Elastic Manufacturing explores how manufacturing companies can rapidly change their product volume and product mix. A key mechanism of interest is how manufacturing resources can be provisioned and deprovisioned to respond to variations in demand and supply. The project focuses on three sectors – food,  automotive, and aerospace. The project also investigates how technology providers can enhance the elasticity of manufacturers in these sectors. The project answers these questions through case studies, laboratory-based testbeds, demonstrators, and industrial pilots.  

People: Prof. Duncan McFarlane, Prof. Tim Minshall, Dr. Chander Velu, Dr. Nikolai Kazantsev, Dr. Sudhir Rama Murthy, Darius Danaei

Project partners: University of Nottingham and Imperial College London