Manufacturing-as-a-Service: A Systematic Review of the Literature
摘要
The Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS) paradigm has received considerable attention in the research and business community over the past few years. MaaS provides manufacturing resources and capabilities as service, available for utilization by organizations via a digital thread, allowing them to concentrate in their significant competencies. This literature review enriched with bibliometrics, aims to examine the current state of MaaS by analyzing selected and contemporary references from Scopus database. The analysis was conducted with the help of specialized bibliometrics software, and the quantitative results include annual trends, leading publications, journals and organizations, citation distributions, co-occurrence of keywords, and journal co-citations. In addition, the publications have been classified according to the methodologies implemented for the data collection and analysis, their objectives, the results obtained, as well as their contribution to the field of manufacturing. This study sheds light on the status and trends in the field of MaaS and has the potential to aid researchers in forming their research agenda and advancing their work on this topic.