Enterprises are confronted with new customer requirements and challenged by global
competition leading to fundamental changes of today's industry. Against this background, at …

Superior business performance is a central objective of any firm in an unpredictable
environment. Organizational agility (OA) constitutes one option for prospering in this …

There is no doubt that new technology has become one of the crucial parts of most people's
lives around the world. By and large, in this era, the Internet and the Internet of Things (IoT) …

Manufacturing is continuously evolving from concept development to methods and tools
available for the production of goods for use or sale. Traditionally, manufacturing refers to an …

Smart manufacturing has received increased attention from academia and industry in recent
years, as it provides competitive advantage for manufacturing companies making industry …

Humans are accustomed to being tool bearers, but what happens when machines become
tool bearers, calculating human labour via the use of big data and people analytics by …

Traditionally, researchers have claimed agility as an attribute closely tied to the effectiveness
of strategic supply chain management. Because of its association with customer …

Recently, Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing (CC) have been widely studied and
applied in many fields, as they can provide a new method for intelligent perception and …

Lean manufacturing and agile manufacturing have been two prominent manufacturing
paradigms over the past decades, with the respective aims of reducing waste to achieve low …

The Internet of Things (IoT) has realised the fourth industrial revolution concept; however, its
applications in the manufacturing industry are relatively sparse and primarily investigated …