Social Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Applications

Pingyu Jiang is professor of the state key laboratory for manufacturing systems engineering at Xi'an Jiatong University (XJTU), China. He received his Ph.D degree in mechanical engineering from XJTU in 1991 and held Humboldt and JSPS international research fellowships from 1995 to 1999 in Germany and Japan respectively. Dr. Jiang has been a faculty member at XJTU since 1991 and was promoted to full professor in 1999. He also served as vice dean of school of mechanical engineering, XJTU from 2003 to 2006. He is either active trustee or deputy head in several divisions of nation-wide academic societies such as China Mechanical Engineering Society, China Artificial Intelligence Society, etc. Dr. Jiang is author or co-author of more than 200 papers and 3 monographs. His current research interest includes systems engineering for manufacturing and services, including social manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, product service systems, open collaborative product development, innovation method applications.

I: Introduction.- II: Social Manufacturing Paradigm: Architecture and Key Enabled Technologies.- III: Computing and Decision-making in Social Manufacturing.- IV: Social Business Relationship and Organizational Network.- V: Open Product Design for Social Manufacturing.- VI: RFID, Social Sensors and extended Cyber-Physical System.- VII: Social Factory and Inter-connections.- VIII: Product Service Systems for Social Manufacturing.- IX: Block Chain Models for Cybersecurity of Social Manufacturing.- X: Configuration of Social Manufacturing System.- XI: Execution of social manufacturing system.- XII: Industrial Cases for Social Manufacturing.