Companies are under tremendous pressure to analyze and optimize their productional and
logistical networks in today's global business world. Hence, practitioners and researchers …

In today's competitive landscape, a growing number of enterprises are embarking on cyber-
physical digitalization journeys to fulfil customer expectations and vitalize manufacturing …

Abstract Industry 4.0, cyber-physical production systems (CPPS) and the Internet of Things
(IoT) are current focusses in automation and data exchange in manufacturing, arising from …

Since its first introduction in 2002, the interest in the concept of" Digital Twins" has grown
exponentially among researchers and industry practitioners. An increasing number of Digital …

As the adoption of Industry 4.0 advances and the manufacturing process becomes
increasingly digital, the Digital Twin (DT) will prove invaluable for testing and simulating new …

The current context of Industry 4.0 is characterized by challenges that were not present in
the past like greater variability, higher customization and greater complexity. To address …

Digital twins have emerged as a critical technology to enable smart production. Digital twins
can enhance the current production system by optimizing the current setup and facilitating …

The development of advanced information technologies are paving the digital transformation
of manufacturing systems, of which Digital Twin-based manufacturing system (DTMS) has …

With the developments and applications of the advanced information technologies such as
cloud computing, internet of thing, artificial intelligence and virtual reality, industry 4.0 and …

Many existing manufacturing systems still rely heavily on human workers as the backbone of
their production processes. Such systems are commonly termed labor-intensive. Developing …