Call for Solutions: Advanced Technologies for Resilience of Rail Supply Chains

Here are examples of the challenges you can propose. If one of these challenges seems to be relevant for you, you can copy, paste and complete it on the following question. If not, feel free to write your own challenge!

• "We want to optimise the manufacturing process of ......, as we have this type of problem...... / as we need to increase quantities...... / as we need to increase the quality because I have too much wastes..."

• "We want to improve the reactivity/quality of our Customer Service but we are a small team. How can AI or other solutions help us?"

• "We want to innovate how we deliver the maintenance service of fleets, reducing the time necessary and, possibly, the number of technicians involved. How could this be achieved?"
   
• "Our customer wants us to reduce the weight of our component ....... What alternative materials could I use for substitution?"
   
• "We want to reduce the energy costs of our manufacturing process, concerning .... What solutions could we find?
   
• "We want to increase the cyber resilience of our IT/OT. How can we do it?"
   
• "We want to lower the power demand of our distributed sensors/devices on board of trains..., without reducing bandwidth capabilities. How could we do it?"
   
• "Our company wants to increase its own sustainability while reducing energy costs through energy creation from waste. How could we do it?"
   
• "We are interested in real-time object-tracking, with specific reference to .... What technology/solution could we develop?"
   
• "Even more frequently we are requested to manufacture very small numbers of our component ... We want to start using Additive Manufacturing but we don't want to invest, for the time being, in big 3D printers, and we have to rely on a third-party. How can we be sure that the third-party only manufacture the exact number of pieces we are going to require? We have heard about Blockchain and traceability benefit. How could this be applied to our relationship with the third party?"  
   
• "In order to comply with privacy rules, we need to anonymise video-recording and images our solution .... will gather. How can we make it?"
   
• "We want to increase the speed/quality of data transmission of our device .... How can we do it?"
   
• "We want to start approaching the use of robotics in our manufacturing line / logistics / inspection service ... But we are an SME and we need to find an economic balance between the cost of the new investment and the saving in staff costs. What solutions could we consider?"
   
• "We are collecting a huge amount of data from our IoT sensors installed in our manufacturing factory / on passenger trains / on freight trains... but so far we aren't able to make the most of them. How could AI help us in this?"

• Advanced Manufacturing Technology
• Advanced Materials
• Artificial Intelligence
• AR/VR
• Big Data
• Blockchain
• Cloud Computing
• Connectivity
• Industrial Biotechnology
• Internet of Things
• Micro- and Nanoelectronics
• Mobility
• Nanotechnology
• Photonics
• Robotics
• Security