The increasing trend toward digitalization in logistics poses a significant managerial
challenge, particularly by fundamentally changing the traditional, manual workplaces in …

This study draws attention to the upcoming changes within sustainable value chains and
manufacturing environments caused by the digital transformation. With a special focus on …

Individualized manufacturing implies high flexibility of both the hardware and software of the
production lines based on a fast physical and logical system (de) commissioning. This paper …

This inductive research provides a deeper understanding of the digital transformation of
retail supply chains and its underlying impact on supply chain strategy and operational …

Order picking is a key task in almost all supply chains and has a significant effect on
operational efficiency of warehouses. Although most companies still rely on manual order …

Many advanced product manufacturing approaches have been introduced in the market in
recent years. Thus, it is critical to develop modern techniques which can effectively …

In a near future where manufacturing companies are faced with the rapid technological
developments of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Industry 4.0, a need arises to consider …

Facilitated by AI technology, the phenomenon of cognitive automation extends the scope of
deterministic business process automation (BPA) through the probabilistic automation of …

The recent increase in computational capability has led to an unprecedented increase in the
range of new applications where machine learning can be used in real time …

Human-centricity in manufacturing is becoming an essential enabler to achieve social
sustainable manufacturing. In particular, human-centric automation can offer new means to …