TY - CHAP
T1 - The Roadmap of Reconfigurable Manufacturing System
T2 - From Its Emergence to the Era of Industry 4.0 and 5.0
AU - Gu, Xi
AU - Koren, Yoram
AU - Li, Xingyu
AU - Huang, Sihan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - The term “Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS)” was coined by Prof. Koren three decades ago, in response to the challenges caused by global manufacturing. RMS has rapid responsiveness and can provide the exact capacity and functionality needed, exactly when needed. Since then, many RMS models, principles, and technologies, ranging from machine level to system level and supply-chain level, have been invented. RMS has been established as a new scientific research area that has gained increasing attention and interest from both academia and industry. In the current Industry 4.0 and 5.0 era, new technologies (e.g., cyber-physical systems, digital twins, artificial intelligence, data analytics) and new manufacturing goals (e.g., market-of-one products, sustainability, resilience, human-centricity) are emerging. This chapter presents the roadmap of the RMS paradigm by reviewing its emergence and its development trend. It also discusses the role of RMS in the current Industry 4.0 and 5.0 era, and how the integration of RMS technologies and other emerging technologies can improve the competitiveness of today’s manufacturing enterprises.
AB - The term “Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS)” was coined by Prof. Koren three decades ago, in response to the challenges caused by global manufacturing. RMS has rapid responsiveness and can provide the exact capacity and functionality needed, exactly when needed. Since then, many RMS models, principles, and technologies, ranging from machine level to system level and supply-chain level, have been invented. RMS has been established as a new scientific research area that has gained increasing attention and interest from both academia and industry. In the current Industry 4.0 and 5.0 era, new technologies (e.g., cyber-physical systems, digital twins, artificial intelligence, data analytics) and new manufacturing goals (e.g., market-of-one products, sustainability, resilience, human-centricity) are emerging. This chapter presents the roadmap of the RMS paradigm by reviewing its emergence and its development trend. It also discusses the role of RMS in the current Industry 4.0 and 5.0 era, and how the integration of RMS technologies and other emerging technologies can improve the competitiveness of today’s manufacturing enterprises.
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - Industry 5.0
KW - Manufacturing paradigm
KW - Reconfigurable manufacturing system
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105019176998
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-00284-6_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-00284-6_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105019176998
T3 - Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing
SP - 1
EP - 20
BT - Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing
PB - Springer Nature
ER -