In a multi-plant collaborative design and manufacturing system, the different parts of a product can be assigned to different design teams and designed at different plants. In addition, the parts of a product can be distributed and manufactured at different plants located at different geographical locations. There exist various ways for assigning the different parts to the different design team...

Background: In order to reduce the adverse effects of unethical decision-making in the operations function of firms, this study was conducted to identify and determine the causal relationships governing ethical decision barriers in operations and supply chain management. Method: This research is applied in terms of purpose and survey in terms of data acquisition. The research population includ...

This paper reviews the development of the paradigms of manufacturing, including mass production, mass customization and the emerging paradigm of personalization. In each paradigm, we discuss the contributions of scientific principles, manufacturing technologies and systems operations and how they are integrated together to achieve quality, productivity and responsiveness in manufacturing. We al...

Role/Viewpoint of panelist or organization The Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) is a non-profit organization comprised of manufacturing practitioners, suppliers and technology companies; manufacturing consortia; universities; government agencies, laboratories and regional consortia committed to improving U.S. manufacturing competitiveness through the comprehensive adoption of Sma...

The recent advances in sensor and communication technologies can provide the foundations for linking the physical manufacturing facility and machine world to the cyber world of Internet applications. The coupled manufacturing cyber-physical system is envisioned to handle the actual operations in the physical world while simultaneously monitor them in the cyber world with the help of advanced da...

Manufacturing companies are facing what recently has been called the Twin Transition. They must conduct a digital transition as well from mere linear toward more circular value creation. The research presents an integrated Design and Operations Framework for manufacturing systems. Defined process phases of framework described which address: maturity assessment, Objectives Key Results, design (D...

This paper looks at the possibility of knowledge development of machines from an engineer’s point of view. First, the increasing need for autonomous operations of vehicles, manufacturing facilities, utility networks, and robots is reviewed. From the point of view of operational design, five desirable ingredients are identified that can facilitate control autonomy. Most of these facilitators can...