Emerging trends in products, processes, materials and technologies will transform the manufacturing landscape. Inevitable shift to leaner, smarter, more flexible production will have significant impacts on factories design, operation and control, supply chains and nature of work. The increased digitalization and use of insights arising from data collection and analysis will allow more rapid, responsive and more connected manufacturing where products and production processes co-develop to adapt to the changing customer demands, markets, conditions in factories and enterprises. Evolution and future of manufacturing systems, transformative innovations, related socio-technical and economic impacts and future trends are presented.
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