How can supply chains become truly circular and data-driven?
The CIRCULOOS CMRA Specification introduces the Circular Manufacturing Reference Architecture (CMRA), the technological foundation designed to orchestrate and optimise circular manufacturing supply chains. This deliverable defines the architecture that enables manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers to collaborate through interoperable digital tools, shared data spaces, and advanced analytics.
The CMRA framework integrates supply chain orchestration, sustainability assessment, digital twins, and AI-driven optimisation to support circular strategies such as reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling. By enabling secure data exchange and coordinated decision-making across multiple actors, the architecture helps organisations monitor production processes, evaluate sustainability impacts, and dynamically adjust supply chain configurations.
Through this specification, CIRCULOOS lays the groundwork for a scalable digital ecosystem that enables manufacturing stakeholders to design, simulate, and implement circular business models, thereby improving resource efficiency and reducing environmental impact.
👉 Discover how the CMRA architecture powers collaborative and sustainable manufacturing in the full deliverable.
D2.3 CMRA Specification defines the final version of the Circular Manufacturing Reference Architecture (CMRA) developed in CIRCULOOS. It provides a technical blueprint for building interoperable, secure and data-driven digital solutions for circular manufacturing supply chains. The architecture connects local factory systems with wider product and supply-chain data through a central digital twin data management platform, integrating services for data management, sustainability assessment, supply-chain orchestration and optimisation, cybersecurity, marketplace collaboration and specialised circularity tools. It also explains how the CMRA is implemented in the CIRCULOOS platform and illustrates its application through the project pilots and additional case studies.