Industry 4.0 for Manufacturing Systems: Concepts, Technologies, and Applications
暫譯: 製造系統的工業4.0：概念、技術與應用

本書全面討論了工業4.0的工具、技術、設計原則和優勢。進一步涵蓋了資訊流、高級製造系統、智能自動化系統，以及數據在工業4.0中的角色。本書解釋了工業4.0與增材製造和循環經濟的整合。

Vishal Ashok Wankhede is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques at the Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya, India, since July 2023. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from March 2022 to June 2023, and in the Department of Industrial Engineering at PDEU from July 2016 to June 2019. Dr. Wankhede earned his Ph.D. in Industry 4.0 from the Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, in July 2022. He also holds an M.Tech in Cloud Manufacturing (2016) and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering (2014). He was recognized with the "Budding Researcher Award" in 2022 and an academic proficiency prize for his M.Tech at NIT Trichy. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters with over 1300 citations and an h-index of 20. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Institution of Engineers (India) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His research interests include Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Circular Economy, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Optimization, and Multi-Criteria Decision Making.

K.E.K. Vimal received a Ph.D. degree in Sustainable Manufacturing in 2016 and an M. Tech degree in Industrial Engineering in 2012 from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India, and a Production Engineering degree in 2010 from the PSG College of Technology, India. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in Mechanical Engineering with a special emphasis on Circular supply chain management, Lean Six Sigma, and sustainability in manufacturing. He has worked as a Guest Editor for a few journals. Presently, he acts as a reviewer for more than 20 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as an author (and co-author) 4 books with Publisher, 20 book chapters, and more than 60 articles in Journals and Conferences. He is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India.

Pankaj Sahlot is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, India. He also worked as an Assistant Professor at Pandit Deendayal Energy University Gandhinagar (PDEU) for around 4 years. He completed his Ph.D. from IIT Gandhinagar, India. He also visited the University of North Texas Denton, USA, for six months as a visiting researcher during his PhD. His research work has been published in various reputable journals and conferences. He did his M.Tech from IIT Hyderabad in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and received the Academic Excellence award from Prof. C. N. R. Rao. He completed his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering at Ideal Institute of Technology in Ghaziabad, U.P. India. Currently, his research of interest focuses on additive manufacturing (AM) and Friction Stir Welding (FSW) of different metals. He has also collaborated with reputed national and international institutes and published several articles.

Vishal Ashok Wankhede 自2023年7月起擔任印度博德蓋亞印度管理學院（Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya）運營管理與定量技術系的助理教授。此前，他於2022年3月至2023年6月在古吉拉特邦甘地納格爾的潘迪特·丁達亞能源大學（Pandit Deendayal Energy University, PDEU）機械工程系擔任助理教授，並於2016年7月至2019年6月在PDEU的工業工程系任職。Wankhede博士於2022年7月在印度蒂魯吉拉帕利國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology, NIT）生產工程系獲得工業4.0的博士學位。他還擁有雲製造（Cloud Manufacturing）的碩士學位（2016年）和機械工程的學士學位（2014年）。他於2022年獲得「新興研究者獎」（Budding Researcher Award）以及在NIT Trichy獲得的碩士學位學術優秀獎。他已發表超過50篇經過同行評審的文章和書籍章節，引用次數超過1300次，h指數為20。他是多個專業組織的成員，包括印度工程師學會（Institution of Engineers, India）和美國機械工程師學會（American Society of Mechanical Engineers）。他的研究興趣包括工業4.0、智慧製造、增材製造、循環經濟、高級製造過程、優化和多準則決策制定。

K.E.K. Vimal 於2016年獲得可持續製造的博士學位，2012年獲得工業工程的碩士學位，均來自印度蒂魯吉拉帕利國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli），並於2010年獲得印度PSG技術學院的生產工程學位。他在機械工程領域擁有超過10年的教學和研究經驗，特別強調循環供應鏈管理、精益六西格瑪和製造的可持續性。他曾擔任幾本期刊的客座編輯，目前擔任超過20本知名Web of Science期刊的審稿人。此外，他作為作者（及合著者）出版了4本書籍、20個書籍章節，以及超過60篇期刊和會議文章。目前，他在印度蒂魯吉拉帕利國立技術學院的生產工程系擔任助理教授。

Pankaj Sahlot 是印度庫魯克舍特拉國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology, NIT Kurukshetra）機械工程系的助理教授。他曾在潘迪特·丁達亞能源大學甘地納格爾（PDEU）擔任助理教授約4年。他在印度甘地納格爾的印度理工學院（IIT Gandhinagar）獲得博士學位，並在攻讀博士期間曾作為訪問研究員在美國北德克薩斯大學（University of North Texas Denton）逗留六個月。他的研究工作已發表在多個知名期刊和會議上。他在印度海得拉巴的印度理工學院（IIT Hyderabad）材料科學與工程系獲得碩士學位，並獲得C. N. R. Rao教授的學術卓越獎。他在印度烏塔爾邦的加濟阿巴德理想技術學院（Ideal Institute of Technology）完成機械工程的學士學位。目前，他的研究興趣集中在不同金屬的增材製造（AM）和摩擦攪拌焊接（FSW）上。他還與多個知名國內外機構合作並發表了多篇文章。