Ever since the times of Henry Ford up to today's industry 4.0 era, flow-oriented assembly
processes, where an assembly line conveys the workpieces from workstation to workstation …

In the research on production economics, line balancing is an intensively studied
combinatorial optimisation problem. In our previous comprehensive survey on line …

Robotic process automation (RPA) is a software robot technology designed to execute rules-
based business processes by mimicking human interactions across multiple applications. As …

The accurate prediction of high-pressure rotor system assembly precision before assembly
is the premise of improving aeroengine assembly quality and performance. The existing …

Purpose Understanding the impact of project complexity on the mega construction project
success will help improve the efficiency of project management. However, the influencing …

In a demand context of mass customization, shifting towards the mass personalization of
products, assembly operations face the trade-off between highly productive automated …

Wire harness assembly is normally a manual assembly process that poses ergonomic
challenges. As a consequence of the rapidly expanding electrification of vehicles and …

Due to today's technological advances in the area of Industry 4.0, having a strategy for
cognitive automation solutions is crucial. Operator 4.0, will have handle and manage …

Featured Application The research study proposed in this paper provides valuable
knowledge to support companies and industrial practitioners in the shift from traditional to …

Product assembly is a crucial process in manufacturing plants. In Industry 4.0, the offer of
mass-customized products is expanded, thereby increasing the complexity of the …