Project Description

ILIPT Final Dissemination Event

Feb 11, 2009; 09.00-13.00; Brussels, Autoworld

participation free of charge

Please register until Jan 28, 2009 by faxing the enclosed registration form to CLEPA.  

CLEPA Technology Day - Agenda:

CLEPA Technology Day - Registration form:

No customer wants to wait weeks or months for his individual car. But how to build an individual car - say in - only 5 days? The answer is ILIPT – Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies.

The investigated methodologies and processes simplify the development and production process in a cost effective manner. Further more it is possible to develop and produce every possible car-architecture regarding to the individual needs: 3-door hatchback, 5-door hatchback, wagon or notchback.

Join us at the CLEPA Technology Day 2009 in Brussels to see the first exhibits of the new effectiveness in car building.

The ILIPT project: 

It is apparent that the current business model in the automotive industry, of the mass-production of identical products, is flawed and becoming dysfunctional. The industry suffers from global over-capacity and rising stock levels and exhibits inherently low profitability. The automotive industry is a major contributor to prosperity throughout the Member States, reinforcing the imperative for research and validation of an alternative and innovative approach, in order to secure its benefits for the next generation. ILIPT addressed the conceptual and practical aspects of the delivery to the customer of a bespoke product only several days after placing the order, the automotive industry's exciting and radical new business model.

The project represents a radical leap for the European automotive industry from the "stock push" and "mass production" thinking of the last century, to a stockless "build-to-order" (BTO) production strategy. This requires the re-invention of the complete automotive value stream from material producers to end consumers of cars, through a cost optimised system delivering what the customer really wants without delay. Within the full framework of the "EU 5-Day Car Initiative", the Integrated Project "Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies" focuses on the following:

First, product configuration for build-to-order supply chains addressing new product technologies with the tools and management methods. Second, new concepts in delivering flexible production networks addressing collaboration across complete value streams and interoperability of these processes. Finally, novel methods and tools to assess and validate this radical business model for the European automotive industry. 

For more information please contact the co-ordinator mailto:juergen.stahl@thyssenkrupp.com