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Associate Editor, Frontiers ( Jun 2021 – Present )
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Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/manufacturing-technology#editorial-board
Special Issues
Integration of Product, Process, and Supply Chain Design in the Context of Industry 4.0
Topic Editors
Kedge Business School, Talence, FranceFollow12 publications
University of New Haven, West Haven, United StatesFollow
Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
About this Research Topic
Traditionally, Product Design and Business or Industrial Processes Design, hand-to-hand with sales and marketing, have been defining the rules and constraints for the Supply Chain design, while trying to stay under the umbrella of the focal company competitive strategy. The interactions between the various actors involved in those design activities have been largely studied in the literature and the issues are more or less resolved in different industrial sectors depending on the nature of the products, capacity of the suppliers, market situation, etc. Coordination and integration across the Product Life-Cycle Engineering have been indeed the focus of research and several industrial works which address the subject from organizational, technological, and semantic aspects to internal or external perspectives.
Despite the plethora of existing studies, even if we say that some are able to propose efficient integration solutions in a globally optimized way, we are facing a new context where new constraints or opportunities are emerging from the recent technological and social evolutions. Industry 4.0 and digitalization can have a two-folded role in this picture. On one hand, it can directly impact the Life-Cycle Engineering activities; for instance, virtualization or digitalization solutions can have a role in both product and supply network designs. On the other hand, it can impact the link between those activities; enhanced connectivity and data exchanges solutions can be mentioned as examples.
Therefore, the aim of this Research Topic is to collect studies illustrating how companies are creating or can create competitive advantage through better integration of product, process, and supply chain design while considering both the opportunities and constraints of Industry 4.0. Such a study may address conceptual models, methodologies, technical solutions, or even mindsets, that should evolve and be adapted alongside the technological evolution while the latter seems to be at a higher pace. In addition, these studies can update the literature accordingly, identify the current gaps and formulate insights stimulating further studies.
The Guest Editors welcome:
• Original and Review papers on the proposed topic, gathering and analyzing both scientific and industrial perspectives and proposing a roadmap accordingly
• Methodologies or Methods papers contributing to the literature:
– Conceptual or mathematical modeling approaches clarifying the context
– Methods and tools allowing to assess the impact of Industry 4.0 on the product, process, and supply chain design
– Solutions for establishing, optimizing, or enhancing the coordination of the involved actors in Life-Cycle Engineering
• Case Studies or Short Reports stimulating further research or industrial application on the topic
Keywords: Product Design, Process Design, Supply Chain Design, Industry 4.0
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Submission Deadlines
29 November 2021
Abstract
28 January 2022
Manuscript
Participating Journals
Manuscripts can be submitted to this Research Topic via the following journals:
Frontiers inManufacturing Technology
Special Issue “Sustainability and Industry 4.0: New Perspectives of Industry 4.0 Realization in Sustainability Context”
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Sustainability_and_Industry_4
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Dr. Omid Fatahi ValilaiWebsite
Guest Editor
Mathematics and Logistics, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen 28759, Germany
Interests: Industry 4.0; cloud manufacturing; cyberphysical systems
Dr. Amir PirayeshWebsite
Guest Editor
Operations and Supply Chain Management,KEDGE Business school, 33405 Talence, France
Interests: manufacturing and supply chain operations; interoperability evaluation; performance measurement; risk assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The supply chain (SC) refers to all activities associated with the transformation and flow of goods and services, including their attendant information flows, from the sources of materials to end-users. SCs can be considered as dynamic network systems that require significant coordination of information from the up layer to the down layer. From a classical standpoint, SCs are only responsible for transporting products among themselves to satisfy end-users. The application of a typical SC has simply been to procure raw materials and produce items in different factories and transport them to retailers or costumers. Nevertheless, this application altered during the last decade since continuing advances in communications and transportation technologies (e.g., mobile communication, the Internet, and overnight delivery) have prompted the continuous evolution of the SC. One of the tremendous advances in recent years is the Industry 4.0 paradigm that is causing excellent progression in SC and can also cause overall modifications in the future.
(1) The focus of this Special Issue is the investigation of Industry 4.0 opportunities for strengthening the supply chain from a sustainability perspective. Considering the capabilities of Industry 4.0 for enabling real-time data communication among operational agents over the whole production and supply chain, the focus will be to propose and search for solutions which help firms from a sustainability perspective. Industry 4.0 has proposed the worldwide and widespread adoption of information and communication technologies in the whole of SC. Within Industry 4.0, agents are working in a dynamic environment, and the concept of decision making is changed. Consequently, the Industry 4.0 paradigm has a significant impact on SC, both vertically and horizontally, in the operational level ecosystem. The scope of papers will be whole value-added processes in the supply chain which can be affected by Industry 4.0 paradigm. The Special Issue will be an attempt to assist with analysis of the effects of changes in processes in the supply chain inspired by Industry 4.0 and their related affects from sustainability perspectives.
(2) Papers submitted to this Special Issue are welcome to investigate sustainability concerns and the ways in which Industry 4.0 can address them. The barriers and challenges in applying Industry 4.0 paradigms in relation to sustainability are of most value. We also welcome research studies which analyze the latest trends and achievements in Industry 4.0 and how they have helped the sustainability paradigm in supply chain based on modern technologies.
The overall research contributions are welcomed to answer the following questions but are not limited to:
How to clarify the impact of I4.0 paradigm from Sustainability Assessment & Control perspectives (indicators, measurement and decision making mechanisms etc.), from shop-floor to higher managerial levels (of Cyber Physical Production Systems)?
How issues such as lack of visibility (due to complexity) or lack of interoperability (due to high interaction level) may impact Sustainability in I4.0 context?
How real time data collection, communication and processing as well as intelligent decision making can support Sustainability?
How to integrate Sustainability concerns in interoperability research and architectures especially with paradigms like IoT and digital twins in I4.0?
Is sustainability a common driver of technological innovation in I4.0 context?
Dr. Omid Fatahi Valilai
Dr. Amir Pirayesh
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
Industry 4.0
cyberphysical systems
sustainability
adaptive planning
risk analysis and assessment