PPEXT

Industrial Extensions to Production Planning and Scheduling

Coordinatore	"UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL"    more  Organization address address: COLDHARBOUR LANE city: BRISTOL postcode: BS16 1QY contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Alistair Cognome: Clark Email: send email Telefono: +44 117 328 3134 Fax: +44 117 328 3002
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	205˙200 €
EC contributo	205˙200 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES
Funding Scheme	MC-IRSES
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-05-01   -   2013-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	"UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL"  Organization address address: COLDHARBOUR LANE city: BRISTOL postcode: BS16 1QY contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Alistair Cognome: Clark Email: send email Telefono: +44 117 328 3134 Fax: +44 117 328 3002	UK (BRISTOL)	coordinator	90˙000.00
2	UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO  Organization address address: PRACA GOMES TEIXEIRA city: PORTO postcode: 4099 002 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Bernardo Cognome: Almada Lobo Email: send email Telefono: 351225000000 Fax: 351225000000	PT (PORTO)	participant	115˙200.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'This project (PPExt) has two EU partners: the University of the West of England (UWE) & the Faculty of Engineering of Porto University (FEUP), and three from Brazil: University of São Paulo (USP), Federal University of São Carlos (USFCar) & São Paulo State University (UNESP). The five institutions plan a large three-year joint research programme on a major competitive issue for both the EU and Brazil, with a strong economical and environmental impact: the optimization of production planning processes across several industries. The project will exchange research staff between the EU and Brazil to develop and test industrial extensions to models and optimisation algorithms in production lot sizing, cutting and packing and scheduling in 6 industries: animal nutrition, beverages, glass, dairy products, textiles and furniture. The specific objectives are to: 1. Formulate industrial extensions to production planning models that can handle the complexities of specific industries; 2. Develop methods to solve the models formulated; 3. Test the models and solutions methods in the six selected industry areas in both the EU and Brazil; 4. Disseminate the results within EU and Brazilian academia, and promote the transfer of knowledge from academia to industries; 5. Transfer knowledge between the EU and Brazil. All five partners are experienced in this field of research. Because of their complementary expertise, the partners have collaborated in the past, but at an intermittent pace, not taking full advantage of the potential synergies between them. The exchange programme will allow the partners to carry out a structured and integrated workplan, enabling long term and sustainable collaboration between the ERA and Brazil.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An EU project advanced industrial process modelling. Now, the outcomes are more realistic and will help improve planning in industries affecting both Brazil and the EU.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Industrial companies commonly use mathematical models to help economise production planning and scheduling. However, the available models are often unrealistic and need manual tweaking.

Aiming to improve matters was the EU-funded project 'Industrial extensions to production planning and scheduling' (http://www.ppext.eu (PPEXT)). The partnership included one university each from Portugal and the United Kingdom, which liaised closely with three from Brazil. The researchers worked together via long secondments. The group's goal was to increase the realism of industrial modelling solutions. The consortium lasted for three years to May 2013, and achieved all five of its objectives.

The research team developed extensions to production planning models that able to realistically handle the complexities of specific industries. It also devised methods for solving the models. Testing was conducted in six industrial applications, affecting both Brazil and the EU, and showed an improvement in efficiency.

Results were disseminated within Brazilian and academic European circles via conferences and formal publications. Furthermore, PPEXT's knowledge outcomes were transferred from academia to industry, and between Brazil and the EU.

The project also fulfilled a European Research Area (ERA) goal: to strengthen research relationships between the two regions. Plans for further collaboration are under development, such as extending the team's work into other applications, including health care.

Thanks to PPEXT, industrial modelling is more effective, and enduring research relationships have been forged between Brazil and the EU.