Sustainable Industry and Production: Cloud Manufacturing Service Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

In the process of transforming from production-oriented manufacturing to service-oriented manufacturing, cloud manufacturing (CMfg) offers an attractive solution. It provides the shared pool of configurable computing resources and the sustainable manufacturing services for the entire lifecycle of manufacturing, under the support of cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), virtualization and service-oriented technologies, and advanced computing technologies. With the development of new generation of intelligent technology (brain science, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, etc.), CMfg has entered its 3.0 era and made great achievements. However, existing research has seldom taken the influence of CMfg on sustainable development into discussion, although sustainability is indispensable in the CMfg environment. Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect and present research related to the topic, titled “Sustainable Industry and Production: Cloud Manufacturing Service Sustainability.”

The scope of this Special Issue covers but is not limited to the following topics:

• Technology Development of CMfg

Cloud manufacturing service composition and optimal selection

Cloud manufacturing resource management and optimization

Cloud computing and computing architecture

Cloud manufacturing platform management

Cloud manufacturing system construction

Cloud manufacturing alliance

• Practical Application of CMfg

Quality of cloud manufacturing service evaluation

Sustainable development of cloud manufacturing service

Digitization and servitization transformation with the development of cloud manufacturing

Strategy management in the cloud manufacturing environment (including supply management, operation management, organization management, production planning, business model innovation, etc.)

Prof. Dr. Haibo Hu
Dr. Yang Cheng
Guest Editors

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• cloud manufacturing service
• cloud manufacturing platform
• cloud manufacturing system
• cloud manufacturing alliance
• cloud computing
• IoT
• digital transformation
• sustainable development
• strategy management