Smart Manufacturing and Digitalization of Metrology: A Systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 22; no. 16; p. 6114
• Main Authors: Barbosa, Carlos Roberto H, Sousa, Manuel C, Almeida, Maria Fatima L, Calili, Rodrigo F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 16.08.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Automation; Bibliometrics; Big Data; Blockchain; Calibration; Cloud computing; Collaboration; Communication; Communications systems; Conformity; digitalization of metrology; Digitization; Information management; Internet of Things; Laboratories; Literature reviews; Machine learning; Manufacturing; Measuring instruments; metrological services; Metrology; Process controls; Product quality; Quality standards; R&D; Research & development; Review; Science; Scientific papers; Sensors; Simulation; smart manufacturing; Surveillance; systematic literature review; Germany; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Europe; metrological services; smart manufacturing; digitalization of metrology; systematic literature review
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s22166114

Smart manufacturing comprises fully integrated manufacturing systems that respond in real time to meet the changing demands and conditions in industrial activities, supply networks and customer needs. A smart manufacturing environment will face new challenges, including those concerning metrological issues, i.e., analysis of large quantities of data; communication systems for digitalization; measurement standards for automated process control; digital transformation of metrological services; and simulations and virtual measurement processes for the automatic assessment of measured data. Based on the assumption that the interplay between smart manufacturing and digitalization of metrology is an emerging research field, this paper aims to present a systematic literature review (SLR) based on a bibliographic data collection of 160 scientific articles retrieved from the Web of Science and Scopus databases over the 2016-2022 time frame. The findings presented in this review and recommendations for building a research agenda can help policy makers, researchers and practitioners by providing directions for the evolution of digital metrology and its role in the digitalization of the economy and society.