This editorial introduces the special issue in the Elsevier journal Computers in Industry that
analyses how the digital transformation of manufacturing is speeded up by two important …

Industry 4.0 architecture has been studied in a large number of publications in the fields of
Industrial Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Production Systems, Enterprise Architectures …

The recent manufacturing trend toward mass customization and further personalization of
products requires factories to be smarter than ever before in order to:(1) quickly respond to …

Abstract Metal-based Additive Manufacturing (AM) can realize fully dense metallic
components and thus offers an opportunity to compete with conventional manufacturing …

In the last decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has grown to connect a large number of smart
entities, devices, and components. These connected entities provide a wide range of …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud Computing are receiving a lot of attention lately
because they can offer a new technique for smart sensing and connectivity from man-to …

Online manufacturing markets are new emerging types of markets that are spreading in the
shade of public Cloud Manufacturing. This paper introduces a public Cloud Manufacturing …

The thermal error is the main factor hindering the realization of the high-accuracy machining.
The intelligent integrated framework towards the high-accuracy machining, which is …

As an advanced metal additive manufacturing technology, laser-directed energy deposition
(DED-LB) has attracted a lot of attention in recent years, and is increasingly used in …

The advancements in human-centered artificial intelligence (HCAI) systems for Industry 5.0
is a new phase of industrialization that places the worker at the center of the production …