With continued global market growth and an increasingly competitive environment,
manufacturing industry is facing challenges and desires to seek continuous improvement …

The concurrent societal goals and environmental challenges force industries to become
more human-centric, sustainable, and resilient, which is envisioned as a value-oriented …

Since the introduction of the concept of cloud manufacturing in 2010, research on it has
been ongoing for more than eight years, and much progress has been made. However …

The rapid development of novel, innovative digital technologies significantly impact
organizations and their business ecosystem. Organizations must stay abreast of the latest …

Abstract Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) play a crucial role in the Industry 4.0 paradigm. The
application of CPSs in production and manufacturing environments gave rise to the term …

The transition from local economies to the global competitive landscape and the current
fluctuating customer demands drives a never-ending transformation of manufacturing …

Digital twin and physical internet adoption based on advanced digital technologies is
gaining significance in the recent times. Digital twin is one of the enabling technologies that …

Rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M) technique has shown a high potential to
reduce the cycle and cost of product development, and has been considered as one of …

This study evaluates the use of virtual reality (VR) platforms, which is an integrated part of
the digital factory for an industrial training and maintenance system. The digital factory …

Purpose Whilst there has been considerable research on the use of electronic
communications technologies to transfer design files for Additive Manufacturing (AM) …