Industry 4.0 has fostered the digital transformation of enterprises through the retrofitting or
replacement of traditional manufacturing processes with Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) …

Within the Industry 4.0 revolution, manufacturing enterprises are transforming to intelligent
enterprises constituted by Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMSs). A key capability of SMSs is …

The objective of this paper is to reduce the development time of a PLC (Programmable Logic
Controller) by automating the task of code generation. For this purpose, we applied t-MPSG …

The extensive digitization in industry and the advancing introduction of cyber-physical
systems (CPS) in manufacturing offer a wide-ranging potential for industrial value creation …

In times of globalization of industrial production and increasing individualization of products,
there is a demand for flexible production systems that combine the virtual and the physical …

Abstract Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) combine the use of components from the physical
and the digital worlds in a synergistic way. Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPSs) …

The Brazilian's manufacturing sector suffered a downturn due its recent economic crisis,
reaching a negative growth rate of 8.48% in 2015. A proposed solution for improving …

The role of Cyber-physical production systems (CPPSs) as Industry 4.0 enablers has raised
the interest to upgrade legacy production systems. However, manufacturers face uncertainty …

Cyber-physical systems, or Cyber-physical production systems in the manufacturing domain,
are considered a fundamental technological enabler on the industry 4.0 revolution. In fact …

One of the major challenges that SMEs (small and medium enterprises) face when it comes
to the implementation of Industry 4.0 is the high technological complexity and consequently …