Zhuming Bi

TL;DR: The evolution of manufacturing system paradigms is discussed to identify the requirements of decision support systems in dynamic and distributed environments; recent advances in IT are overviewed and associated with next-generation manufacturing paradigm; and the relation of IT infrastructure and ESs is explored to identified the technological gaps in adopting IoT as an IT infrastructure of ESs.

TL;DR: In this article, general requirements of next generation manufacturing systems are discussed, and strategies to meet these requirements are considered, and the production paradigms which apply these strategies are also classified.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the latest studies in the field of flexible fixture design and automation, and discussed the flexibility strategies based on the existing flexible fixture systems and their contributions on design methodologies and verifications.

TL;DR: IoT and cloud computing are proposed to help a conventional assembly modeling system evolve into an advanced system, which is capable to deal with complexity and changes automatically.

TL;DR: An automated BPM solution is investigated to select and compose services in open business environment, Blockchain technology (BCT) is explored and proposed to transfer and verify the trustiness of businesses and partners, and a BPM framework is developed to illustrate how BCT can be integrated to support prompt, reliable, and cost-effective evaluation and transferring of Quality of Services in the workflow composition and management.