Today, manufacturing industries are trying to improve their competitiveness by combining
manufacturing per se with information technology. Virtual reality is being used in product …

A Microservice is a small or even micro independent process that communicates, acts, and
returns via messages through lightweight mechanisms like Thrift, HTTP or RESTAPI …

In the last two decades, the alignment of Information Technologies (IT) and the business
needs are continuous requirements. These needs arise from continuous development of a …

This paper presents a mixed reality (MR) environment for collaborative product design and
development. This MR collaborative environment is based on a client/server architecture …

It has recently been discovered that large companies and nations “observe” their customers
and citizens, disregarding any remaining moral and technological lines, being able to listen …

Several studies suggest that computer-mediated communication can lead to decreases in
group effectiveness and reduce satisfaction levels in terms of trust and comfort of its users …

This paper presents the findings of exploratory research on the potential of semiotics for
manufacturing systems integration (MSI). The findings strongly suggest that semiotics might …

This paper refers to the new direction for enhancement in traditional remote controlling
functionality in manufacturing systems. Employing a diversity of tools such as …

Abstract Building a Smarter Planet with smarter energy are increasing concerns that touch
all existing and known human areas, being them social, scientific, cultural, economical or …

The development of successful new products is today of challenge to most consumer
product companies. They have to short their response time, pushing their development …