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IJAT Vol.11 No.1 p. 3
doi: 10.20965/ijat.2017.p0003
(2017)

Editorial:

Mini Special Issue on Smart Manufacturing

Hironori Hibino and Masaru Nakano

Tokyo University of Science
Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan


Keio University
Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan


Published:
January 5, 2017
Industry 4.0, a new industry initiative in Germany, is impacting strongly both on industry and on society. Many newspapers and technical magazines are publishing the state of the art articles on topics such as smart manufacturing based on IoT (Internet of Things), CPPS (Cyber Physical Production System), and cloud-based systems. Other parts of the world have started initiatives such as the IIC (Industrial Internet Consortium) in the US and the IVI (Industrial Value Chain Initiative) in Japan. Smart manufacturing is the key concept underlying these new initiatives. This special issue addresses the most advanced research on smart manufacturing. Subjects cover cyber-physical product-service systems, machinery production lines, manufacturing system simulation, lot-size energy-consumption dependence per production throughput unit, additive manufacturing processes, sensor network technology, production management technology, supply chain management technology, and smart manufacturing reviews. We thank the authors for their careful work and the reviewers for their incisive efforts without which this special issue would not have been possible. We hope that this special issue will trigger further research on smart manufacturing and its advances.
Cite this article as:
H. Hibino and M. Nakano, “Mini Special Issue on Smart Manufacturing,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.11 No.1, p. 3, 2017.
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