scholarly journals Foreword to the Special Issue on “Statistics, Statistical Engineering, and Innovation for Industry 4.0”

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 837-838
Author(s):  
Rossella Berni ◽  
Jesús Fernando López Fidalgo ◽  
Geoff G. Vining
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Special Issue

scholarly journals Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5975
Author(s):  
Ana María Camacho ◽  
Eva María Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Manufacturing Automation ◽  
Engineering Society ◽  
Manufacturing Engineering ◽  
Lifecycle Management

The Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020) has been launched as a joint issue of the journals “Materials” and “Applied Sciences”. The 14 contributions published in this Special Issue of Applied Sciences present cutting-edge advances in the field of Manufacturing Engineering focusing on advances and innovations in manufacturing processes; additive manufacturing and 3D printing; manufacturing of new materials; Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies; robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing automation; Industry 4.0; design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering; manufacturing engineering and society; and production planning. Among them, the topic “Manufacturing engineering and society” collected the highest number of contributions (representing 22%), followed by the topics “Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies”, “Industry 4.0”, and “Design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering” (each at 14%). The rest of the topics represent the remaining 35% of the contributions.

scholarly journals Special issue on Industry 4.0

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 551-551
Author(s):  
Yeau-Ren Jeng ◽  
Ping-Hei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Special Issue

scholarly journals Special Issue on New Industry 4.0 Advances in Industrial IoT and Visual Computing for Manufacturing Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (20) ◽  
pp. 4323 ◽  
Author(s):  
López de Lacalle ◽  
Posada
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Industrial Internet Of Things ◽  
Visual Computing ◽  
Industrial Internet ◽  
Industrial Iot ◽  
New Industry

The new advances of IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things), together with the progress in visual computing technologies, are being addressed by the research community with interesting approaches and results in the Industry 4.0 domain[...]

scholarly journals Implementing Industry 4.0: assessing the current state

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 825-836
Author(s):  
Roland Ortt ◽  
Claire Stolwijk ◽  
Matthijs Punter
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Implementation Status

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce, summarize and combine the results of 11 articles in a special issue on the implementation of Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 emerged as a phenomenon about a decade ago. That is why, it is interesting now to explore the implementation of the concept. In doing so, four research questions are addressed: (1) What is Industry 4.0? (2) How to implement Industry 4.0? (3) How to assess the implementation status of Industry 4.0? (4) What is the current implementation status of Industry 4.0?Design/methodology/approachSubgroups of articles are formed, around one or more research questions involving the implementation of Industry 4.0. The articles are carefully analyzed to provide comprehensive answers.FindingsBy comparing definitions systematically, the authors show important aspects for defining Industry 4.0. The articles in the special issue explore several cases of manufacturing companies that implemented Industry 4.0. In addition, systematic approaches to aid implementation are described: an approach to combine case-study results to solve new implementation problems, approaches to assess readiness or maturity of companies regarding Industry 4.0 and surveys showing the status of implementation in larger samples of companies as well as showing relationships between company characteristics and type of implementation. Small and large firms differ considerably in their process of implementing Industry 4.0, for example.Research limitations/implicationsThis special issue discusses implementation of Industry 4.0. The issue is limited to 11 articles, each of which with its own strengths and limitations.Practical implicationsThe practical relevance of the issue is that it focuses on the implementation of Industry 4.0. Cases showing successful implementation, measurement instruments to assess degree of implementation and advice how to build a database with cases together with large-scale studies on the state of implementation do provide a wealth of information with a large managerial relevance.Originality/valueThe paper introduces an original take on Industry 4.0 by focusing on implementation. The special issue contains both literature reviews, articles describing case studies of implementation, articles developing systematic measurement instruments to assess degree of implementation and some articles reporting large-scale studies on the state of implementation of Industry 4.0 and thereby combine several perspectives on implementation of Industry 4.0.

Semantic Web of Things for Industry 4.0

Semantic Web ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-886
Author(s):  
Dhavalkumar Thakker ◽  
Pankesh Patel ◽  
Muhammad Intizar Ali ◽  
Tejal Shah
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Web Of Things ◽  
Web Technologies

Welcome to this special issue of the Semantic Web (SWJ) journal. The special issue compiles four technical contributions that significantly advance the state-of-the-art in Semantic Web of Things for Industry 4.0 including the use of Semantic Web technologies and techniques in Industry 4.0 solutions.

scholarly journals Rise of the Machines? Customer Engagement in Automated Service Interactions

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Linda D. Hollebeek ◽  
David E. Sprott ◽  
Michael K. Brady
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Process Automation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
High Level ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Made In ◽  
Service Interactions

Artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to spawn revolutionary transformational effects on service organizations, including by impacting the ways in which firms engage with their customers. In parallel, customer engagement (CE), which reflects customer interactions with brands, offerings, or firms, has risen to the top of many managers’ strategic wish lists in the last decade. However, despite literature-based advances made in both areas, AI and CE are largely investigated in isolation to date, yielding a paucity of insight into their interface. In response to this gap, this Special Issue offers a pioneering exploration of CE in automated or AI-based service interactions. Our editorial first reviews AI’s Industry 4.0 underpinnings, followed by an important AI typology that comprises robotic process automation (RPA), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) applications. We then offer a high-level synopsis of existing CE research, followed by the development of a set of integrative propositions of CE in automated service interactions. Next, we introduce the Special Issue papers, which feature particular RPA, ML, or DL applications. We conclude with an overview of further research avenues in this growing area, which has the potential to develop into a powerful service research substream in the coming years.

scholarly journals Guest Editorial: Design Engineering in the Age of Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Janet K. Allen ◽  
Sesh Commuri ◽  
Jianxin Jiao ◽  
Jelena Milisavljevic-Syed ◽  
Farrokh Mistree ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Smart Manufacturing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Industrial Iot

Abstract This special issue is motivated by the trend of smart factories of the future towards the fourth Industrial Revolution, which makes it possible to better leverage capabilities and resources in a human-cyber-physical production environment. This emerging paradigm of Industry 4.0 poses new systems design problems at the interface of smart manufacturing, robust and flexible automation, distributed and reconfigurable production systems industrial IoT, and supply chain integration. Recent advances of design engineering in the age of Industry 4.0 are presented in this special issue. More than forty (40) papers were received and peer-reviewed, out of which thirteen (13) papers were selected for publication. These are both theoretical and practical, as well as state-of-the-art reviews, new perspectives, and outlook for future research directions in the field. The papers span a range of design aspects and Industry 4.0 technologies. There are three intersecting clusters in this category: design principles and techniques for Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing technologies, and machine learning and data-driven techniques for Industry 4.0.

scholarly journals Special issue on ‘Cyber-physical product creation for Industry 4.0’

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 611-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aydin Nassehi ◽  
Dirk Schaefer ◽  
Dazhong Wu ◽  
Xun Xu ◽  
Michael Zaeh
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Physical Product ◽  
Product Creation
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