Assembly systems (ASs) have moved into the era of mass customisation and Industry 4.0 (I4.
0). Mass customisation involves a shift from the production of high quantities of the same …

Purpose Green or sustainable supply chain management (GSCM/SSCM) has in recent
years attracted much attention from academia and practitioners in all part of the world. In …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for analyzing the
relationships among Additive Manufacturing adoption, flexibility, and performance in the …

Even though research has suggested that supply chain agility and supply chain adaptability
are distinct capabilities, little is known about their performance effects and about the …

Increased globalization, varying customer requirements, extended product lines, uncertainty
regarding supplier performance, and myriad related factors make supply chains utterly …

A great challenge facing industry today is managing variety throughout the entire products
life cycle. Drivers of products variety, its benefits, pre-requisites and associated complexity …

This paper reviews the development of the paradigms of manufacturing, including mass
production, mass customization and the emerging paradigm of personalization. In each …

This paper reviews the breadth of complexity of the design process, products,
manufacturing, and business. Manufacturing is facing unprecedented challenges due to …

An increasing global demand for natural resources and the inherent challenges
accompanying this demand pose a great task for manufacturing companies. Apart from this …

This paper explains the rationale for the development of reconfigurable manufacturing
systems, which possess the advantages both of dedicated lines and of flexible systems. The …