Advanced Technologies in Smart Manufacturing and Product Innovation

Dear Colleagues,

Smart manufacturing is a technology-based approach that uses Internet-connected machines to monitor different manufacturing processes in enterprises. Its goal is to identify opportunities to automate operations and use data analysis to improve production efficiency and product quality. It can be also said to be a broad category of manufacturing that uses computer-integrated manufacturing, high levels of adaptability and rapid design changes, digital information technology and more flexible technical training for workers. It has emerged as a response to the Revolution 4.0.

Constantly changing market conditions and, above all, customer’s requirements, which are increasingly stringent due to increasingly easy access to global markets and, therefore, international competition, as well as the constant change in living conditions, have resulted in the need to introduce new products to the market. These products need to stand out, attracting the attention of potential customers.

All of this is forcing companies to look for new advanced technologies they can use to help them stay competitive in the market and meet the legal regulations, and most importantly, the customers’ requirements.

The scope of this Special Issue is to publish academic papers that address the newest technologies which appear on the market. The purpose of the Special Issue is to bring together scholars interested in smart manufacturing, product innovations and Industry 4.0, especially new solutions within these topics.

We encourage interdisciplinary scientists to share their experiences in this field. Different types of submissions (original research articles, case studies, reviews and critical perspectives) are expected. The main acceptance criteria include the originality, scientific rigor, novelty and scientific importance of the submitted manuscripts.

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Manuela Ingaldi
Prof. Dr. Dorota Klimecka-Tatar
Guest Editors

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• smart manufacturing
• product innovation
• advanced technologies
• manufacturing technologies
• Industry 4.0
• human–machine interaction
• risk management
• sustainability