This systematic review intends to identify how sustainable manufacturing research is
contributing to the development of the Industry 4.0 agenda and for a broader understanding …

This paper summarizes a vision of the challenges facing the so-called “Industry of the
Future” as studied by the research community of the IFAC Coordinating Committee 5 on …

Increasing global competition on product quality and production costs, and the need for
flexibility in production petition for transformed production processes which enable high …

With the development and application of advanced technologies such as Cyber Physical
System, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud …

Future manufacturing systems need to be more flexible, to embrace tougher and constantly
changing market demands. They need to make better use of plant data, ideally utilising all …

This research investigates a possible integration between Lean Six Sigma (LSS) tools and
principles and Industry 4.0 technologies. The aim is the development of a new pattern for …

This state-of-the-art paper is intended to set the scene for a special issue of the Computers
in Industry Journal on “Future Perspectives on Next Generation Enterprise Information …

Since 1960s, with the development of societal and related technologies, many advanced
manufacturing systems (AMSs) and modes have been put forward, and they have attracted …

With continued global market growth and an increasingly competitive environment,
manufacturing industry is facing challenges and desires to seek continuous improvement …

EU industry accounts for 15% of European value added and the industrial sector plays the
role of a key driver for research, innovation, productivity, job creation and exports. One …