The network's main activities are the construction of an organisational framework and an elaborate information and communication infrastructure, the support of close cooperation between academia and industry in both the definition and realisation of appropriate working programmes and projects and the coordination and promotion of training, exchange, and technology transfer. They represent leading universities, research centers, and industrial companies. These are the application of planning and scheduling technology for Aerospace Applications , Workflow Management and On-line Scheduling , the field of Robot Planning , several planning and scheduling aspects in the context of Intelligent Manufacturing and Knowledge Engineering for planning and scheduling.
Every member can participate in any of the TCUs.
The NEC meets regularly and makes decisions on all financial aspects including the allocation of funds. It monitors the work of each TCU, constructs, monitors and publishes the technology road map, and it adapts the network strategy and activity plan accordingly - in cooperation with the European Commission .