In today's global manufacturing environment, changes are inevitable and something that
every manufacturer must respond to and take advantage of, whether it is in regards to …

Disruptions in supply chains, changing customer requirement, and fluctuating volume
demands create a production situation where companies need to have the ability to …

In today's global manufacturing environment, change is inevitable, whether it is in markets,
consumer preferences, technologies, materials, or legislation. These types of changes have …

The capital goods industry supplies highly volatile marketplaces with products customized to
increase product performance and reduce operating costs. Consequently, an order winning …

Nowadays, product evolution and commercialization are done in very short cycles, therefore
the productivity and flexibility of current manufacturing systems are no longer competitive. As …

In a global market characterized by strong competition and quickly changing boundary
conditions, flexible and reconfigurable production systems can rapidly react to both …

Enterprises struggle to survive in today's socio-economic environment characterized by
globalization, shorter product lifecycle, demand for increased product variety and …

With the rapid development of computer technology and the urgent need for the frequent
modification of CNC equipment, one of the current research hotspots is the encapsulation of …

Changeability and reconfigurability can be considered decisive factors of competitiveness in
high-wage countries with pressure for cost reduction, extensive relocation of manufacturing …

Modular system architectures in both product and manufacturing domains are of high
interest in both academia and industry, as having modular product platforms and …