This book presents recent developments, research results, and industrial experience to increase the knowledge base of academics and industry. In a small world where trade is the new global driving force conquering countries and continents alike, international competitiveness is becoming the ultimate challenge. It requires high-quality products manufactured with state-of-the-art technologies at low cost under the assumption of highly efficient operations management as well as clear corporate goals and strategy. This in turn is based on improved engineering training and education, relevant applied research, and an active interaction between academia and industry.

Presents recent developments and industrial experience to increase the knowledge base of academics and industry Provides chapters on Covid-19 and the manufacturing and supply chains Includes papers from the third triennial International Conference on Competitive Manufacturin

Inhalt
Part 1. Production systems and Organisations.- Part 2. Production systems and Organisations II.- Part 3 Automation, Human Machine Interaction, Interfaces.- Part 4 Enterprise Design and Digital Twins.- Part 5 Novel Engineering concept and Innovation.- Part 6 Human integration.- Part 7 Covid-19 Manufacturing, Services, Business models.- Part 8 Extended Reality.- Part 9 Enterprise Design.- Part 10 Production Systems and Maintenance.- Part 11 Supply chain.- Part 12 Manufacturing systems.- Part 13 Manufacturing Technologies I.- Part 14 Manufacturing Technologies II.- Part 15 Smart data.- Part 16 Manufacturing Technology and Materials.-Part 17 Manufacturing Systems.