Digital manufacturing toolbox for supporting the manufacturing SMEs

Abstract

In this paper we will report our development of digital manufacturing toolbox which supports small and medium-sized enterprises in their cognitive and practical production development processes. The toolbox - or a set of tools - is part of a more extensive toolbox of supports for companies, which is developed as an essential part of the TARGET - Making Regional Manufacturing Globally Competitive and Innovative - project and will respond on the needs of the small and medium-sized manufacturing companies facing the challenges of adopting the digitization in their functions and the barriers caused by the remote location on the northern periphery region.