Technical, Economic and Societal Effects of Manufacturing 4.0: Automation, Adaption and Manufacturing in Finland and Beyond

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii
 Industry 4.0 in Retrospect and in Context  (Karl-Erik Michelsen)....Pages 1-14
Front Matter ....Pages 15-15
 Additive Manufacturing—Past, Present, and the Future  (Markus Korpela, Niko Riikonen, Heidi Piili, Antti Salminen, Olli Nyrhilä)....Pages 17-41
 Additive Manufacturing from the Point of View of Materials Research  (Ville Laitinen, Mahdi Merabtene, Erica Stevens, Markus Chmielus, Jan Van Humbeeck, Kari Ullakko)....Pages 43-83
 Robotics in Manufacturing—The Past and the Present  (Ming Li, Andrija Milojević, Heikki Handroos)....Pages 85-95
 Maintenance-Management in Light of Manufacturing 4.0  (Michele Urbani, Dario Petri, Matteo Brunelli, Mikael Collan)....Pages 97-111
Front Matter ....Pages 113-113
 Industrial Additive Manufacturing Business Models—What Do We Know from the Literature?  (Jyrki Savolainen, Mikael Collan)....Pages 115-130
 Additive Manufacturing Cases and a Vision for a Predictive Analytics and Additive Manufacturing Based Maintenance Business Model  (Michele Urbani, Mikael Collan)....Pages 131-148
 Quantifying the Economic Feasibility of Additive Manufacturing: Simulating Production Lifetimes in the Context of Spare Parts Production  (Jyrki Savolainen, Mikael Collan)....Pages 149-167
 Industry 4.0. Transformation Challenge in Light of Dynamic Capabilities  (Kalevi Kyläheiko, Päivi Maijanen)....Pages 169-189
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 The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Changes to Working Life: What Supports Adult Employees in Adapting to New Technology at Work?  (Hanna Nygren, Maarit Virolainen, Raija Hämäläinen, Juhani Rautopuro)....Pages 193-209
 Modelling the Societal Division of Added Value Created Through Manufacturing 4.0  (Heikki Hiilamo, Henri Aaltonen)....Pages 211-232
 Coping with Technological Changes: Regional and National Preparedness in Face of Technical Change  (Jari Kaivo-oja, Mikkel Stein Knudsen, Theresa Lauraeus)....Pages 233-258
 Closing Words: Quo vadis Manufacturing 4.0  (Mikael Collan, Karl-Erik Michelsen)....Pages 259-261
Back Matter ....Pages 263-266