Description

Manufacturing has evolved to become highly competitive, with competitive pressures from factors that were not traditionally taken into consideration. In this regard, manufacturing optimisation has begun to adopt a new meaning, and multiple pursuits are in place within industries to achieve sustenance and profitability in a highly-competitive consumer landscape. Manufacturing convergence is essentially an exposition of the nature of the current manufacturing scene, primarily in Europe, and provides a holistic assessment of the various convergence trends that are redefining its architecture.