With the ongoing trend of mass-customization and an increasing product variety, just-in-time
part logistics more and more becomes one of the greatest challenges in today's automobile …

Most of the sustainable scheduling research deals with some environmental issues such as
electricity consumption or carbon emissions although there are many other environmental …

The new Industry 5.0 paradigm complements the well-known Industry 4.0 approach by
specifically driving research and innovation to facilitate the transition to sustainable, human …

Factors such as repetitiveness of work, required application of forces, handling of heavy
loads, and awkward, static postures expose assembly line workers to risks of …

Abstract The field of “Sustainable Operations” and the term itself have arisen only in the last
ten to twenty years in the context of sustainable development. Even though the term is …

The competitiveness of modern manufacturing systems is based on a high production rate
and a high level of flexibility. Despite the high level of automation achieved in production …

In the era of smart factories, digital twin may be a key for improving ergonomics analyses
related to manual assembly activities. The use of digital technologies can help in bypassing …

Demographic change is a well-known influencing factor challenging social security systems
in industrialized countries. In a manufacturing context, companies need to cope with an …

In the last few decades, studies have demonstrated the correlation between worker well-
being and the performance of production systems. This paper addresses the problem of …

Offsite construction (OSC) is an innovative approach where building components (eg,
panels or modules) are manufactured in a shop floor environment, then transported to, and …