VISP - Value and flexibility Impact analysis for Sustainable Production
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Chalmers Tekniska Högskola AB - Industri och materialvetenskap |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 4 800 000 |
| Project duration | October 2018 - December 2023 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | FFI - Sustainable Production |
| Call | 2018-00535-en |
| End-of-project report | 2018-02692engelska.pdf (pdf, 3117 kB) |
Important results from the project
VISP aimed to develop modeling-based system support to assess the impact of new technologies in existing platforms in early development stages and demonstrate this with web-based tools. This has been done at Chalmers in close collaboration with both Volvo AB and Volvo Cars as industrial partners. New results have been published scientifically and its potential validated industrially by partners.
Expected long term effects
A modelling-based working method, with associated digital tools, has been developed which shows the strength of being able to value the flexibility of existing platforms and thus being able to value the resource and risk of integrating new, more sustainable technologies into the platform. This type of analysis cannot today be carried out in a quantifiable and repeatable/systematic way of working. The potential to use a modelling-based working method, supported with digital tools, has attracted scientific and industrial interest.
Approach and implementation
A doctoral student has been a central person in the research and development work, where Volvo Cars and Volvo AB have continuously worked together with the researchers. The first industrial cases at Volvo AB and Volvo Cars respectively exposed real problems with technology integration. The PhD student gained good insight into real and developed the modeling support with, among other things, completely new metrics for flexibility. A modular and digital development environment at Chalmers made web access possible, which was validated on new cases at the companies in the project.