Projects

Many businesses are being confronted with the challenge of introducing predictive maintenance. In this strategy, data from the operating environment of a machine leads to forecasts of imminent damage so that maintenance measures can be initiated at an early stage. This innovative data-driven maintenance strategy makes a major contribution toward increasing machine availability and profitability.

The Baden-Württemberg port strategy strengthens the role of inland ports on the Rhine, Neckar, and Main rivers in climate-neutral freight transport and responds to declining transport volumes on waterways in the 2040 federal transport forecast. The topic page outlines the approach, work packages, freight flow analyses, and transformation paths for politics, the port industry, and logistics companies, and brings together in-depth information on the project.

InstaScan turns paper into real data: AI recognizes content from waybills and accompanying documents, writes it to your systems as JSON, and speeds up workflows – open, secure, interoperable.

The SKALA project stands for scalable AI and blockchain solutions for automation and autonomization in value networks. The goal is to create an open, decentralized ecosystem that enables companies to design processes in production, logistics, and supply chain management in a secure, transparent, and efficient manner.

GreenComplAI is revolutionizing product compliance through AI-supported data validation and blockchain technology. The platform offers companies sustainable supply chain transparency, automated plausibility checks, and tamper-proof evidence. This makes compliance with EU regulations more efficient and easier.

SiMBA is an AI-based open-source solution developed by Fraunhofer IML. Through dynamic pricing, it enables the flexible and cost-efficient use of shared machine capacities. Elastic pricing is based on current demand and improves resource utilization and sustainability. This reduces energy costs, optimizes processes, and strengthens small and medium-sized enterprises.

ForestGuard demonstrates how open source and blockchain simplify verification for deforestation-free coffee supply chains. The project combines geodata, proof of ownership, and process data, supports due diligence declarations in accordance with EUDR, and strengthens data sovereignty along complex, cross-border value chains.

TRUSTyFOOD shows how blockchain makes food and agricultural chains more transparent, traceable, and sustainable. The aim of the EU project is to organize the fragmented image of blockchain in the agricultural sector and make it usable for agrifood logistics and food distribution. The solution: a European blueprint with standards, a roadmap, and services that provides practitioners with a clear basis for decision-making for future-proof blockchain implementations along the supply chain.

SafeFBDC combines Industry 4.0 with secure financial logistics. A blockchain-based smart invoicing solution enables autonomous, transparent invoices and programmable payments. Receivables are converted into digital assets, opening up new financing opportunities—including in Web3 and metaverse ecosystems—and increasing the resilience and efficiency of supply chains. Learn more now and help shape the future.

DUH-IT is working with H2-Trust to use open-source blockchain technology to digitally standardize the proof of origin of green hydrogen along the supply chain. For each batch, a digital product passport is created with information on origin, production conditions, and greenhouse gas balance; RED III criteria are checked. In addition to open-source tools, learning centers, and transfer circles, an interactive 3D demonstrator offers practical training and knowledge transfer as well as use cases and learning opportunities for direct knowledge transfer in companies.