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Digital Twin and Big Data Towards Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0: 360 Degree Comparison Open
With the advances in new-generation information technologies, especially big data and digital twin, smart manufacturing is becoming the focus of global manufacturing transformation and upgrading. Intelligence comes from data. Integrated an…
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“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Open
A fourth industrial revolution is occurring in global manufacturing. It is based on the introduction of Internet of things and servitization concepts into manufacturing companies, leading to vertically and horizontally integrated productio…
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Applications of artificial intelligence in intelligent manufacturing: a review Open
Based on research into the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the manufacturing industry in recent years, we analyze the rapid development of core technologies in the new era of 'Internet plus AI', which is triggeri…
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Digital twin-based sustainable intelligent manufacturing: a review Open
As the next-generation manufacturing system, intelligent manufacturing enables better quality, higher productivity, lower cost, and increased manufacturing flexibility. The concept of sustainability is receiving increasing attention, and s…
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Digital Twin Service towards Smart Manufacturing Open
Digital twin provides an effective way for the cyber-physical integration of manufacturing. Meanwhile, smart manufacturing services could optimize the entire business processes and operation procedure of manufacturing, to achieve a new hig…
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Human–Cyber–Physical Systems (HCPSs) in the Context of New-Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Open
An intelligent manufacturing system is a composite intelligent system comprising humans, cyber systems, and physical systems with the aim of achieving specific manufacturing goals at an optimized level. This kind of intelligent system is c…
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Sustainable and Smart Manufacturing: An Integrated Approach Open
The necessity for decreasing the negative impact of the manufacturing industry has recently increased. This is getting recognized as a global challenge due to the rapid increase in life quality standards, demand, and the decrease in availa…
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Digital Manufacturing- Applications Past, Current, and Future Trends Open
Increasingly the convergence of natural environment (land, water, air and life), built environment (housing, buildings, transportation and infrastructure) and digital environment (computing power, the internet, big data, and technology) is…
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Design for manufacturing and assembly/disassembly: joint design of products and production systems Open
Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Disassembly is important in today’s production systems because if this aspect is not considered, it could lead to inefficient operations and excessive material usage, both of which have a significant…
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Parallel Manufacturing for Industrial Metaverses: A New Paradigm in Smart Manufacturing Open
Briefing: To tackle the complexity of human and social factors in manufacturing systems, parallel manufacturing for industrial metaverses is proposed as a new paradigm in smart manufacturing for effective and efficient operations of those …
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Integrated process planning and scheduling in networked manufacturing systems for I4.0: a review and framework proposal Open
Integrated process planning and scheduling in networked manufacturing systems plays a crucial role nowadays and in the forthcoming context of Industry 4.0 to enable effective and efficient decisions, and to improve the business market, bas…
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Smart and flexible manufacturing systems using Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and the Internet of Things (IoT) Open
Technologies such as Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and the Internet of Things (IoT) increasingly disrupt traditional manufacturing and production systems. However, there is a scarcity of empirical studies synthesising and evaluating th…
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Intelligent Manufacturing Technology in the Steel Industry of China: A Review Open
Intelligent manufacturing, defined as the integration of manufacturing with modern information technologies such as 5G, digitalization, networking, and intelligence, has grown in popularity as a means of boosting the productivity, intellig…
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Intelligent manufacturing in the context of industry 4.0: A case study of siemens industry Open
At present, the methods by which products are designed and manufactured are advancing at a rapid pace just before our eyes. The contemporary period known as Industry 4.0 is realizing an evolution from manual to digital operations and it ha…
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Enabling Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Decision-Making Support Open
Smart manufacturing combines advanced manufacturing capabilities and digital technologies throughout the product lifecycle. These technologies can provide decision-making support to manufacturers through improved monitoring, analysis, mode…
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Digital Manufacturing and Flexible Assembly Technologies for Reconfigurable Aerospace Production Systems Open
