Manufacturers face increased cost pressure and market volatility. Product life cycles are getting shorter. Production has to be faster and increasingly local. The acceleration of "time-to-market" could happen thanks to the solutions of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), with supply chains morphing into highly...

The manufacturing industry contributes to the rapid development of world economy but generates substantial adverse impacts on the environment and society. This research paper explores the tools and methods used to evaluate the sustainability of additive and subtractive manufacturing. A...