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Reconfigurable Manufacturing System for Agile Manufacturing

IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2006
Abstract Manufacturing companies are facing three challenges: low cost production of product, high quality standard and rapid responsiveness to customer requirements. These three goals are equally important for the manufacturing companies who want to be competitive in the global economy.
Bo Xing, Jesse Eganza, Glen Bright, J Potgieter   +3 more
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Manufacturing network evolution: a manufacturing plant perspective

International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2011
Purpose – This paper examines the effect of changes at the manufacturing plant level on other plants in the manufacturing network and also investigates the role of manufacturing plants on the evolution of a manufacturing network. Design/methodology/approach –The research questions are developed by identifying the gaps in the reviewed literature.
Yang, Cheng, Farooq, Sami, Johansen, John   +2 more
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Exploring Industry 4.0 technologies to enable circular economy practices in a manufacturing context

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how rising technologies from Industry 4.0 can be integrated with circular economy (CE) practices to establish a business model that reuses and recycles wasted material such as scrap metal or e-waste ...
Daniel Nascimento, Viviam Alencastro, O. Quelhas, R. Caiado, J. Garza‐Reyes, Luis Rocha-Lona, G. Tortorella   +6 more
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Industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing practices for sustainable organisational performance in Indian manufacturing companies

International Journal of Production Research, 2019
The current literature claims the direct effects of industry 4.0 technologies (I4 T) on lean manufacturing practices (LMP) and sustainable organisational performance (SOP). LMP are also found to have a positive influence on SOP.
Sachin S. Kamble, A. Gunasekaran, Neelkanth C. Dhone   +2 more
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Manufacturing Systems

2018
This chapter starts with a basic definition of manufacturing and a brief history on how the discipline developed throughout time, from initial craftsmanship via mass production to flexible and digital manufacturing. In this chapter, we use the term manufacturing to describe the process of converting raw materials or purchased components into physical ...
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Manufacturability Models for Manufacturing E-Marketplaces

2005
Since one of the key points to participate to the bidding process in an e-marketplace is the ability to define the costs and time required to produce a given product, in this chapter the problem of evaluating the manufacturability of a product on a given production system is addressed.
L. Imberti, TOLIO, TULLIO ANTONIO MARIA
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Manufacturing Technology: Micro-machining

2017
Micro-machining technologies have been the subject of many studies and developments over recent decades due to their importance in the production of micro-moulds, micro-valves, medical components, micro-electrical-mechanical-systems, sub-miniature actuators, motors and micro-products generally.
Gherman, Lorelei, Gleadall, Andrew, Bakker, Otto, Ratchev, Svetan   +3 more
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Additive manufacturing (3D printing): A review of materials, methods, applications and challenges

Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018
T. Ngo, A. Kashani, G. Imbalzano, K. Nguyen, D. Hui   +4 more
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Deep reinforcement learning in smart manufacturing: A review and prospects

CIRP - Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 2023
Chengxi Li, Pai Zheng, Yue Yin, Baicun Wang, Lihui Wang   +4 more
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A Cyber-Physical Systems architecture for Industry 4.0-based manufacturing systems

, 2015
J. Lee, B. Bagheri, Hung-An Kao
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