Current state of MaaS approaches and best practices to advance the CE
This document presents the key findings and future perspectives of the MASTT2040 project (Manufacturing as a Service for the EU’s Twin Transition until 2040, Project Number 101138342), which aims to explore and guide transitions within the European manufacturing sector through the concept of Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) until 2040. MaaS provides a novel value proposition compared to traditional manufacturing, enhancing flexibility, resilience, and scalability due to advancements in connectivity, digitization, data access, and artificial intelligence.
Under the leadership of the Work Package (WP) leader, the project consortium has reviewed extensive literature and conducted interviews with key stakeholders and MaaS leaders to define and disseminate best practices and innovative business models in the field. This document serves as a guideline for communication and dissemination activities, ensuring effective and targeted engagement of all relevant stakeholders, including the broader manufacturing community, MaaS providers and users, the Circular Economy (CE) community, industrial associations, academia, standardization bodies, and policymakers at local, regional, national, and European levels.
Through the development of a Communication Toolkit, identification of relevant stakeholders, management of the project website, and development of an exploitation strategy, MASTT2040 aims to optimize the uptake of project results, maximizing future MaaS utilization for the benefit of the EU industry. This casebook highlights the best practices observed, detailing digital and automated access, instant cloud services, and the integration of deep manufacturing knowledge, which reduces the need for highly skilled workers and continuously improves through machine learning.
This document serves as a strategic guideline for both partner-level and collaborative communication activities, maximizing the visibility of the project’s objectives, activities, and achievements, and promoting an exchange of information on MaaS technologies and their future prospects.