The transition to industry 4.0 has impacted factories, but it also affects the entire value chain.
In this sense, human-centred factors play a core role in transitioning to sustainable …

Modern manufacturing has to cope with dynamic and changing circumstances. Market
fluctuations, the effects caused by unpredictable material shortages, highly variable product …

Abstract Lean Production Systems (LPS) are an enterprise-specific set of strategic goals and
principles in combination with operative methods and tools for the holistic management of …

Abstract Lean Production Systems (LPS) comprise an enterprise-specific set of goals and
principles in combination with methods and tools for the holistic management of production …

With digital transformation changing industrial labor drastically, the aim of this paper is to
conceptualize a new methodical framework for the production system of the future. For this …

Collaboration and communication, in a general perspective, have always been the key to
accomplishing tasks, right from elementary to herculean ones in the human world. With the …

Abstract Lean Production Systems (LPS) are established in industrial production and are
typically based on the Toyota Production System in terms of their structure and elements …

Driven by digital transformation, manufacturing systems are heading towards autonomy. The
implementation of autonomous elements in manufacturing systems is still a big challenge …

Abstract Industry 4.0's vision incorporates decentralised production planning and control to
cater for the complex and unpredictable future production environment, resulting from …

Purpose: Although the decision to adopt Industry 4.0 technologies is commonly strategical,
the selection and implementation of technology are the responsibilities of the tactical level …