Abstract The field of Large-Scale Metrology has been studied extensively for many decades
and represents the combination and competition of topics as diverse as geodesy and …

Quality inspections are performed in almost every production system to prevent
nonconforming products from reaching final customers or end users. Quality inspections are …

Anomaly detection is an essential task for quality management in smart manufacturing. An
accurate data-driven detection method usually needs enough data and labels. However, in …

The prediction of defects occurring during manufacturing processes is one of the strategies
to be implemented by organizations to reach the goals of Zero-Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) …

In the manufacturing field, the assembly process heavily affects product final quality and
cost. Specific studies, concerning the causes of the assembly defects, showed that operator …

Designing appropriate quality-inspections in manufacturing processes has always been a
challenge to maintain competitiveness in the market. Recent studies have been focused on …

Quality-inspection strategies play a pivotal role in providing consumers with high-quality and
defect-free products. In order to withstand the competition, organizations have an increasing …

The design of appropriate and successful quality-inspection strategies plays an important
role within manufacturing organizations. It is one of the leverage factors to ensure customers …

With the need of more responsive and resilient manufacturing processes for high value,
customised products, Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) remain a very relevant …

Designing quality-inspection procedures may be difficult for short-run manufacturing
processes, due to poor effectiveness of the classical statistical process control (SPC) …