Euromind

The current situation in the shipbuilding sector is characterized by an ever increasing need for cooperation of shipyards, system integrators, equipment manufacturers, professional service providers and, of course, ship owners. The application of standards is crucial for the development of European innovative business practices and services in distributed engineering / manufacturing, and supply chain management.

EUROMIND promotes solutions on how to improve the European Shipbuilding Supply Chain Collaboration by connecting digital systems via open standards.

The following results are foreseen:

1. Identification of showcases based on Best Practices in shipbuilding collaboration by connected ICT-systems, in order to bring ebusiness to the workplace as a fully recognised and implemented effective tool.
2. Analysis of potential innovative shipbuilding collaboration business solutions, based on digital communication via open standards for transactions, and required legal frameworks, security, etc.
3. Compilation of a EUROMIND Handbook for Standards-based Shipbuilding Collaboration and a corresponding training course, to disseminate best practices into an open European virtual maritime network in order to bridge the knowledge gap between the SME’s and the state of the art ICT.
4. Stimulate maritime companies in both old and new European member states to participate in this network and to reach an increased level of standardisation, collaboration and integration in the European maritime supply chain.

The project is funded by DG Enterprise.

For further information, also see the EUROMIND project website.