Mankind is always looking for low cost quality products, while the benchmark for low cost
and quality may vary from time to time and become more and more stringent with the time …

The authors are pleased to present the book Industry 4.0—Developments towards the
Fourth Industrial Revolution under the book series Manufacturing and Surface Engineering …

Industry 4.0 connotes a new industrial revolution centered around cyber-physical systems. It
posits that the real-time connection of physical and digital systems, along with new enabling …

In the current scenario, manufacturing industries are rapidly moving towards customised
production instead of mass production, to meet the current market competition. Industry 4.0 …

Industry 4.0, marked by the integration of cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things (IoT),
cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI), is revolutionizing manufacturing processes …

While Industry 4.0 has been trending in practice and research, operations management
studies in this area remain nascent. Our intent is to understand the current state of research …

With rapid advancements in industry, technology and applications, many concepts have
emerged in manufacturing. It is generally known that the far-sighted term 'Industry 4.0'was …

The industrial revolution has changed the socio-economic civilisation of mankind. It started
dating back in the late 1700s and has been in continuous evolution since then. Presently …

Industry 4.0 is a digital revolution being witnessed in the present generation whereby the
aim is to digitize the entire manufacturing process with minimal human or manual …

It is widely accepted that the advent of robotics and automation in previous industrial
revolutions brought about paradigm shifts in the manufacturing industry worldwide. It is …