Design of Smart Manufacturing Systems covers the fundamentals and applications of smart manufacturing or Industry 4.0 system design, along with interesting case studies. Digitization and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) have vastly increased the amount of data available to manufacturing production systems. This book addresses the planning, modeling and experimentation of different decision-making problems as well as the conditions that affect manufacturing. In addition, recent developments in the design of smart manufacturing and its applications are explained, covering the needs of both researchers and practitioners. To fully navigate the challenges and opportunities of smart manufacturing systems, contributions are drawn from operations research, information systems, computer science and industrial engineering as well as manufacturing engineering.

Daniel Alejandro Rossit, PhD is a Researcher of CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina) and Professor in the Engineering Department of the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He has an Industrial Engineer degree and a PhD in Engineering. His research has focused on production problems, operations research and engineering systems optimization. He has published in journals such as Omega, International Journal of Production Research, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, among others. He has served as editor in “Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches: Latest Development and Innovations in Science and Technology Applications” and “Designing Smart Manufacturing Systems”. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and lab director in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on sustainability, nanotechnology & advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of several books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.