This work presents how recent trends in Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) solutions are influencing the
development of manufacturing execution systems (MESs) and analyzes what kinds of trends …

In a demand context of mass customization, shifting towards the mass personalization of
products, assembly operations face the trade-off between highly productive automated …

ABSTRACT ARTICLEINFO Printing companies are commonly SMEs with high flow of
materials, which management could be significantly improved through the digitalization. In …

The adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies within the manufacturing and process industries is
widely accepted to have benefits for production cycles, increase system flexibility and give …

The Industry 4.0 brought new production paradigms and, among them, the Smart Factory
concept is definitely the most important one. Smart Factory concept is based on the …

In order to face current trends and challenges in industrial companies such as increasing
number of variants, shorter product life cycles and higher product complexity, production …

As the basic element and module unit in the construction architecture of smart city, the
Internet of things (IoT) is also the key foundation and important support for realizing" …

Purpose: To analyze the feasibility of a reverse logistics process in the footwear production,
using two technologies from industry 4.0–RFID and Cloud Computing. Methodology: A case …

The intelligence of ultra-precision machining processes has become a research focus in the
field of precision and ultra-precision manufacturing. Scholars have conducted some …

Activity recognition combined with artificial intelligence is a vital area of research, ranging
across diverse domains, from sports and healthcare to smart homes. In the industrial …