Kunskapsförmedlingen Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck
Professor Product Innovation
Production innovation is a strategic project that aimed to support the program Production 2030, in which innovation is a focus area, in order to boost and develop Sweden as a producing nation. The expected long-term impact of this project was to increase competitiveness of the Swedish manufacturing industry, and bridge the gap between product innovation and production innovation by enhancing understanding of production innovation. This resulted in case studies, exemplifying its importance for industry, and development of a framework for production innovation.
Direct impact has been to contribute with a basis for policymakers to enable and sharpen Swedish production innovation, and a useful framework for students, researchers, industry and society at large, not least for attracting young people to industry education, training and future jobs that will require our best talents. For companies, the project has contributed to increase awareness of the importance of innovation in production. The project points at that by communication with and between industry parties, the pride of employees and management of such firms will increase.
The project was operationally carried out in five work packages, with work package 5 dedicated to project management and administration. The project also participated in weekly pulse meetings arranged by the Production2030 programme management.
The five work packages were:
WP1 – Definitions and framework WP2 – Empirical review and analysis WP3 – Roadmap
WP4 – Communication platform
WP5 Project management
WP3 and WP4 included development and carrying out a PhD course (twice during the project period, now part of the Produktion2030 Graduate School).
2015 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2016 – 2018
2016 – 2019
Tooling constitutes a significant part in the economical investment of the hot stamping process. Significant benefits in production economy and environmental benefits can be attained by improving the tribological performance in hot forming operations of automotive components. The main idea of this project is to create tailored tool surfaces on dies made from cheaper and easier to manufacture tool steel for the hot stamping of ultra-high strength steels.
2015 – 2018
2016 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2016 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2014 – 2017
2017 – 2021
2014 – 2016
2014 – 2017
2016 – 2016
2015 – 2016
Development of a thermo-chemical test bed and implemenation of results for chosen processes and applications
2019 – 2022
2015 – 2016
2017 – 2018
2017 – 2018
2017 – 2020
2013 – 2016
Every manufacturing company measure and control production performance with a system of KPIs. The aim of the SMART-PM project is to investigate and demonstrate new ways of collecting data, transforming data to information and introducing new decision tools based on valid information and economic models of the production systems.
2018 – 2020
SeeCut focuses on cost-efficient production systems for secure collection, analysis, visualization, storage and sharing of production data. The project addresses the integration of new signals and sensors. For advanced products, like jet engine components, collecting data during manufacturing and usage is essential for quality assurance and remanufacturing. The project goals are to identify key technical requirements related to production data for use in digitalized value chains, define means to ease the run-time integration of new signals and data streams from manufacturing machinery and sensors, and define how to securely and cost-efficiently share data through the value chains in circular production.
2019 – 2019
2016 – 2016
2016 – 2017
2015 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2015 – 2015
2014 – 2014
2017 – 2018
2017 – 2018
2017 – 2018
With globalization and other megatrends as demographic changes and climate change, more knowledge is needed regarding production in an international perspective. PADOK Study Visit in India 2016 have given an increased knowledge regarding how production is conducted in India, some of the challenges producing companies in that region is facing and how Swedish companies interested in investing in production in India could act to establish themselves in the region.
2016 – 2016
2017 – 2018
2013 – 2017
The project focuses on economic and environmental sustainability and increased industrial competitiveness.
2017 – 2018
2014 – 2017
2015 – 2018
2017 – 2018
2013 – 2016
2016 – 2018
2017 – 2018
2015 – 2015
2014 – 2017
2017 – 2020
2015 – 2017
2013 – 2017
2016 – 2017
The SAPPA project is about innovative cloud-based predictive and preventive maintenance systems, improving availability of products and production systems.
2014 – 2016
2017 – 2019
2014 – 2017
RemProLife aims at improving the use of life-cycle information to achieve more efficient remanufacturing from economic and ecological perpectives.
2013 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2015 – 2016
2015 – 2016
Increased sustainability and cost effectiveness through improved strategic decision-making in production issues based on new metrics system for production and development.
2015 – 2017
2014 – 2018
2017 – 2018
Reduced lead times and improved performance for tooling through innovative manufacturing and assembly strategies as well as optimised design enabled by use of additive manufacturing (AM).
2016 – 2018
