This paper presents an examination of Western European manufacturers' future challenges as can be predicted today. Some of the challenges analyzed in the paper are: globalization, individualism and customization and agility challenges. Hereafter, the paper presents a broad analysis on manufacturing concepts and technologies that are being developed today which may be used to solve manufacturing challenges in the future, such as: (self) reconfigurable manufacturing systems, (focused) flexible manufacturing systems, and AI inspired manufacturing. The paper will try to offer a critical point of view on manufacturing challenges, concepts, and technologies, and is meant to address both academia and industry.
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Hadar, R., & Bilberg, A. (2012). Manufacturing Concepts of the Future – Upcoming Technologies Solving Upcoming Challenges. In Enabling Manufacturing Competitiveness and Economic Sustainability (pp. 123–128). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23860-4_20
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