Traditional six-sigma techniques adopted in industry show strong limitations in highly turbulent, variable and changeable production contexts, characterized by small batch productions, customized, or even one-of-a-kind products, and in-line product inspections.

Zero-defects manufacturing (ZDM) or is an emerging paradigm aiming at going beyond traditional six-sigma approaches in highly technology intensive and strategic manufacturing sectors through knowledge-based approaches. It’s about “first time right, and always right”.

ZDM brings most added-value and benefits at mass customisation and one-of-a-kind production as well as at complex and changeable manufacturing contexts. ZDM can radically increase productivity at multi-stage/single-stage levels and can bring system-level improvements at shop floor.

ZDM puts together monitoring and control, inter-stage correlations, multi-sensor information and advanced analytics, in order to act on defects repair, in-line reworks and proactive prevention.

Public ZDM full-day workshop on 24th Oct in Brussels

● Jointly arranged by 4ZDM Cluster & Manufuture ZDM Subplatform ●

Registration from 09:30

10:00 Welcome

• Progress, achievement and impact of FoF ZDM running projects
• Perspectives & expectancies of the new DT-ICT-07 projects
• Panel discussion on R&I project achievements and perspectives

LUNCH BREAK

• EFFRA talk: Opportunities for ZDM in WP-2020 and beyond
• shared vision, perspectives & expectancies of DG-RTD / DG-Connect
• Open discussion, brainstorming and next steps
• Wrap-up and conclusions

17:00 Safe travels home