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ANNEX
I
Suggestions for TransatIantic/International
Collaborative Projects
TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATIVE COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS OVER GLOBAL NETWORKS
The ability of an international team to rapidly design, prototype, and manu-
facture a product is a key requirement for globally active firms. The new pres-
sures on business include:
.
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Reduced product life cycles. Time-to-market is becoming an ever more
significant factor contributing to the ability to achieve market share, prof-
itability, and even survival.
· Increased cost pressures. The need to control costs, with the correspond-
ing desire to improve productivity, continues unabated with renewed em-
phasis on the productivity of knowledge workers.
Increased demand for quality and customer service. As competition
builds, the increase in customers' expectations for responsiveness and per-
sonalized support is beginning to change the culture and operation of many
industries.
Changing markets. The only constant for business is that things will
change. The need and ability to respond rapidly to changing market forces
continues to push firms to adopt and implement technology.
New business models. Constant change is now pushing into the very core
of many corporations with corresponding new business models emerging
for the way in which organizations and people work together. These in-
clude telecommuting, virtual corporations, collaborative product devel-
opment, and integrated supply-chain management.
There is a need to develop computer-based methods and applications to ad-
dress the challenges of a global marketplace. One major challenge is to demon
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54 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SYSTEMSIN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY
strafe the feasibility of conducting business over transatlantic Asynchronous Trans-
fer Mode (ATM) and Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) networks and in
particular to show the real-world benefits of conducting the entire international prod-
uct development in such an environment. A second challenge is to enable SMEs to
become world-class companies by providing them the capabilities to effectively
synchronize, manage, and develop their resources throughout the world.
The goal of such a project should be to show to small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) in the United States and Germany that private ATM- and
ISDN-based intranets will provide a reliable and secure means of transporting
data, voice, and video services among distributed firms. This will include inte-
gration of existing technologies to support the concurrent engineering method as
it is applied to the product development process. These technologies include
telemedicine, enterprise resource planning, CAD modeling, computer-supported
cooperative work, user interface design, process management and documenta-
tion, virtual reality, and ATM and ISDN wide-area networking.
A set of realistic, factory-oriented product development scenarios and quan-
titative metrics for evaluating success should be developed, and the scenarios and
metrics using the technology base developed for concurrent engineering should
be implemented. Furthermore, distributed and collaborative virtual prototyping
practices for future enterprise models should be demonstrated.
An important activity within such a project might be the development of a
distributed decision-support system for medical diagnosis and training. This
should address the following problems:
· Utilization of distributed competence centers for different diagnosis tasks
on demand;
· Utilization of intelligent data handling and diagnosis;
· Integration of different data sources and diagnosis methods; and
· Remote training support.
Several institutions have already shown interest in such a project (e.g., in Germany,
the Fraunhofer Institut for Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Darmstadt, and the
Gesellschaft cur Forderung Angewandter Informatik e. V., Berlin, and in the United
States, the International Computer Science Institute [ICSI] in Berkeley, California,
and the Center for Research in Computer Graphics, in Providence, Rhode Island).
There are many companies in both Germany and the United States interested
in getting involved in and prototyping and evaluating applications developed to
run on such a platform.
SUGGESTED DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSATLANTIC
NETWORK OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTERS
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has a long history of active support
for specialized information analysis. The DOD Information Analysis Centers
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ANNEX I
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(IACs) are unique organizations with the mission of collecting and disseminating
information to practicing scientists and engineers in both the government and the
private sector. As of October 1991, there were 23 IACs in operation.
The IACs' information collection activities systematically identify, catalog,
and collect published information in specified subject areas. Many of the sub-
ects would not be suitable for a joint U.S.-German effort; however, many of the
IACs are active in areas which have broad technical interests in both countries.
To explore further the opportunities and obstacles related to joint U.S.-German
activity in this area, a study is proposed that would:
· examine the mission and authority of the existing IACs to determine if it
is within current authority to expand the client base to foreign scientists
and engineers.
survey existing German research institutions to identify similar informa-
tion-analysis organizations in Germany;
· design a collaborative effort for information analysis on a multinational
basis;
· build collaborative relationships between U.S. Information Analysis Cen-
ters and their German counterparts; and
· evaluate the results of the collaborative effort and identify communica-
tions methods that contributed to success.
