This paper provides a fundamental research review of Reconfigurable Manufacturing
Systems (RMS), which uniquely explores the state-of-the-art in distributed and decentralized …

Collaborative robots are increasingly common in modern production systems, since they
allow to merge the productivity of automated systems with the flexibility and dexterity of …

The evolution of manufacturing systems, influenced by changes along four axes-products,
technology, business strategies and production paradigms-is presented. Adoption of human …

The current manufacturing environment aims at getting an increasing variety of customised,
high-quality products in flexible batches. The dynamic market demand, the short product …

Strategic agility is a fuzzy concept that may be counter intuitive as well as confounding to
some scholars in terms of the agile strategies' contextual issues. At the same time, the need …

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs), which possess the advantages of both
dedicated serial lines and flexible manufacturing systems, were introduced in the mid-1990s …

Manufacturing is continuously evolving from concept development to methods and tools
available for the production of goods for use or sale. Traditionally, manufacturing refers to an …

Society is facing many challenges, including, climate change, COVID, inequity and human
population growth. Some researchers suggest that integration of Circular Economy (CE) and …

Cloud Manufacturing (CM) is a service oriented business model to share manufacturing
capabilities and resources on a cloud platform. Manufacturing is under pressure to achieve …

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) have gained an increasing attention recently for their
immense potential towards the next generation smart systems that integrate cyber …