Human-centricity, a core value of Industry 5.0, places humans in the center of production. It
leads to the prioritization of human needs, spanning from health and safety to self …

Manufacturing enterprises are facing the need to align themselves to the new information
technologies (IT) and respond to the new challenges of variable market demand. One of the …

A smart manufacturing system (SMS) is a multi-field physical system with complex couplings
among various components. Usually, designers in various fields can only design …

Scholars and practitioners have considered Industry 4.0 a comprehensive set of emerging
technologies that establish a new industrial perspective based on the “Internet of Things”. As …

Digital Twin is a virtual representation of objects, processes, and systems that exist in real-
time. While Digital Twin can represent digital objects, they are often used to connect the …

Job shop scheduling always plays an important role in the manufacturing process and is
one of the decisive factors influencing manufacturing efficiency. In the actual process of …

Featured Application This work was elaborated in the frame of a collaborative innovation
project named CyberFactory# 1 which aims at enhancing optimization and resilience of …

Scheduling scheme is one of the critical factors affecting the production efficiency. In the
actual production, anomalies will lead to scheduling deviation and influence scheme …

Within the scheduling framework, the potential of digital twin (DT) technology, based on
virtualisation and intelligent algorithms to simulate and optimise manufacturing, enables an …

Digital Twins are currently investigated as the technological backbone for providing an
enhanced understanding and management of existing systems as well as for designing new …