1. Application of multiple-criteria decision analysis in the improvement of design, production, logistics and service systems and processes
2. Research of modern organizational principles of “Lean, Green and Digital management” and case studies in enterprises with which there is already cooperation
3. Further development of the Learning Factory at the FESB, modeled on the leading laboratories and institutes members of IALF International associations of learning factories, which is adapted to local needs.
4. Development of I4.0/5.0 demonstration laboratory segments
5. Development of the M2M (Machine-To-Machine) communication based on the MQTT protocol
6. Development of scalable MES (Manufacturing execution system) system for communication and data gathering from production and assembly working spaces inside the laboratory
7. Further development of CNC milling machine: robust chassis manufacturing and closing of working space for noise and particles pollution reduction
8. Management of assembly systems using specially developed management algorithms based to complexity indicators within the assembly system
9. Modeling and simulation of real assembly processes by creating digital twins, using robots, sensors, actuators, IoT platforms (Internet of Things) and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation software
10. Development of decision support procedure for the MMAL balancing process that includes the integration of assembly complexity indicator
11. Quality management in the Industry 4.0/5.0
12. Activities regarding the membership in International Association of Learning Factories (IALF)
13. Activities regarding to the ERASMUS+ Project ExCurS

The Laboratory for Industrial Engineering and the Laboratory for measuring forms, dimensions and positions have the following equipment used for teaching and scientific research:

• server with 8 computers
• plotter
• 80 Siemens PLM licenses (CAD-NX, Technomatix, Teamcenter)
• 3D printer (2 pcs.)
• 3D scanner
• 3D television with 3D glasses
• Pick by light warehouse support system
• FESTO pick & place assembly cells
• 6 assembly tables for the gearbox assembly line with supermarkets
• conveyor belt for the gearbox assembly line
• four assembly tables
• assembly monitoring and management system based on RFID and RPi technology with LCD displays
• FRANKA collaborative robot
• automated guided vehicle (AGV) with automatic unloading system
• 5 VisTable software licenses for 3D production system design
• partly developed CNC milling machine tool
• various measuring instruments
• table for simulations with Arduino equipment

• Fraunhofer – IPK, Berlin, Germany
• Fraunhofer – IPA, Stuttgart, Germany
• Fraunhofer – ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany
• RWTH WZL, Aachen, Germany
• Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
• Reutlingen University, ESB Business School, Reutlingen, Germany
• Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
• Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• University of Mostar, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Computing and Electrical Engineering (FSRE), Bosnia and Herzegovina
• University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
• University of Kragujevac, Serbia
• Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
• Kaiserslautern University of Technology (RPTU), Germany
• University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FS), Slovenia
• Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
• Univerity of Ulsan, South Korea
• Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, CETPM Institute, Herrieden, Germany
• King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• University of Cádiz, Polytechnic School of Algeciras, Spain
• University of Aveiro, Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Portugal
• ESME School of engineering, Paris, France
• Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra (IPC), Portugal