Consultings

Scope:

During process execution, manufacturers often need real-time insights into the effects of changing parameters. Simulations, while informative, cannot run in real-time, making it impossible to wait for their results during ongoing operations. This limits the ability to understand and control processes effectively.

Reduced Order Model (ROM) is an expert-driven solution tailored to a specific industrial problem, developed and delivered as part of a consultancy service. While not a generic commercial software, the resulting ROM can be provided in a software form—such as an API or a standalone interface—depending on the client's needs. Designed for real-time performance, ROM allows simulation of the impact of pre-defined parameters on the final outcome of the process, offering fast and actionable insights to support decision-making and process optimization.

Approach:

The primary value of ROM developed at ENSAM lies not in a ready-to-use software product, but in the specialized, expert-driven process of creating ad-hoc ROMs tailored to specific manufacturing scenarios. This service-based approach allows ENSAM to deliver real-time simulation capabilities and actionable insights that are finely tuned to each client's needs. Such ROMs can be seamlessly integrated into automation systems or used to provide immediate, context-specific feedback to operators. Unlike generic commercial solutions with limited ROM functionalities, ENSAM offers a consultancy service that leverages in-depth academic and technical knowledge to develop customized ROM solutions. This makes ROM not an exploitable software in itself, but a high-value service offering that enables manufacturers to optimize processes with precision and speed.

Outcome:

ROM can be offered as a tailored service rather than a commercial off-the-shelf software. Each ROM is developed ad-hoc by ENSAM experts to address a specific industrial need, ensuring that the model is fully aligned with the client’s process characteristics and performance requirements.

Deployment on Customer Infrastructure

Once developed, the ROM can be delivered in a format adapted to the client’s technical environment—such as a lightweight executable with a visual interface for engineers or as an API for integration into existing systems. Importantly, all deployments are intended to run locally within the customer’s infrastructure, ensuring full control, data confidentiality, and ease of integration with production systems.

Service-Oriented Use Model

This offering is positioned as a consultancy service that includes the definition, development, and delivery of the custom ROM, along with optional training, maintenance, and support. Rather than a licensing model, value is generated through direct collaboration with clients, with ENSAM providing its expertise to accelerate product development, reduce simulation costs, and optimize process performance.