It is anticipated that a multinational information analysis center would
achieve greater effectiveness with a larger client base and realize economies of
scale. The long-term objectives of the German-American binational panel will
be advanced as a result of the experiment and collaborative effort.
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COLLABORATION AMONG GERMAN AND
U.S. INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS
The following suggestions of possible collaborative projects were collected
by a German delegation member from member associations of the German AiF.
The project ideas differ as to their level of concreteness (i.e., concerning the
detailed definition of the project methodology and aims, the potential for support
by German and American sponsors, etc.~. In any case, they show a broad interest
by German and American institutions in collaborating in the area of pre-
competitive applied research.
Project title: Integrated Supply Chain Management Program
R&D partners:
Sponsorts):
Gesellschaft fur Verkehrsbetriebswirtschaft und Logistik,
Nurnberg
Lehrstuhl fur Logistik der Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
Center for Transportation Studies, MIT, Cambridge
Amoco, AT&T, CVS, Monsanto, Proctor & Gamble, Roadway
Logistics Services, XEROX, Siemens Volkswagen, Quelle
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Project title: Traffic information system
R&D partners: Forschungsinstitut fur Logistiksysteme in Ballungsraumen,
Herne
California State Department of Transportation
Sponsorts): California State Department of Transportation
Project title: Customer information system
R&D partners: Forschungsinstitut fur Logistiksysteme in Ballungsraumen,
Herne
California State Department of Transportation
Sponsorts): California State Department of Transportation
R&D partners:
Project title: Value management/value engineering as an instrument of inno
vation management in small and medium-sized enterprises
Lehrstuhl Industriebetriebslehre, Universitat Dortmund
Society of the American Value Engineers (SAVE), Franklin,
Pennsylvania
AiF, SAVE
Sponsorts):
Project title: Standard production planning and control system for globally
operating production networks
R&D partners: Forschungsinstitut fur Rationalisierung, RWTH Aachen
BDO Seidmann Ltd., Atlanta
N. N., U.S. research institute; N. N., production company
Possibly AiF for the German part
Sponsorts):
Project title: Tools for the design of flexible organization structures
R&D partners: Forschungsinstitut fur Rationalisierung, RWTH Aachen
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, MIT, Cambridge
Sponsorts): Possibly AiF for the German part
Project title:
Analysis of cooperation in supply chains in the area of production
technology on the basis of an American-German comparison
R&D partners: Forschungsinstitut fur Rationalisierung, RWTH Aachen
Sloan School of Management, MIT, Cambridge
Possibly AiF for the German part
Sponsorts):
Project title:
R&D partners:
Friction reduction at the forming edge by compressed air
lubrication
Institut fur Umformtechnik und Umformmaschinen, Universitat
Hannover
Alcoa Technical Center, Pennsylvania
Sponsorts): Possibly AiF for the German side
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Project title:
R&D partners:
Sponsor(s):
Project title:
R&D partners:
Sponsor(s):
Project title:
R&D partners:
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Pressure control of blank-holder in relation to drawing force
Institut fur Umformtechnik und Umformmaschinen, Universitat
Hannover
Alcoa Technical Center, Pennsylvania
Possibly AiF for the German side
Pulsating pressure of blank-holder
Institut fur Umformtechnik und Umformmaschinen, Universitat
Hannover
Ohio State University, Columbus
Possibly AiF for the German side
Determination of elastic recovery in deep drawing
Institut fur Umformtechnik und Umformmaschinen, Universitat
Hannover
Ohio State University, Columbus
Sponsor(s): Possibly AiF for the German side
Project title: Smoke development in arc spraying processes
R&D partners: Forschungsvereinigung SchweilSen und Schneiden, Dusseldorf
Lehrstuhl fur Werkstofftechnologie, Universitat Dortmund
High Temperature Laboratory, University of Minnesota
Thermal Spray Lab, University of New York, Stony Brook
Sponsor(s): Possibly AiF for the German side
Project title: Joining of plastic and light metal parts
R&D partners: Forschungsvereinigung SchweilSen und Schneiden, Dusseldorf
Fraunhofer-Institut fur Angewandte Materialforschung, Bremen
Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark
Sponsor(s): Possibly AiF for the German side
Project title: Orbital welding of tubes with tungsten-inert gases
R&D partners: Forschungsvereinigung SchweilSen und Schneiden, Dusseldorf
SchweilStechnische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Munchen
Astro Arc Polysoude, Sun Valley, California
Sponsor(s): Possibly AiF for the German side
Project title: Bolt welding with lift ignition for aluminum
R&D partners: Forschungsvereinigung SchweilSen und Schneiden, Dusseldorf
SchweilStechnische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Munchen
TRW NELSON Stud Welding Division, Elyria, Ohio
Sponsor(s): Possibly AiF for the German side
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Project title: Use of neural networks for controlling welding processes
R&D partners: Institut fur SchweilStechnische Fertigungsverfahren, RWTH
Aachen
N. N. (Negotiations with various American partners)
Sponsorts): Possibly AiF for the German side
Project title: Structure and characteristics of glass melts
R&D partners: Huttentechnische Vereinigung der Deutschen Glasindustrie,
Frankfurt/M.
