With the rapid development of technologies, many production systems and modes has been
advanced with respect to manufacturing, management and information fields. The paper …

Nowadays, organizations need to follow the new trends and concepts to stay in the
competitive environment and achieve a higher level of operational efficiency and …

Incorporating mobile robots into the production shop-floor helps realize the concept of smart
production, and it is considered one of the approaches to enhance manufacturing and …

Modern manufacturing models demand customization, service-orientation and sustainability.
The generations of mobile robots will therefore have to cope with more complex tasks and …

In the last few decades, there has been a growing necessity for systems that handle market
changes and personalized customer needs with near mass production efficiency, defined as …

Purpose The Industry 4.0 initiative–with its ultimate objective of revolutionizing the supply-
chain–putted more emphasis on smart and autonomous systems, creating new opportunities …

This paper presents the design and prototype implementation of a service-based control
system responsible for the material supply operations planning and coordination in …

With mass customized production becoming the mainstream, industries are shifting from
large-scale manufacturing to flexible and customized production of small batch sizes. Agile …

In recent years, the concept of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing have caused disruption
and upheaval in many industries. These concepts promise high efficiency and flexibility but …

Modern manufacturing industry calls for a new generation of production system with better
interoperability and new business models. As a novel information technology, Cloud …