Editorial: Smart Manufacturing at CIRP CMS 2018

Forty Sixth CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2013 Editorial

Nowadays manufacturing companies are coerced to become more flexible to adapt their internal processes quickly and economically to the volatile external situations. In this paper, we develop a cost model with respect to the capacity envelope concept. Generic flexibility measures are used and described by numerous influence factors and constraints. Furthermore, the cost model will be demonstrate...

CMS Finalizes Drastic 340B Reimbursement Cut for 2018.

CMS finalizes drastic 340B reimbursement cut for 2018.

Guest Editorial Microassembly for Manufacturing at Small Scales

M ICROELECTRONICS brought an information revolution through integrating a vast number of microscopic transistors.Much progress has beenmade in miniaturization and integration of MEMS or MOEMS (Micro-(Opto-)Electro-Mechanical-Systems to produce accelerometers, inkjet printer heads, micro-mirrors, micro-relays, and pressure sensors. A new generation of MEMS is rapidly moving toward highly integra...

Guest Editorial Microassembly for Manufacturing at Small Scales

Using Big Data in Manufacturing at Intel’s Smart Factories

Like many companies, Intel has evolved over the decades to provide competitive advantages through sophisticated automation—smart manufacturing—which has helped its factories increase product yields and quality, reduced costs, and improve safety. Intel’s smart factories are among those that now use edge computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) to enable automated control systems with real-time...