The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on the 18th that it has established a "smart manufacturing strategic technology roadmap" to support stronger competitiveness and growth for domestic smart manufacturing technology corporations.
The roadmap is a follow-up measure to the "AI-based smart manufacturing innovation 3.0 strategy" released at the Cabinet meeting on state affairs in Oct. last year. It aims to specify the direction of technological innovation in the smart manufacturing industry and to establish research and development (R&D) strategies centered on the sites of small and midsize corporations.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) divided the smart manufacturing field into 14 strategic areas and, considering strategic importance and technology levels, selected seven core areas. These are ▲ big data and AI ▲ CPS and Digital Twin (a technology that consolidations an actual factory with data for control and creates a virtual replica for analysis and prediction) ▲ production management systems ▲ logistics management systems ▲ identification systems and machine vision ▲ control systems and controllers ▲ communication network equipment.
Reflecting policy consistency and market growth potential, a total of 49 promising technology items were also derived. First, 18 were selected as "technology innovation type." The plan is to narrow the global technology gap and secure technological leadership by obtaining high-difficulty, high-performance advanced technologies.
The "demand-corporation utilization type" (31 items) can be developed within three years based on relatively mature technologies and focuses on spreading to manufacturing sites and accelerating digital transformation (DX/AX) of small, midsize, and mid-tier corporations.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) plans to specify the direction of smart manufacturing technology development and set R&D investment priorities through this roadmap. This year, it will expand the scope of application from seven areas to 14 to minimize gaps in the smart manufacturing field.
Regional Corporate Policy Director Kwon Sun-jae said, "We plan to ensure that this roadmap release does not stop at merely providing information, but is gradually expanded so that the derived items lead to results by linking them with R&D support projects and technology commercialization."