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The Future of Smart Production for SMEs

A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs

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  • Written by well-established authors in the scientific and technical production community
  • Presents the strategic reflection and methodological outcome of well-known SME transfer centers and hubs
  • Covers a holistic approach in the production value chain including production service aspects

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Vision

  2. Transformation

  3. Solutions

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About this book

This book explains and exemplifies how SMEs can embrace the Smart Production approach and technologies in order to gain a beneficiary outcome. The book describes the Smart Production vision for SMEs, as well as the method to get there. The concept behind the book is based on the long-term experience of the authors in researching and tackling problems of SMEs in the manufacturing sector. The book provides applied methods and obtained solutions in different branches and different sizes of SMEs, encompassing a broad survey of our markets and societies. The perspective is systemic/holistic and integrated including human, organizational, technological, and digital perspectives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Aalborg, Denmark

    Ole Madsen, Astrid Heidemann Lassen

  • Berlin, Germany

    Ulrich Berger

  • Risskov, Denmark

    Charles Møller

  • Klarup, Denmark

    Brian Vejrum Waehrens

  • Frederikshavn, Denmark

    Casper Schou

About the editors

Ole Madsen is Professor at the Department of Materials and Production at Aalborg University, Denmark, where he is Head of the research group on Robotics and Automation. He has more than 25 years of experience in industrial automation. He is Co-founder of the AAU Smart Production laboratory, and he has since 2016 been Laurids Andersen Professor with the focus on bringing Smart Production and Industry 4.0 to SMEs. His research interests include flexible robotics, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, and Industry 4.0.



Ulrich Berger is Full Professor, Chair of Automation Technology at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany. Since 2016 he is Adjunct Professor Smart Production at Aalborg University. He has technical and scientific expertise in robotics, automation and Industry 4.0. He is the founder and Director of the SME Technology Transfer Center Modern Industry Brandenburg and General Manager of the German SME Competence Center Industry 4.0 Cottbus.


Charles Møller is Full Professor in Enterprise Systems and Process Innovation at the Center for Industrial Production (CIP), Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is researching the interplay between operations and information systems in industry where the perspectives include both technology and management. His current research interest includes ERP/MES systems, IT/OT integration, development of digital supply chains, factories, and smart production. Charles Møller is currently engaged in the Danish platform: Manufacturing Academy of Denmark, (MADE) where he is Primary Investigator in Digital Supply Chains, Smart Factories, and Value Chain Execution and Optimization.


Astrid Heidemann Lassen is Associate Professor in Innovation Management at the Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Denmark. She is Head of Section in Production and Vice Head of Department. Since 2015, she has been Honorary Visiting Professor at the Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research focus is, in particular, on the process of developing organizational capabilities for innovation and digital transformation in the context of both established companies and knowledge intensive entrepreneurial ventures.



Brian Vejrum Wæhrens is Professorat the Center for Industrial Production (CIP), Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Denmark. . His current research interests are digital and sustainable transformation of industry, studied as the effective integration of day-to-day operations across a dispersed operations network, and its link with strategic development initiatives within the company and at the supply chain level.


Casper Schou is Assistant Professor at the Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Denmark. His main research areas andexpertise are within smart factories, collaborative robotics, and recently swarm production. Since 2016, he is responsible for operation of the AAU Smart Production Lab and involved in numerous experiments and real-world tests



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Future of Smart Production for SMEs

  • Book Subtitle: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs

  • Editors: Ole Madsen, Ulrich Berger, Charles Møller, Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Brian Vejrum Waehrens, Casper Schou

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15428-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15427-0Published: 29 October 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15430-0Published: 29 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-15428-7Published: 28 October 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 440

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 68 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Industrial and Production Engineering

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