Manufacturing Systems Operations and Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

The changing market trends, globalization, the constant pressure to reduce production costs, and technical and technological progress make it necessary to search for new manufacturing methods and ways of organizing them and to modify existing manufacturing system design paradigms. Modern designing requires an in-depth analysis of market targets and possible ways of preparing and implementing usually automated and robotized manufacturing systems, assessing the impact of crucial factors, as well as integrating the knowledge of many branches of science and individual divisions. The target of each design is to optimally provide design processes while maintaining the required quality and minimizing the costs. In this context, new practical and scientific results are of great interest and importance for industrial engineering.

This Special Issue presents current research in different areas connected with operations and engineering of manufacturing systems. In particular, the papers to be published in this SI should cover the following subject areas:

• Optimal and sustainable manufacturing systems design;
• Manufacturing and assembly system balancing;
• Multicriteria optimization in manufacturing systems operations and engineering;
• AI-driven methods of manufacturing system planning, design, and optimization;
• Smart manufacturing systems;
• Digital twins in industrial engineering;
• Automation and robotization of manufacturing systems;
• Simulation in manufacturing systems;
• Continuous improvements in production units;
• Manufacturing technologies;
• Production operations and management;
• Predictive and preventive maintenance;
• Industrial economics;
• Knowledge-based manufacturing;
• Mixed reality in manufacturing systems;
• Flexible and adaptive manufacturing;
• Human-centered manufacturing.

We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions for this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Arkadiusz Gola
Prof. Dr. R.M. Chandima Ratnayake
Prof. Dr. Martin Krajcovic
Guest Editors

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