Abstract The purpose of this study is to verify and realize, with the use of Confirmatory Factor Analysis, the interactive effects of cloud technology investment on flexible manufacturing capabilities and logistics capabilities respectively. Research subjects are the section chiefs and managers working at Taiwan-listed photovoltaic companies. The simple Random Sampling method is adopted, and St...

Abstract Software-Defined Manufacturing (SDM) is a new paradigm for how to manufacture in the Industry 4.0 factory of future. The approach requires fundamental change thinking and reinvention central business models production technology. This paper discusses main challenges on way software-defined future illustrates possible solutions. An exemplary presented, which validation solutions carried...

In the manufacturing industry, there are claims about a novel system or paradigm to overcome current data interpretation challenges. Anecdotally, these studies have not been completely practical in real-world applications (e.g., analytics). This article focuses on smart (SM), proposed address inconsistencies within that often caused by reasons such as: (i) realization using general algorithm, (...