Reconfigurability is an important aspect of modern manufacturing systems as it facilitates the seamless introduction of new products to production and the adaptation to demand volatility. Advanced manufacturing technologies broadly used in…
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Performance Analysis of a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) Open
The performance of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) has a great impact on a manufacturing firm success and the analysis of FMS justifies the high investment cost behind it. As the competition in the global market is growing, manufactu…
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A Novel Methodology to Integrate Manufacturing Execution Systems with the Lean Manufacturing Approach Open
In order to deal with global competition, industries have undertaken many efforts directed to improve manufacturing efficiency. From a broad perspective, two possible approaches are the adoption of lean manufacturing methodologies or the i…
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Collaborative Cloud Manufacturing: Design of Business Model Innovations Enabled by Cyberphysical Systems in Distributed Manufacturing Systems Open
Collaborative cloud manufacturing, as a concept of distributed manufacturing, allows different opportunities for changing the logic of generating and capturing value. Cyberphysical systems and the technologies behind them are the enablers …
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Extension of Manufacturing System Design Decomposition to Implement Manufacturing Systems That are Sustainable Open
This paper offers an extension of axiomatic design theory to ensure that leaders, managers, and engineers can sustain manufacturing systems throughout the product lifecycle. The paper has three objectives: to provide a methodology for desi…
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Generic platform for manufacturing execution system functions in knowledge-driven manufacturing systems Open
Information technologies grow rapidly nowadays with the advance and extension of computing capabilities. This growth affects several fields, which consume these technologies. Industrial Automation is not an exception. This publication desc…
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Operating Digital Manufacturing in Industry 4.0: the role of advanced manufacturing technologies Open
This study analyzes the application domain of Digital Manufacturing while considering the new industrial paradigm. Based on content analysis, joint applications of digital manufacturing tools and advanced manufacturing technologies are fra…
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Virtual Quality Gates in Manufacturing Systems: Framework, Implementation and Potential Open
Manufacturing companies are exposed to increased complexity and competition. To stay competitive, companies need to minimize the total cost of quality while ensuring high transparency about process–product relationships within the manufact…
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Integration of Different Computer-aided Systems in Product Designing and Process Planning on Digital Manufacturing Open
In the article discusses the integration of CAD/CAPP/PDM/CAM and ERP systems while designing and process planning of machine-building production on digital manufacturing. Main attention is paid to the problem of data integration between sy…
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Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Metrology Model (CPM 3 ) for Sculptured Surfaces – Turbine Blade Application Open
Cyber-Physical Manufacturing (CPM) and digital manufacturing represent the key elements for implementation of Industry 4.0 framework. Worldwide, Industry 4.0 becomes national research strategy in the field of engineering for the following …
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Design and Implementation of Machine Vision-Based Quality Inspection System in Mask Manufacturing Process Open
With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, research on anomaly detection in the manufacturing process using deep learning and machine vision is being actively conducted. There have been various attempts to innovate the manufacturing…
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Geometric Complexity Based Process Selection for Hybrid Manufacturing Open
Hybrid manufacturing (HM), which combines additive manufacturing (AM) and subtractive manufacturing (SM) operations in a single machine is gaining popularity among engineers because of its capability of leveraging the advantages of both pr…
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Design of networked manufacturing systems for Industry 4.0 Open
Advances in internet technologies have spurred global growth in manufacturing on an unprecedented scale. Distributed global manufacturing requires these industries to support flexible, large scale automation to meet dynamically changing us…
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Manufacturing Strategy – A Neglected Success Factor for Improving Competitiveness Open
In the past decades, the requirements for manufacturing have increased significantly. The major reasons are shorter product and market life cycles, a significantly increased model range but smaller batch sizes and highest technological req…
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Approach for a simulation-based and event-driven production planning and control in decentralized manufacturing execution systems Open
Short-term production planning and control (PPC) is still human centered. Unplanned events disturb manufacturing processes and require a quick rescheduling. However, these planning processes are complex tasks in which the employee has to b…