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Feature Review Papers in Section Applied Industrial Technologies

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Industrial Technologies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 809

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Applied Sciencies (MDPI), entitled "Feature Review Papers in Section Applied Industrial Technologies", aims to consolidate and disseminate comprehensive insights into the latest advancements, challenges, and future directions in the field of industrial technologies. This Special Issue will showcase in-depth review articles that cover a broad spectrum of applied industrial technologies, including, but not limited to, manufacturing processes, automation, robotics, materials science, and industrial IoT. This Special Issue will focus on the identification of emerging trends, innovative applications, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies into industrial settings. These reviews are intended to serve as valuable resources for researchers, engineers, and practitioners, providing a detailed overview of the current state of the art and offering perspectives on future research and development.

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Dr. Alexandre Carvalho
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Keywords

  • applied industrial technologies
  • manufacturing processes
  • automation and robotics
  • materials science
  • industrial IoT
  • smart manufacturing
  • industrial innovation
  • emerging technologies in industry
  • advanced production systems
  • Industry 4.0
  • ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC)
  • massive machine-type communication (mMTC)
  • cyber-physical production systems (CPPS)
  • network slicing for distributed parallel processing

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How Traditional Costing Methods Hinder the Development of Modular Product Architectures
by Morten Nørgaard, Jakob Meinertz Grønvald, Carsten Keinicke Fjord Christensen and Niels Henrik Mortensen
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(11), 6307; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15116307 - 4 Jun 2025
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This study investigates how traditional costing methods hinder the development of modular product architectures. A structured literature review identifies the gap between Management Accounting (MA) and Innovation and Operations Management (IOM), revealing that current costing approaches often fail to provide an accurate cost [...] Read more.
This study investigates how traditional costing methods hinder the development of modular product architectures. A structured literature review identifies the gap between Management Accounting (MA) and Innovation and Operations Management (IOM), revealing that current costing approaches often fail to provide an accurate cost assessment of the impact of modularity effects across the product life cycle. A hypothesis is proposed, suggesting that defining cost allocation by levels of abstraction—product, subsystem, and component—can address the challenges in current methods. The analysis found that modularity effects are predominantly assessed at the product level in four out of five life-cycle phases, despite product costs being incurred at lower levels, leading to inaccuracies in cost allocation. This study concludes that current costing practices do not offer a sufficient level of detail for informed design decisions based on cost when it comes to developing modular product architectures and proposes the development of more refined cost models. It offers a new perspective on how to assess product variety and its related effects in a product portfolio. This lays the foundation for future research combining the fields of MA and IOM. This paper highlights the absence of a universal method to assess the total life-cycle cost of product portfolios and outlines directions for future work, including the development and testing of refined allocation models through industry case studies. Full article
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