The aim of the EUREKA SMART Cluster project SmartCoNeT is to develop, test and validate systemic solutions and business models for collaborative, customer-based value creation. It aims at demonstrating in various use cases (reflecting application sectors of the SMART Technology Roadmap) and in important markets in Europe and Asia how intensive data exchange and intelligent analysis processes in manufacturing networks can improve the product quality, shorten the delivery time and increase the flexibility regarding dynamically changing customer needs (TRL 6 to 8). The use cases will mainly build on Industry-Academia tandems to ensure high-quality, industry-relevant results.