| Abstract |
It is the industries that drive the nation’s economy and well-being, and a better economy results from their higher efficiency and higher performance. Smart systems integrate sensing, actuation, and control to describe and analyze a condition, make adaptive or predictive decisions, and take smart actions accordingly. A new level of manufacturing, commonly known as intelligent manufacturing, has been enabled by the use of automated and intelligent systems. As a result of the digital transition, we are experiencing a paradigm shift based on the shift from computer-aided technologies to smart systems, which are present in several sectors, including smart cities, smart manufacturing, and smart services. It utilizes interconnected tools and equipment in order to optimize manufacturing performance and reduce energy and labour needs. Over the years, it has played a huge role in the adoption of superior manufacturing technologies. There are still certain difficulties with the application of smart manufacturing systems even if they can handle many of the challenges and complexity faced by the current industries. Moreover, their sustainability in terms of three interconnected dimensions, social–environmental–economical, in the point of view of stakeholders needs to be assessed. In this chapter, we explore the sustainable smart manufacturing system and its related technologies; for the same, we made a bibliometric analysis of the published work in this domain. We also present smart manufacturing implementation challenges, opportunities, and future directions. © 2025 selection and editorial matter, Faisal Talib and Muhammed Muaz; individual chapters, the contributors. |
