The main research focus of Web services is to achieve the interoperability between
distributed and heterogeneous applications. Therefore, flexible composition of Web services …

In today's volatile market, manufacturing companies are increasingly adopting agile
manufacturing strategies. Virtual Enterprise (VE) is one of the key enablers of the agile …

In ubiquitous manufacturing (UM) environment, radio frequency identification (RFID)
technology enables real-time traceability, visibility and interoperability in improving the …

Manufacturing Market is a market in which manufacturing process capacity is the object of
trade. In a market, units of capacity, represented as manufacturing services, can be acquired …

The complexity of the relationship of strategic goals to operational performance across the
many levels of a manufacturing system inhibits the realization of Smart Manufacturing …

Manufacturing companies have to manage a large amount of data and information. This is
due to both the presence of advanced sensors systems at the shop floor level and to the …

The next phase of manufacturing is centered on making the switch from traditional
automated to autonomous systems. Future factories are required to be agile, allowing for …

To meet the rising demands for pure customization of products, new approaches for
automated fabrication of customized part geometry are needed, on both the software and …

This paper deals with service oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud technologies in the
industry. SOA and cloud technologies have considerable potential to improve industrial …

Formal representation of manufacturing capabilities is a critical requirement for autonomous
deployment of agile supply chains in distributed environments. In this context, manufacturing …