IEEE Access (Jan 2019)

IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Key Technologies for Smart Factory of Industry 4.0

  • Jiafu Wan,
  • Min Xia,
  • Jun Hong,
  • Zhibo Pang,
  • Bharat Jayaraman,
  • Fangyang Shen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2895516
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7
pp. 17969 – 17974

Abstract

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A booming global economy and demand for customized products has led to a buyers’ market outweighing a sellers’ market in the manufacturing industry. This means that a deeper conversion towards manufacturing structures to handle the increasing production complexity should be studied. With an increased adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), realization of smart factory will become possible. The smart factory can provide a solution for handling the complexity through the establishment of intelligent products and production processes.