The idea of non-hierarchical production networks consisting of autonomous enterprises has
been present in scientific community for more than 20 years. Although some global …

Abstract The idea of Collaborative Manufacturing, also known as the Production Networks or
Social Manufacturing, has been around for more than 25 years. It is a production concept …

Many supplier selection problems are involved with various criteria such as quality of
supplier, price, delivery time, etc. This paper presents a survey on the implementation of …

In this paper, a novel artificial intelligence technique for the estimation of near-optimal
resource management is proposed. The model utilizes a two-stage data envelopment …

Due to increasing global competition and shorter new product life cycles, brand owners
collaborate more often with design chain partners to bring a new product to market. This …

Product design undergoes various stages and each stage requires valid inputs to obtain the
desired output (s). Many times, the inputs that are provided are inaccurate or uncertain …

In today's highly competitive business environment, many companies adopt the time-to-
market strategy to obtain a competitive advantage. To reduce the time and cost of product …

Level of seismic resistance in building design typically correlates negatively with project cost
effectiveness as the two objectives of seismic resistance and cost control often conflict. As …

Selection of right partners is vital for virtual enterprise (VE) to take the advantage of market
opportunity. Partner selection problem belongs to combinatorial optimisation category and …

In the era of globalization, on the one hand, and shortage of resources and climate changes,
on the other hand, the manufacturing industry is looking for new sustainable production …