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Challenges for European manufacturing industry, SMEs

Logistics account for up to 50% of total manufacturing cost of an item * PRODUCTIVITY CHALLENGE * Material Handling Industry of America, (1999) Annual Report 1998-1999, Charlotte, North Carolina

Shorter production cycles, individualization and customization require more flexibility FLEXIBILITY CHALLENGE

New technologies require strategic thinking, simulation, planning and re‐skilling SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES CHALLENGE

Innovation always relies upon the combination of technical knowledge and access to finance INVESTMENT CHALLENGE

L4MS – Unleash the full innovation potential for intra‐factory logistics

L4MS – Open platform for innovations in logistics Complete digitalization to enable cost effective deployment of small and flexible logistics solutions requiring no infrastructure change, no production downtime and no in‐house expertise. OPTIMIZING PLANNING AND TESTING MONITORING AND CONTROL DATA FROM IOT NODES 10 REAL FACTORY DIGITAL FACTORY TIMES FASTER

L4MS – Virtual marketplace This “one‐stop‐shop” for logistic automation will gather all the services offered by the partners. MENTORING MARKET INVESTMENT TRAINING

L4MS – Network of competence centres VTT (Finland) A network of 6 competence centres specialized in robotics and their respective ecosystems which will act as marketplace facilitators. IMECC (Estonia) IML (Germany) POLIMI (Italy) ICENT (Croatia) CUT (Cyprus)

L4MS – Industrial and business network Access to services offered by the technology suppliers (AGV manufacturers and system integrators) and the ASTI business developers (investors and brokers). AGV manufacturer and supplier KINE Creative system integrator ENG IoT service provider and integrator ED ICT service provider and integrator VIS 3D simulator for robot applications FBOX MWC Third party funding Training and skill HBD development Access to finance

L4MS – Complete solution L4MS ecosystem unleashes the innovation potential of manufacturing industry especially SMEs and Mid‐Caps across Europe. New innovative service and business models Low cost customized and standardized AGV systems APPLICATION EXPERIMENTS Easy access without in-house expertise Real evidence and data for the investors

How to get involved in L4MS

L4MS – Offer for SMEs and Mid-Caps Matchmaking with system integrators and mobile robots manufactures € Funding up to €250,000 State-of-the-art test environment within your region Business developers for innovative business and service models Technology expert for adopting latest logistics automation solutions Training to re-skill workers at your door step Finance for scaling up the new business and service models SMEs and Mid-Caps are invited to submit business proposals to participate in the acceleration program. Calls will be open in: 2018: 1st September - 30th November 2019: 1st September - 30th November

L4MS – Smartization program 2 months 8 months 11 months STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 Loans... VCs investment Scale up boot camp Business support Technical execution Mentoring Championship boot camp Technical and business proposal Match-making

L4MS Network Competence centers Satellite nodes VTT Dissemination TTU Training IMECC Market assessment OR LRA Trend analysis TRDA Expertise IML Infrastructure PBN Brokerage ICENT APMR POLIMI HTEC PRODINTECH CERTH MANUVAL CUT

L4MS – Join us … www.L4MS.eu @L4MS_EU L4MS Group

L4MS – partners H2020 Innovation Action - This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 767642