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INESC TEC is leading a project aimed at making Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) more accessible, efficient, and applicable within industrial contexts.
27th May 2025
Digitalisation plays a vital role in decarbonisation, serving as an enabler of energy efficiency, process optimisation, and the transition to more sustainable operations. In a sector like agro-food, where energy consumption is often high, digital transformation allows for real-time monitoring and control of resource use, while supporting data-driven decision-making.This is where INESC TEC comes in. As part of the Roadmap for Decarbonising the Agro-Food Sector, the institute developed specific methodologies to support the digital transformation of companies within the sector; let’s take a closer look.
26th May 2025
The EurOMA Sustainability forum will bring together researchers from all over the world to discuss and rethink the current linear model of supply and demand, and show how companies can adopt regenerative and restorative operations that have a positive environmental and social impact. Porto will host the event over the next two years.
17th October 2024
A resilient supply chain must be able to innovate and adapt to new realities. The RISE-SME project relies on INESC TEC to provide supply chain stakeholders with more solutions to detect and anticipate disruptions. In Portugal, 99.9% of the business fabric features SMEs.
17th October 2024
"Shop floor digitalisation – making digitalisation happen in the Industry"; this is the name of the new training programme organised by INESC TEC and INEGI, scheduled for October. The programme is designed to help companies face the challenges of digitalisation and applications are already open.
16th July 2024
Online shopping and just-in-time delivery – or almost. We became familiarised with this scenario over the past few years, mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The environmental impact of new retail strategies is not yet fully known, particularly regarding new business models and consumption habits, associated with e-commerce; this was the starting point of the e-LOG project, led by INESC TEC, which has now come to an end.
17th April 2024
Over the next three years, a group of European researchers, including a team from INESC TEC, will work on the development of management models to support the manufacturing industry – namely small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); the goal is to identify potential disruptions in current and future supply chains. This work will take place within the European RISE-SME project, focusing on four industrial ecosystems: Agro-food, Digital, Mobility and Transportation, and Textile.
11th March 2024
Digital transition, innovation, business empowerment, financing, disruptive technologies; and a certainty: 2024 will be a year of opportunities for companies that are willing to take risks. Close to 100 participants gathered at Palácio do Freixo to get to know ATTRACT project, coordinated by INESC TEC.
08th February 2024
Over recent years, there have been several social, economic, and environmental changes leading to the transformation of supply chains. The European project ReSChape focuses on this exact question, analysing the impact of said changes and presenting strategies and management models to improve the supply chains' sustainability and resilience. The project also aims to ensure that people are at the centre of businesses.
16th November 2023
How can science and technology support the industry in the digital transformation process, contributing to the creation of more sustainable manufacturing systems and supply chains? A group of INESC TEC researchers participated in the 32nd edition of the FAIM2023 International Conference to present the work developed by the institution in flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing - focusing on Deep Reinforcement Learning, Augmented Reality and Digital Twin solutions.
25th July 2023
On May 9, INESC TEC presented the i4.0 strategic and technological plan for the Advanced Production Systems (SAP) sector in the Entre Douro and Vouga region, developed within the scope of the SAP 4.0 project; the event took place at the SIMOLDES group test centre, in Oliveira de Azeméis. The session also featured the presentation of a success case within the scope of digitalisation, promoted by the company SIMOLDES PLÁSTICOS S.A.
12th June 2023
Henrique Diogo Silva, researcher at INESC TEC and PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), is one of the winners of this year’s edition of the R&D@USA grant programme, promoted by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Those selected have the possibility to carry out a research internship in the United States of America.
20th February 2023