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Many manufacturing companies have limited insight into the complete life cycle of their products. Insight that is necessary to manage the environmental impacts associated with the company’s operation. One possible solution to this challenge is to apply emerging sensor technology for communicating...

With the trends of industry 4.0 and increased degree of digitalization in production plants, it is expected that production plants in future is much more adaptive where they can both self-optimize production parameters as well as self-maintain of standard activities. All though this would reduce...

With the onset the digitalization and Industry 4.0, the maintenance function and asset management in a company is forming towards Smart Maintenance. An essential application in smart maintenance is to improve the maintenance planning function with better criticality assessment. With the aid from...

Sustainability is no longer a peripheral topic for most corporations, as they increasingly adopt more proactive business strategies. In spite of this, there has not been sufficient positive change in corporate practice and research indicates that our ecosystems are continuing to deteriorate at an...

The main interface in human-machine interaction is identification and visualization technologies. In the future, more automated data analysis is needed so that data can be continuously aggregated, so that value added information is produced and that knowledge is extracted from this information that...

The ability to acquire and utilize new knowledge within an inter-organizational context is considered a key factor for gaining competitive advantage. This study aims at investigating how organizations do cross-border collaboration in the context of realizing Industry 4.0 principles at the...

Multiple functions and stakeholders from the buyer and the supplier are involved and affected, either directly or indirectly, by the outsourcing process and the way it is managed. These can all assign different meaning to the evaluations and decisions made during the process, which in turn may...

The assets of electricity distribution are of critical importance for continuity of service, safety and economic performance. Stakeholders such as customers, regulators and shareholders are increasingly seeking assurance that the asset management of these companies is sound. While trying to improve...