Design and Management of Serviceability Products and Systems, Smart Industrial and Manufacturing Systems
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Industrial Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 20047
Special Issue Editor
Interests: constraint programming; operation research; optimization; decision support; logistics; manufacturing; supply chain management
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Dear Colleagues,
The need to increase efficiency and productivity as well as flexibility and reliability in production has led to a revolution in the field of manufacturing. The use of modern production methods and tools as well as IT and AI solutions has resulted in the emergence of smart manufacturing and, in general, a new industrial philosophy, conventionally called Industry 4.0. On the other hand, manufacturers, designers, and consumers pay more and more attention to serviceability/maintainability products and systems, environmental aspects, and social issues, as well as the production and distribution processes themselves. An important element of this revolution is also to redefine the function and meaning of the human factor.
For this Special Issue titled “Design and Management of Serviceability Products and Systems, Smart Industrial and Manufacturing”, we invite authors to submit articles that take up the discussion and present solutions in the field of design and development of products, systems, and production and distribution processes that take into account serviceability/maintainability. The proposed subject of this Special Issue also includes the use of smart technologies such as cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), cyberphysical systems (CPS), intelligent vision systems, etc. Including the human factor in the abovementioned areas in the submitted articles is also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Paweł Sitek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Serviceability products and systems
- Industry 4.0
- Smart manufacturing and distribution systems
- Smart technology and cyber physical systems (CPS)
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Intelligent vision systems
- AI-driven approach to design, servicing, and production processes
- The human factor in design, servicing, and production processes