Technology Integration Strategies in Smart Manufacturing: From Traditional Manufacturing to Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

Abstract

Smart manufacturing has become a game-changing approach that leverages digital technologies to create intelligent, interconnected production systems. This literature review explores the history of manufacturing and its evolution from traditional production systems to Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, emphasizing technological advancements in modern industrial practices. This paper discusses the evolution of manufacturing from traditional to digital and intelligent manufacturing environments, leveraging Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the IIoT, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and Digital Twin technology. In addition, the smart manufacturing architecture is presented, explaining how physical manufacturing assets, communication networks, enterprise information systems, and intelligent analytics platforms are integrated to create a smart manufacturing environment. Challenges associated with implementing smart manufacturing, such as interoperability, cybersecurity, standardization, scalability, and legacy systems integration, are also explored. In general, this review shows that smart manufacturing provides the technological basis for sustainable, resilient, customer-oriented manufacturing