The Intelligent Manufacturing Systems initiative is an international collaboration framework between the EU and Norway, Australia, Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland and the US. (Source: Cordis)
See also:
European IMS site
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p.39, 86) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems
> Challenge 7: ICT for the Enterprise and Manufacturing
