Abstract The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a production management system
serving as the information center in the enterprise to improve manufacturing transparency. It …

Cloud computing has recently emerged as a new computing paradigm in many application
areas comprising office and enterprise systems. It offers various solutions to provide a …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is an information network of physical objects (sensors,
machines, cars, buildings, and other items) that allows interaction and cooperation of these …

One of the most significant advances in the development of computer science, information
and communication technologies is represented by the cyber-physical systems (CPS). They …

Increasing global competition on product quality and production costs, and the need for
flexibility in production petition for transformed production processes which enable high …

The ongoing digital transformation on industry has so far mostly been studied from the
perspective of cyber-physical systems solutions as drivers of change. In this paper, we turn …

Today's manufacturers face ever-increasing demands of variability—greater customization,
smaller lot sizes, sudden supply-chain changes and disruptions. Successful manufacturers …

The growing complexity of production systems requires appropriate control architectures that
allow flexible adaptation during their runtime. Although cyber-physical production systems …

This article presents a methodology defined as semantic modeling to create computable
virtual abstractions of complex manufacturing phenomena denoted as phenomena twins …

In a dynamic and rapidly changing world, customers' often conflicting demands have
continued to evolve, outstripping the ability of the traditional factory to address modern-day …