A Bibliometric Analysis of Smart Manufacturing and Way Forward

The term “smart manufacturing,” often recognized as “intelligent manufacturing,” remains widely utilized to indicate future manufacturing, or production of the future. It is an advanced style of manufacturing that blends industrial assets from the current and future perspectives with sensors, computer platforms, data-intensive modelling, communication technologies, management, simulation, and analytical engineering. It draws ideas from several fields, including data science, cloud computing (CC), artificial intelligence (AI), and cyber-physical systems (CPS). To give a comprehensive knowledge of the present understanding and many elements of smart manufacturing (SM), this study analyses the available literature, modern theories, information, and gaps for potential research initiatives. To determine the extent and trends of SM, a bibliometric study is utilized to reflect the various publishing sources, yearly publication numbers, keyword frequency, and top research and development regions.