Federated Learning and Blockchain-Enabled Intelligent Manufacturing for Sustainable Energy Production in Industry 4.0

Blockchain-enabled Intelligent Asset Exchange for a Circular Economy

Are Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Sustainable?

This paper introduces and opens the debate on the place of “productdriven control” and, on a broader level, Intelligent Manufacturing and Services Systems in sustainable development and circular economy. First, IMS concept and perspectives on future industrial and economic systems, as well as their expected advantages and the challenges to be addressed are introduced. Different sustainability i...

Toward Spatially Enabled Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

This paper advocates the need for broader inclusion of spatial analysis in Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, as well as presents the challenges and opportunities that face the IMS community in the wake of recent developments in the area of geomatics, including widespread use of new technologies for Earth observation. The paper discusses research issues encountered in the development of locatio...

Intelligent production monitoring and control for mass customization of automated manufacturing cells in the automotive industry

The automotive industry is distinguished by regionalization and customization of products. As consequence, the diversity of products will increase while the lot sizes will decrease. Thus more product types have to be handled along the process chain and common production paradigms will failure. Hence, Rapid Manufacturing (RM) will be used for manufacturing small individual lot sizes. Nevertheles...

Learning Curve and Industry Structure: Evidences from Iranian Manufacturing Industries

he empirical studies have shown that cost advantages can occur due to economies of scale and economies of learning. However, a few studies have attempted to distinguish between these two effects on reducing costs. This paper is the first attempt on recognizing the impact of learning on reducing the cost with distinguishing the effect of economies of scale in Iran. Therefore, this study aims to ...