Researchers believe that Industry 4.0 is the new industrial revolution. In this case, we
highlight the critical role of decision support tools, such as Simulation and Digital Twins (DT) …

The aim of most manufacturing and production factories can be defined as achieving smart
and sustainable long-term production systems, which means moving towards strategies …

Increasing productivity is currently the biggest challenge for companies in terms of
competitiveness in the global market. Productivity in industry itself is efficiency. Efficiency …

Abstract Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) has remained a valuable performance
indicator over the decades. Yet, methods for improving equipment effectiveness have …

In today's dynamic business environment, achieving and sustaining operational efficiency is
paramount for organizations. To remain competitive and meet evolving customer demands …

In this study, the Systematic Layout Planning methodology was adapted with an Industry 4.0
approach (SLP-Ind. 4.0) to optimize the design of a Production Design Area in a …

Unknown and unplanned downtime events during production cause significant disruption
and loss of productivity. Investigating, identifying and addressing such events is a pressing …

Complex manufacturing systems are recently undergoing a green revolution due to
manufacturing customization towards sustainable products. A key enabler for the …

In this manuscript, an attempt has been made to predict and improve the overall equipment
effectiveness of core drill rigs. A combined Box–Jenkins and artificial neural network model …

Purpose Efficiency standards, similar to industrial measures like overall equipment
effectiveness (OEE), are being used in healthcare systems more and more. Performance …