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Engineering and Technology
New Zealand
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
76
Citations
24075
World Ranking
693
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Xun Xu is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on industrial and manufacturing engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including mechanical engineering, management information systems, strategy and management, and automotive engineering.

Their scholarly output includes a significant number of publications, reflecting extensive work in areas such as digital transformation in industry, manufacturing process and optimization, flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, sustainable supply chain management, scheduling and optimization algorithms, and industrial vision systems and defect detection.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Xun Xu include:

  • Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0-Inception, conception and perception (2021, Journal of Manufacturing Systems)
  • Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) in Industry 4.0: An Architecture Reference Model (2020, Advanced Engineering Informatics)
  • Outlook on human-centric manufacturing towards Industry 5.0 (2022, Journal of Manufacturing Systems)
  • Smart manufacturing process and system automation - A critical review of the standards and envisioned scenarios (2020, Journal of Manufacturing Systems)
  • IoT-enabled smart appliances under industry 4.0: A case study (2020, Advanced Engineering Informatics)

Xun Xu frequently collaborates with other researchers. Common coauthors include Lihui Wang, Yuqian Lu, Ray Y. Zhong, Jan Polzer, and Robert X. Gao.

Their work is often published in journals and venues central to manufacturing and engineering, including the Journal of Manufacturing Systems, SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Manufacturing Letters, and Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.

Best Publications

  • Intelligent Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Review

    Ray Y. Zhong;Xun Xu;Eberhard Klotz;Stephen T. Newman

  • From cloud computing to cloud manufacturing

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  • Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) in Industry 4.0: An Architecture Reference Model

    Shohin Aheleroff;Xun Xu;Ray Y. Zhong;Yuqian Lu

  • Support Structures for Additive Manufacturing: A Review

    Jingchao Jiang;Xun Xu;Jonathan Stringer

  • Smart manufacturing process and system automation – A critical review of the standards and envisioned scenarios

    Yuqian Lu;Xun Xu;Lihui Wang

  • Computer-aided process planning-A critical review of recent developments and future trends

    Xun Xu;Lihui Wang;Stephen T. Newman

  • Making CNC machine tools more open, interoperable and intelligent: a review of the technologies

    X. W. Xu;S. T. Newman

  • A systematic design approach for service innovation of smart product-service systems

    Pai Zheng;Pai Zheng;Tzu Jui Lin;Chun Hsien Chen;Xun Xu

  • Industry 4.0 and Cloud Manufacturing: A Comparative Analysis

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  • An interoperable solution for Cloud manufacturing

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  • IoT-enabled smart appliances under industry 4.0: A case study

    Shohin Aheleroff;Xun Xu;Yuqian Lu;Mauricio Aristizabal

  • Scheduling in cloud manufacturing: state-of-the-art and research challenges

    Yongkui Liu;Lihui Wang;Xi Vincent Wang;Xun Xu

  • Cloud-based manufacturing equipment and big data analytics to enable on-demand manufacturing services

    Yuqian Lu;Xun Xu

  • Review: Virtual machine tools and virtual machining-A technological review

    Aini Abdul Kadir;Xun Xu;Enrico Hämmerle

  • Workload-based multi-task scheduling in cloud manufacturing

    Yongkui Liu;Xun Xu;Lin Zhang;Long Wang

  • Visualisation of the digital twin data in manufacturing by using augmented reality

    Zexuan Zhu;Chao Liu;Xun Xu

  • FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: SYSTEMS, IMPLEMENTATIONS, AND FUTURE RESEARCH

    Ray Y. Zhong;Xun Xu;Lihui Wang

  • Development of a Hybrid Manufacturing Cloud

    Yuqian Lu;Xun Xu;Jenny Xu

  • Life cycle assessment of wood-fibre-reinforced polypropylene composites

    Xun Xu;Krishnan Jayaraman;Caroline Morin;Nicolas Pecqueux

  • Strategic advantages of interoperability for global manufacturing using CNC technology

    S. T. Newman;A. Nassehi;X. W. Xu;R. S. U. Rosso

  • Manufacturing Service Management in Cloud Manufacturing: Overview and Future Research Directions

    Fei Tao;Lin Zhang;Yongkui Liu;Yongkui Liu;Ying Cheng

  • Machine Tool 4.0 for the new era of manufacturing

    Xun Xu

  • A Cyber-Physical Machine Tools Platform using OPC UA and MTConnect

    Chao Liu;Hrishikesh Vengayil;Yuqian Lu;Xun Xu

  • Realization of STEP-NC enabled machining

    X.W. Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shi Xue Dou
Shi Xue Dou University of Wollongong
Yi Du
Yi Du University of Wollongong
Xiaolin Wang
Xiaolin Wang University of Wollongong
Jung Ho Kim
Jung Ho Kim University of Wollongong
Lihui Wang
Lihui Wang Royal Institute of Technology
Pai Zheng
Pai Zheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ray Y. Zhong
Ray Y. Zhong University of Hong Kong
Sheng Quan Xie
Sheng Quan Xie University of Leeds
Zhongchao Bai
Zhongchao Bai Taiyuan University of Technology
Nana Wang
Nana Wang University of Wollongong

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