Advances in Sustainable and Competitive Manufacturing Systems

The proceedings includes the set of revised papers from the 23rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2013). This conference aims to provide an international forum for the exchange of leading edge scientic knowledge and industrial experience regarding the development and integration of the various aspects of Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems covering the complete life-cycle of a company's Products and Processes. Contents will include topics such as: Product, Process and Factory Integrated Design, Manufacturing Technology and Intelligent Systems, Manufacturing Operations Management and Optimization and Manufacturing Networks and MicroFactories.

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
The editor, Americo Azevedo, is Associate Professor at INESC TEC and Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal.

Inhalt

Part I Product, Process and Factory Integrated Design.- Part II Manufacturing Technology and Intelligent Systems.- Part III Manufacturing Operations Management and Optimization.- Part IV Manufacturing Organization and Strategies.- Part V Lean and Six Sigma Applications.- Part IV Energy Efficiency in Factory Life Cycle.