CIRCULOOS Platform Description (Design Phase)
CIRCULOOS is an emerging platform designed to accelerate the development of circular manufacturing value chains. Currently in the conceptual phase, the platform aims to provide an integrated suite of tools that support circularity across industries.
At its core, the CIRCULOOS platform is built on robust open-source foundations and powered by FIWARE technologies. By leveraging recognized open standards, it ensures maximum interoperability and seamless integration with other systems.
As a project, CIRCULOOS is extending the aforementioned core to offer a growing set of innovative tools tailored to circular economy needs, including:
Key components of the current design include:
Generic Platform Capabilities
Local Data Platform
A foundation for connecting equipment and IoT devices and for data sharing, ensuring scalability, resilience, and data sovereignty.
Data Sharing Framework
Facilitates robust data exchange within a unified ecosystem.
Circular Manufacturing Capabilities
Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration (RAMP)
A holistic platform helping MSMEs digitize production and adopt circular practices. It connects MSMEs, service providers and supply chain actors, promoting collaborations and resource optimization. RAMP also provides access to an inventory of 100+ digitisation solutions for manufacturing and near-instant integration with the IoT and Data Platform.
Sustainability Assessment (GRETA Tool)
Analyzes sustainability impacts—such as carbon footprint—across the product lifecycle (from cradle to gate), offering insights to support decision-making towards more sustainable practices.
Manufacturing Process Orchestration (Process Orchestrator Tool)
Coordinates multi-actor collaboration, including automated decision-making and task assignment, and monitors production processes to ensure sustainability targets are met.
Supply Chain Digital Twin (SCDT Tool)
Simulates and visualizes supply chain arrangements and factory workflows to provide a visual representation of the factory inputs, outputs, and internal processes as well as the interaction between the factories in the supply chain.
Supply Chain Optimization (SCOPT Tool)
Identifies effective intra-factory process arrangements and as well as supply chain arrangements with respect to LCA cost indicators.
CV-based System for Composition Detection
Separates and recycles plastics, enhancing material flow and enabling efficient circularity loops.
These tools and enablers are designed to support sustainable, resilient, and efficient manufacturing practices. Note that every component in the CIRCULOOS platform follows an implementation-driven approach and being developed with input from industrial pilots to ensure real-world applicability. Accelerating the extensive testing and expansion of the aforementioned tools and features is also part of the actions considered by CIRCULOOS as a project.
