Efficiency Performance Operations Symbiosis Greet Van Eetvelde Ghent University
EPOS history Oct 2013
EPOS industries 5 global process industries ArcelorMittal Cemex INEOS Omya Veolia
EPOS consortium 5 global process industries 5 highly R&I minded SMEs from 5 key relevant sectors: steel, cement, chemicals, minerals, engineering 5 highly R&I minded SMEs IT, techs, business models, footprinting, comms 2 excellent science institutes UGent, EPFL
EPOS clusters 5 demo clusters 2 district clusters 3 industrial clusters
EPOS objectives build cross-sectorial knowledge find cluster opportunities develop innovative industrial symbiosis platform validate cluster opportunities enable cross-sectorial symbiosis provide wide range of technological and organisational solutions draw business models & validate cost reduction
EPOS drive reinforce competitiveness in EU industry by making businesses and operations more efficient, more cost-effective, more competitive and more sustainable across process sectors
EPOS impact technological virtual sector profiles map of cross-sectorial IS potential technological and organisational industrial and district clusters bottom-up, case studies simple & single EPOS management tool for IS incl. footprinter prospection for IS standard
EPOS impact socio-economic jobs & growth in industries ànd SMEs training of engineers & EPOS user club generic business scenarios outreach via associations and local communities potential for 15% cost reduction in EII calculated economic & sustainability gains (EPOS footprinter)