Tavoite

Project overall objective is to support digitalization and the development of digital service ecosystems among SMEs serving process industry. This is done with the help of identifying needs and opportunities among industry and serving SMEs to be developed further to practical level by the support of project partners. A key goal is to enhance cooperation from industry and country specific to cross-industry and cross-country level. SMEs will practically benefit from the projects through ecosystem business modelling, technical piloting, preparing proposals for research and innovation funding, and building ecosystem collaboration with larger suppliers.

Tulokset

Important results include:
  • To identify digitalization development plans, needs and opportunities in the industry
  • To identify digitalization potential and consult SMEs serving the industry: state-of-the-art; maturity and plans
  • To identify digitalization cases with potential with the help of intercompany cooperation incl. cross-sector and cross-border opportunities
  • To initiate cooperation and new ecosystem business models in digitalization ecosystems around specific needs and opportunities
  • To pilot and demonstrate digitalization cases with SMEs, industry and possibly large suppliers
  • To help company groups to search for funding in digitalization cases where development is needed
  • To prepare European projects (RIA, IA) when digitalization research is needed to support the development
  • To evaluate and analyse the work throughout the conduction of the project
  • To build a ecosystem digitalization method and piloting tool kit for further use
  • To build digitalization education and training material within digital technologies which will be used both by companies and in education
Project is funded by Interreg Nord and Regional Council of Lapland (Lapin liitto)

Tulosten hyödynnettävyys

Yhteistyö mukana olleiden yritysten kanssa jatkuu. Pohjoinen yhteistyö kehittyy H2020 ja HEurope hankkeet jatkuvat, minkä lisäksi tunnettuus Euroopassa kasvaa. Tämä johtaa uusiin hankkeisiin.