Nowaday manufacturing industries are called to repeatedly and effectively respond to ever-changing market demands and generated by globalisation economy and customer saturation towards mass produced products. reasonably accurate forecasts and build to stock for traditional mass producing industries automotive. Mobile and decentralised decision market on core company activities is becoming the standard practice enabled by information and communication technology. moreover, value co-creation and customer integration in product design arise as promising means towards capturing the market's pulse and supporting bridging the gap between mass production and mass Customisation. Mobile technology evolves repeatedly the last decade the use of mobile applications has outpaced traditional PC-based web-browsing.
the exploitation of mobile devices and applications is eventually finding its application in a scientific context. applications are being developed for biochemical research, photovoltaic installation, calculation of sealant o-ring dimensions and pharmaceutic.
the EU funded project application envisages the creation of knowledge enriched application for supporting various phases of the products and factory lifecycle
although the term mobility may be interpreted as movement of physical Manufacturing resources, here it is defined as "the ability of a stakeholder to remain constantly and interactively connected to the company's fundamental activities and make remote decision