What is I-VLab

Created in March 2007, INTEROP-VLab is the International Virtual Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability, officially created as an AISBL (Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif) under the Belgian law, stemming from the network of excellence Interop-NoE (Interoperability Research for Networked Enterprise Applications and Software, FP6 508011) led by Research Group: “Production System” from IMS Laboratory, University of Bordeaux.

INTEROP-VLab is a virtual, i.e. distributed and coordinated research organization, which is capable of aggregating existing and future research laboratories in close connection with industry, to achieve a number of goals that each single participant organization could not reach.

Through its 9 regional poles, INTEROP-VLab is an international network, bringing together leading academics, research centers for Innovation, industrial stakeholders, SMEs, around the domain of Enterprise Interoperability (EI) and its associated domains: Manufacturing Modelling and Simulation and Method for :

• Definition and implementation of Performance Indicators and Impacts;
• Business and Technical Requirements elicitation for manufacturing solutions;
• Implementation of Factory of the Future (Industrie 4.0) solutions;
• Development and implementation of Supply Chain Management;
• Implementation of Internet of Things solutions.

Its strength comes from synergies, exchanges and collaborations between all actors in EI.

The aim of INTEROP-VLab is to maintain and develop the defragmentation of the ERA (European Research Area) in cooperation with other regions of the world, in order:

• To support the development of the Research, Education, Innovation, Standard in Enterprise Interoperability and associated domains.