computer-integrated manufacturing (cim), technologies are presented as solutions tomanufacturing organizations, which need to perform well in all customer-related dimensionssimultaneously. in the literature, cim technologies providing such benefits as more frequentproduction changes, reduced inventory level, improved ability of producing complex parts with ahigh degree of accuracy and repeatabi...

Smart manufacturing processes and systems have received great attention through the latest innovations, ongoing efforts, best practices in Industry 4 [...]

Aerospace industry is approaching a phase where the manufacturing excellence seems to hold the strongest competitive advantage instead of the design excellence. This trend emphasizes the urgent need for cost minimization and focus on process improvements rather than on perfecting existing designs. Most of the aerospace companies have already invested heavily in process improvements using variou...

Enterprise-control system integration between business systems, manufacturing execution systems and shop-floor process-control systems remains a key issue for facilitating the deployment of plant-wide information-control systems for practical e-Businessto-Manufacturing industry-led issues. This achievement of the Integration-inManufacturing paradigm based on centralized/distributed hardware/sof...

Paint cure oven is one of the most important parts of automobile production line. The cure speed and the magnitude of energy consumption are significant in auto manufacturing industry. The radiation oven has been of the interest by cure industry due to the reduction in energy consumption and appropriate cure. The design process of these ovens is really complex specially for bodies with comp...

Energy efficiency is an important factor in the marine industry to help reduce manufacturing and operational costs as well as the impact on the environment. In the face of global competition and cost-effectiveness, ship builders and operators today require a major overhaul in the entire ship design, manufacturing and operation process to achieve these goals. This paper highlights smart design, ...

“Passive” convergence of knowledge and technologies has had an important effect on manufacturing development. Manufacturing enterprises have evolved for the most part as centralized and concentrated urban complexes, primarily driven by the need to minimize manufacturing costs. Examples include the automobile industry of southeastern Michigan and the electronics manufacturing complex in Shenzhen...