Smart Industry - Better Management

<p>The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.</p><p>Smart industry requires better management. As industrial and production systems are future-proofed, becoming smart and interconnected through use of new manufacturing and product technologies, work is advancing on improving product needs, volume, timing, resource efficiency, and cost, optimally using supply chains.</p><p>Presenting innovative, evidence-based, and cutting-edge case studies, with new conceptualizations and viewpoints on management, <em>Smart Industry, Better Management</em> explores concepts in product systems, use of cyber physical systems, digitization, interconnectivity, and new manufacturing and product technologies.</p><p>Contributions to this volume highlight the high degree of flexibility in people management, production, including product needs, volume, timing, resource efficiency and cost in being able to finely adjust to customer needs and make full use of supply chains