Social manufacturing realizing personalization production: A state-of-the-art review

Traditional manufacturing researches are mainly focusing on one concrete technology application, such as production model, supplier management, advanced automatic equipments etc. Rapid developments and advances in information, manufacturing and management areas make the social environment of manufacturing change much. The global competition and multifarious customer demands are more and more universal phenomena. The difference and evolution in the advanced manufacturing systems need to be researched deeply. In addition, the relationships and functions among these social factors and the automatic manufacturing systems should be investigated in detail. Social manufacturing provides a new paradigm for the enterprises to capture the value. In this article, recent researches in social manufacturing are reviewed.