Smart manufacturing networks describe a production chain as a marketplace that delivers
products on demand. In this chain, partners collaborate in product work routings that connect …

Mass personalization is becoming a reality. It requires responsive and flexible
manufacturing operations for producing individualized products in dynamic batch sizes at …

Smart manufacturing promises to provide significant increases in productivity and
effectiveness of manufacturing systems by better connecting the data from people …

An enterprise's ability to deliver new products quickly and efficiently to market is critical for
competitive success. While manufactureres recognize the need for speed and flexibility to …

In current practice, product developers with customized small batch production needs come
across the problem of finding capable and flexible manufacturers, whereas manufacturers …

Manufacturing systems have undergone many changes with regard to their structure,
organization, and operation. This chapter charts the technical developments in …

Smart Manufacturing is the dramatically intensified and pervasive application of networked
information-based technologies throughout the manufacturing and supply chain enterprise …

The demand for more personalized, smart, and sustainable products and the rapid growth of
the industrial Internet and cyber-physical technologies have led to the development of …

Engineering information systems play an important role in the current era of digitization of
manufacturing, which is a key component to enable smart manufacturing. Traditionally …

Abstract Product-Service Systems (PSS) are being revolutionized into smart, connected
products, which changes the industrial and technological landscape and unlocks …