"IoT is to provide better services to the users, thereby, improving the quality of life, and the idea of integrating IoT with other emerging technologies like AI, blockchains and cloud computing can lead to the development of systems that are more robust, intelligent, secure and powerful. IoT...

"Most current textbooks were written some years ago and, as with many other areas of technology and manufacturing, CAD/CAM processes and solutions have developed rapidly in this period. This book addresses the need to a) provide up-to-date coverage of current CAD/CAM usage and implementation and...

Mit der Neuauflage des erfolgreichen Werkes wird die Geschichte der vierten industriellen Revolution fortgeschrieben und der Dynamik Rechnung getragen, mit der diese Vision in den vergangenen zwei bis drei Jahren weiterentwickelt und verwirklicht wurde. Experten aus Wissenschaft und Technik...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of selected scheduling dispatching rules on the performance of an actual CIM system using different performance measures and to compare the results with the literature. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve this objective, a computer...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of selected scheduling dispatching rules on the performance of an actual CIM system using different performance measures and to compare the results with the literature. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve this objective, a computer...

Zwischen Lean und MES bestehen Synergiepotentiale und Widersprüche. Thorsten Gerberich entwickelt und testet ein Vorgehensmodell, das in den Unternehmen der Automobilzulieferindustrie angewendet werden kann. „Too often there is confusion that lean and IT do not mix well and pure pull cannot...