Center of Glass Research, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
N.Y. State College of Ceramics, Alfred University
SponsortsJ: Presently: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
National Science Foundation
Problem: Orientation too basic because of requirements of
funders.
interest in AiF support for more practice-oriented research
Project title: Revolution control of ring spinning machines
R&D partners: Institut fur Textil- und Verfahrenstechnik, Denkendorf
Milliken & Company
Sponsorts): Milliken & Company
R&D partners:
SponsortsJ:
Project title: Development of composite textiles and garment ensembles for
foul-weather protection with optimized comfort
Bekleidungsphysiologisches Institut, Hohenstein
Adidas, Herzogenaurach
W. L. Gore
Maiden Mills
Pearl Izumi
In Sport
Adidas, W. L. Gore, Maiden Mills, Pearl Izumi, In Sport
Project title: Production of emulsions by membranes
R&D partners: InstitutfurLebensmittelverfahrenstechnik,UniversitatKarlsrOhe
Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Sponsorts): Possibly AiF for the German part
Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
R&D partners:
Sponsorts):
Project title: Improvement of reaction flavors with respect to the original
food flavors
Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Lebensmittelchemie, Garching
The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers
Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
Flavor Extract and Manufacturing Association
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Project title: Effects of fatty trans-acids in food on the composition of fatty
acids in human blood plasma and fatty tissue
Institut fur Biochemie und Lebensmittelchemie, Universitat
Hamburg
R&D partners:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Washington, D.C.
Sponsorts): Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Project title: Effects of phase transitions in food on deterioration of quality
R&D partners: Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnologie, Technische Universitat
Berlin
Center for Advanced Food Technology, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Sponsorts): Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
Project title: Application of high electric field pulses in food processing and
preservation
R&D partners: Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnologie, Technische Universitat
Berlin
Department of Food Science, Ohio State University, Columbus
SponsortsJ: Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
The Ohio Research Foundation
Project title: Authenticity control of fruit juice flavors
R&D partners: Institut fur Lebensmittelchemie, Universitat Frankfurt
Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida,
Lake Alfred, Florida
Sponsorts): Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
Project title: Inactivation kinetics and molecular modeling of conformational
transitions in enzymes at high pressure
R&D partners: Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnologie, Technische Universitat
Berlin
Center for Advanced Food Technology, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Sponsorts): Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
Project title:
Investigation of the nutritional balance of cereal-based products
made from unconventional raw material
R&D partners: Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnologie, Technische Universitat
Berlin
Department of Grain Science, Kansas State University,
Manhattan
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Sponsorts): Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
American Association of Cereal Chemistry, St. Paul, Minnesota
Project title:
Sponsor(s):
Investigation of the role of resistant starch in cereal-based
products from a nutritional and a technological point of view
R&D partners: Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnologie, Technische Universitat
Berlin
Department of Grain Science, Kansas State University,
Manhattan
Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
American Association of Cereal Chemistry, St. Paul, Minnesota
Project title: Investigation of the shelf-life of cereal-based products enriched
with high unsaturated fatty acids
R&D partners: Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnologie, Technische Universitat
Berlin
Department of Grain Science, Kansas State University,
Manhattan
Sponsorts): Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
American Association of Cereal Chemistry, St. Paul, Minnesota
R&D partners:
Project title: Investigation of the functional and nutritional properties of
p-glucans in cereal-based products
Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnologie, Technische Universitat
Berlin
Department of Grain Science, Kansas State University,
Manhattan
Sponsorts): Forschungskreis der Ernahrungsindustrie, Bonn
American Association of Cereal Chemistry, St. Paul, Minnesota
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