DEFINITION:

Includes involving customers in manufacturing value chain, from product process design to manufacturing associated innovative services

OBJECTIVE:

Development of management processes that permit standard production in environments with highly changing rates or model changes.

(Source: SMART report, paragraph 4.1.8)

TECHNOLOGIES:

1. Simulation, concurrent engineering methods and prototyping technologies for shortening development and certification cycles.
2. Development of SHM (Structural Health Monitoring) as a qualification element for spacecraft.
3. Modular systems, structures and manufacturing for efficient adaptation to customer demands.
4. Flexible tool-less manufacturing and assembly.
5. Rapid prototyping techniques