Dimitris Mavrikios

TL;DR: Digital manufacturing has been considered, over the last decade, as a highly promising set of technologies for reducing product development times and cost as well as for addressing the need of addressing the issues in manufacturing as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the challenges to be addressed and focus on the technologies, related to novel processes, materials and information/communication, which could deal with the issues pertaining to increased demand on manufacturing goods, the finite resources, and environment-conscious production.

TL;DR: A specification framework for the delivery of industrial learning and training, addressing the needs for the “knowledge” workers of the factories of the future, is introduced.

TL;DR: A series of simulation-based solutions are explored in the domains of product and production process design, as well as in the area of enterprise resource planning, including the initiatives comprising both the Internet cloud and the Internet of things.

TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of human capital skills for industry's competitiveness is discussed, providing an overview of the current situation in different world regions, and the need for young people to be enlightened about the exciting character of manufacturing.