.atosresearch.eu/enablers
FITMAN Platforms: http://www.fitman-fi.eu/fitman-reference-platforms
FITMAN support:
http://www.fitman-fi.eu/phase-iii-package/
fitman-support@
txtgroup.com
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21. SME Engagement Methodologies
Katerina Achinioti
Innovalia Association
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22. Overview of methodologies
• Creating technology awareness
• Support for service/application development:
- Definition of lean start-up principle and Minimum Viable
Product (MVP) concept in FITMAN
- Definition of co-creation concept applied in FITMAN
- Definition of local service hypothesis and trial
- Local FITMAN ICT infrastructure deployment
- Data gathering and feedback
• Communicating Phase III achievements
Open Calls
Beginning of project-Product development
(Application/service)
Project end
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23. Methodology for creating technology awareness
A 5-stage methodology
Stage 1: Definition of the overall scope and target groups related to the
awareness activities
Stage 2: Identification of SME networks and detection of possible communication
means
Stage 3: Ranking of the networks’ potential impact and matching the networks
with communication means
Stage 4: Establishment of an active dialogue with the interested stakeholders
Stage 5: Continuous monitoring of the activities
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24. Stage 1: Definition of the overall scope and
target groups related to the awareness activities
Definition of the overall scope
- Definition of number of SMEs/web
entrepreneurs/sectors to be addressed
- Definition of the geographical scope
- Definition of timeframes
- Definition of expected outcomes
Definition of target groups
- Categories of group
- Type of activities
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25. Stage 2: Identification of SME networks and
detection of possible communication means
- Database of relevant networks including all
info (Name, geograph.scope, link to website,
contact details etc.)
- Detection of communication means (News
webpage, Newsletters, Events, Social media
accounts)
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26. Stage 3: Ranking of the networks’ potential impact and
matching the networks with communication means
• Ranking of the identified networks based on a
set or criteria (size, type of organisation etc.)
• Matching of networks with communications
means: depending on the profile of the
networks and the channels in place
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27. Stage 4: Establishment of an active dialogue
with the interested stakeholders
• The quality/relevance of the information
provided
• The choice of the right communication means
• The schedule of the communication plan
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28. Stage 5: Continuous monitoring of the activities
Establishment of indicators in order to monitor
and measure the progress of the activities:
• Indicators attached to the overall objectives of
the plan for the technology awareness
activities
• Indicators attached to the different
components of the activities
• Indicators measuring the progress of the
actions undertaken in order to reach the
expected outcomes
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29. Questions?
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