Production and its supply chains are facing global disruptions that have increased anticipated uncertainty in industry.
We need to establish new paradigms to achieve greater resilience and unveil opportunities for innovations in both technical and organizational domains.
We need to establish new paradigms to achieve greater resilience and unveil opportunities for innovations in both technical and organizational domains.
10th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference
The CIRP Sponsored Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable, and Virtual Production is arranged for the 10th time and is for the first time hosted by the University of Siegen, Germany. The conference offers a setting for experts from academia, industry and research institutes alike to propose and discuss the latest scientific contributions in production technology.
Conference topics
- Manufacturing systems design, planning, operation and control
- Changeability, agility, flexibility and reconfigurability
- Sustainability, de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing
- Global production systems and co-operation within global networks
- Additive manufacturing for smart production
- Rapid product/process prototyping, development and ramp-up
- Virtual, digital and resilient production
- Production layout and assembly workplace design
- Product/process co-evolution
- Development of services and product service systems
- Human-machine interaction, cobotics and sensor integration for smart automation
- Learning factories and smart labs
12th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference
The World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference is arranged for the 12th time and is for the first time hosted by the University of Siegen, Germany.
The conference offers a setting for experts from academia, industry and research institutes alike to discuss and exchange the latest scientific contributions related to customized products and their associated business and production systems.
Conference topics
- Smart products, services and product-service systems
- Digital business models for mass customization
- Sustainability, circular economy and mass customization
- Success factors and best practices
- Resilient supply chains
- Key insights from industry in mass customization pioneers
- Managing variety, product/service platforms and families
- Open innovation and customer co-creation
- Data driven approaches for mass customization