Lean Production is widely recognized and accepted in the industrial setting. It concerns the
strict integration of humans in the manufacturing process, a continuous improvement and …

The vision of the 4 th industrial revolution describes the realization of the Internet of Things
within the context of the factory to realize a significantly higher flexibility and adaptability of …

Considering the worldwide evolutionary stage of Industry 4.0, this study wants to fill in a lack
of information and decision-making, trying to answer a question about the level of …

Industry 4.0 has led to paradigm shifts and changes for planning and developing
manufacturing processes. To successfully embrace this revolution and confront the …

Manufacturing companies, independent of operation sector and size, must be able to
produce lot size one products, just-in-time at a competitive cost. Coping with this high …

To effectively cope with the complexity of manufacturing control problems the cyber-physical
systems are engineered to work in the social space. Therefore the research in the field of …

Abstract The Digital Age is becoming the de-facto of future direction in manufacturing
domain. Its main driver is the pressure of shorter product life cycles and leads companies to …

The phenomena of industrialization, which have shaped several centuries of history, have
been strongly influenced by technological progress called Industrial Revolutions [1]. The …

Industry 4.0 refers to fourth generation of industrial activity characterized by smart systems
and internet-based solutions. This book describes the fourth revolution based on …

Industry 4.0 or Industrial IoT both describe new paradigms for seamless interaction between
humans and machines. Both concepts rely on intelligent, inter-connected cyber-physical …