Artificial intelligence and internet of things in small and medium-sized enterprises: A survey

EB Hansen, S Bøgh - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
Internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are popular topics of Industry 4.0. Many
publications regarding these topics have been published, but they are primarily focused on …

[HTML][HTML] The precipitative effects of pandemic on open innovation of SMEs: a scientometrics and systematic review of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0

M Madhavan, S Wangtueai, MA Sharafuddin… - Journal of Open …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aims to study the pre-pandemic and pandemic-period Industry 4.0 and
Industry 5.0 characteristics in SME research using scientometrics and systematic review …

Barriers to industry 4.0 adoption and its performance implications: An empirical investigation of emerging economy

C Chauhan, A Singh, S Luthra - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
The literature has proposed several barriers to Industry 4.0 adoption or digitalisation. The
present study assesses how the intrinsic and extrinsic barriers to digitalisation affect Industry …

A review on the characteristics of cyber-physical systems for the future smart factories

A Napoleone, M Macchi, A Pozzetti - Journal of manufacturing systems, 2020 - Elsevier
The emergence of new technologies is providing new ways to compete in the current context
of changeable and unpredictable market requirements. The focus of this paper is on Cyber …

Industry 4.0 triggered by Lean Thinking: insights from a systematic literature review

VL Bittencourt, AC Alves, CP Leão - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Lean Thinking has successfully challenged mass production practices, by providing
'leaner'processes and supply chains, ie with less waste. Industry 4.0 has become an …

Extending the lean value stream mapping to the context of Industry 4.0: An agent-based technology approach

W de Paula Ferreira, F Armellini… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the advancement of the 4th industrial revolution and its enabling technologies,
researchers and practitioners discuss the mutual relationships and integration of Lean …

Promoting digitally enabled growth in SMEs: a framework proposal

K North, N Aramburu, OJ Lorenzo - Journal of Enterprise Information …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance to SMEs to sense and seize
digitally enabled growth opportunities as well as start a project-based learning process to …

Petri-net-based dynamic scheduling of flexible manufacturing system via deep reinforcement learning with graph convolutional network

L Hu, Z Liu, W Hu, Y Wang, J Tan, F Wu - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2020 - Elsevier
To benefit from the accurate simulation and high-throughput data contributed by advanced
digital twin technologies in modern smart plants, the deep reinforcement learning (DRL) …

Reinforcement learning for facilitating human-robot-interaction in manufacturing

H Oliff, Y Liu, M Kumar, M Williams, M Ryan - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
For many contemporary manufacturing processes, autonomous robotic operators have
become ubiquitous. Despite this, the number of human operators within these processes …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and implementation of a digital twin of material flows based on physics simulation

M Glatt, C Sinnwell, L Yi, S Donohoe, B Ravani… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyber-physical production systems enable adaptivity and flexibility when manufacturing
customized products in small batches. Due to varying routes and a high variance of …