Energy is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)–a post-2015 blueprint recently
agreed upon by the United Nations, to address the energy poverty problem in the global …

This work considers serial production systems with several process steps and a possible
quality control at final step. It deals with the problem of optimising planned lead time when …

Unlike subtractive manufacturing technologies, additive manufacturing (AM) can fabricate
complex shapes from the macro to the micro scale, thereby allowing the design of patient …

Semiconductor manufacturing processes are very long and complex, needing several
hundreds of individual steps to produce the final product (chip). In this context, the early …

Blockchain has been applied to quality control in manufacturing, but the problems of false
defect detections and lack of data transparency remain. This paper proposes a framework …

The management of the man–machine interaction is essential to achieve a competitive
advantage among production firms and is more highlighted in the processing of agricultural …

Nowadays quality management and specific tools can represent a challenge in SMEs (small
and medium enterprises). To assure the expected quality of the products, SPC (statistical …

Traceability has gained considerable attention to facilitate monitored production, product
recall, safety and reverse supply chain activities, in recent years. Traceability in …

The problem of buffer sizing and inspection stations positioning in unreliable production
lines is a complex mixed integer nonlinear optimization problem. In this problem, we have a …

This paper proposes a framework for electronic engine-control unit (ECU) inspection in
manufacturing phase. Although various methodologies have been developed for the ECU …