"Industry 4.0: Impact on Intelligent Logistics and Manufacturing" ed. by Tamás Bányai, Antonella Petrillo, Fabio De Felice

The aim of this book is to help students at the level of BSc, MSc, and PhD level as well as managers and researchers, to understand and appreciate the concept, design, and implementation of Industry 4.0 solutions. This book offers a selection of papers that explain the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on intelligent manufacturing and logistics.

Implementing Industry 4.0 technologies and solutions is a strategic objective of manufacturing and service companies to foster competitiveness on the global market. The Industry 4.0 as an industrial ecosystem is a potential glue that can hold interconnected logistics systems and value making chains together.
Authors from ten countries (China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, and USA) have published worked examples and case studies from their research in the field.


Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Industry 4.0 and Its Impact on Logistics - A Retrospective Review
2.Advantages of Learning Factories for Production Planning Based on Shop Floor Simulation: A Step towards Smart Factories in Industry 4.0
3.Impact of Industry 4.0 on Inventory Systems and Optimization
4.Cyber-Physical System Architecture for Minimizing the Possibility of Producing Bad Products in a Manufacturing System
5.Leveraging Internet-of-Things to Support Circular Economy Paradigm in Manufacturing Industry
6.Parallel Genetic Algorithms with GPU Computing
7.Digital Twin Technology
8.The Role of Spin-Off Companies in the Technology Transfer and IS Management Potential in Developing a Sharing Economy