The Impact of Quality, Safety and Sustainability 4.0 on Manufacturing Processes
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 6345
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Interests: quality engineering; quality management; lean manufacturing; new product development; open innovation; e-learning; HEI accreditation
Interests: innovation; innovative technologies; patents; quality management; sustainability
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Interests: quality management area (including TQM; process management; excellence models; feedback loops related to quality)
Interests: quality engineering; total quality management; production engineering; process development; product development; lean manufacturing; quality management; production planning; quality improvement; production metrology; Industry 4.0; AI and ML
Interests: operations management; quality management; production management; production; lean manufacturing; production planning; quality engineering; lean six sigma; statistical process control; AMFE; circular economy in industrial operation management; Industry 4.0 in operation management
Interests: safety management; risk assessment; maintenance management; prevention; continuity; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development of technologies that fit into the Industry 4.0 (i4.0) framework allows us to realize our dreams. Over time, advances in computer science, especially simulations, help us to mimic the functioning of processes and products and complex systems in the real world, making these dreams more visible. With new technologies such as 3D printing, we can produce objects with complex geometries that we otherwise could not achieve with traditional technologies. Current threats to society's security and environmental sustainability require a thorough knowledge of related processes and their interactions and are a fundamental manifestation of society’s culture and maturity. The organization’s transformation to i4.0 is supported by digitalization and digital culture across the organization’s processes. Computer simulation has become an essential tool for improvement and innovation in many industries and services. At the level of production processes, it is about digital thinking, digital behavior, and digital skills. However, many opportunities for error arise during the engineering simulation process, leading to inaccurate predictions, erroneous decisions, and potential failure of the designed system.
This Special Issue on “The Impact of Quality, Safety and Sustainability 4.0 on Manufacturing Processes” focuses on high-quality work related to contemporary computer simulation and prediction of quality and safety of processes, products and systems; environmental, economic and social sustainability; the integrated management of organizations; engineering processes used to support the evaluation of process performance; and the impact of Quality 4.0 on organizations´ performance.
Prof. Dr. Kristína Zgodavová
Prof. Dr. Gilberto Santos
Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Nenadál
Prof. Dr. Vidosav D. Majstorovic
Prof. Dr. José Alberto Eguren
Prof. Dr. Hana Pacaiova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital culture
- prediction
- process
- quality
- safety
- simulation
- sustainability
- 3D printing
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