The International Manufacturing-X Council (IM-X Council), initiated by key stakeholders around the world and supported by a growing number of countries, is a collaborative global effort between industry, government, and academia to create decentralized manufacturing data ecosystems. Members include Alliance Industrie du Futur (France), CESMII (USA), Confindustria (Italy), KOSMO (Korea), NGen (Canada), Plattform Industrie 4.0 Österreich (Austria), Plattform Industrie 4.0 (Germany), RRI Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative (Japan), and the Smart Industry Program (Netherlands). Spain and Australia are participating in the IMX initiative and other members will join soon. The Council today releases its official website. This marks a significant step towards digital transformation in manufacturing supply networks. As a member of the IM-X Council, CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute is co-hosting the IM-X Council Meeting today at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville TN.
The IM-X Council has a clear vision to “Make Data Work,” driving manufacturing forward by connecting value chains across industries and countries, establishing a resilient and climate-neutral production cycle through global standards, and enabling new value creation within an interoperable, sovereign data ecosystem.
“The IM-X Council is focused on value creation with a federated, decentralized, and collaborative data ecosystem for smart manufacturing to support greater resilience, sustainability, and competitiveness,” shared John Dyck, CEO of CESMII. “We are proud to co-host the IM-X Council Meeting in tandem with the CESMII Member Meeting, happening this week at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.”