This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book presents results relevant in the
manufacturing research field that are mainly aimed at closing the gap between the academic
investigation and the industrial application in collaboration with manufacturing companies.
Several hardware and software prototypes represent the key outcome of the scientific
contributions that can be grouped into five main areas representing different perspectives of
the factory domain:1) Evolutionary and reconfigurable factories to cope with dynamic production
contexts characterized by evolving demand and technologies products and processes.2) Factories
for sustainable production asking for energy efficiency low environmental impact products and
processes new de-production logics sustainable logistics.3) Factories for the People who need
new kinds of interactions between production processes machines and human beings to offer a
more comfortable and stimulating working environment.4) Factories for customized products that
will be more and more tailored to the final user's needs and sold at cost-effective prices.5)
High performance factories to yield the due production while minimizing the inefficiencies
caused by failures management problems maintenance.This books is primarily targeted to
academic researchers and industrial practitioners in the manufacturing domain.
