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Supply Chain Management 4.0: Looking Backward, Looking Forward (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, M. D., Schaefer, D., & Milisavljevic-Syed, J. Supply Chain Management 4.0: Looking Backward, Looking Forward. Presented at 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Lugano, Switzerland

About ten years ago, a bold vision with a prospect of largely autonomous factories of the future with digitized processes, data-driven smart applications, and seamlessly integrated supply chains was born and quickly became known as Industry 4.0 or ak... Read More about Supply Chain Management 4.0: Looking Backward, Looking Forward.

A Review of Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Machine Economy: Challenges and Opportunities in Industry and Research (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, M. D., Schaefer, D., & Milisavljevic-Syed, J. A Review of Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Machine Economy: Challenges and Opportunities in Industry and Research. Presented at 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2022, Lugano, Switzerland

Blockchain Technology has gained prominence since 2008 with trust, reliability, speed, and transparency becoming major advantages. It has also been applied and researched within a multitude of industry applications ranging from manufacturing to finan... Read More about A Review of Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Machine Economy: Challenges and Opportunities in Industry and Research.

A Decision-Based Framework for Predictive Maintenance Technique Selection in Industry 4.0 (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Schaefer, D., & Milisavljevic-Syed, J. A Decision-Based Framework for Predictive Maintenance Technique Selection in Industry 4.0. Presented at 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2022, Lugano, Switzerland

Maintenance is defined as the actions that allow machines and equipment to work for an extended period of time by retaining and restoring equipment to its original state. In Industry 4.0 context, Predictive Maintenance (PdM) is a strategy that utiliz... Read More about A Decision-Based Framework for Predictive Maintenance Technique Selection in Industry 4.0.

Strategies for Achieving Pre-emptive Resilience in Military Supply Chains (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sani, S., Schaefer, D., & Milisavljevic-Syed, J. Strategies for Achieving Pre-emptive Resilience in Military Supply Chains. Presented at 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2022, Lugano, Switzerland

As technological advancement is rapidly evolving modern warfare, military supply chains are becoming more dynamic and complex with high vulnerability to unexpected disruptions. To increase their overall resilience against such unexpected disruptions,... Read More about Strategies for Achieving Pre-emptive Resilience in Military Supply Chains.

Design Engineering in the Age of Industry 4.0 (2021)
Journal Article
Jiao, R., Commuri, S., Panchal, J., Milisavljevic-Syed, J., Allen, J. K., Mistree, F., & Schaefer, D. (2021). Design Engineering in the Age of Industry 4.0. Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(7), Article 070801. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051041

Industry 4.0 is based on the digitization of manufacturing industries and has raised the prospect for substantial improvements in productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction. This digital transformation not only affects the way products are manu... Read More about Design Engineering in the Age of Industry 4.0.