Irene Vanderfeesten
Eindhoven University of Technology, Open University of the Netherlands
Papers
9
Total Citations
154
H-Index
7
About
Irene Vanderfeesten is a distinguished researcher whose work sits at the intersection of business process management (BPM), smart manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 technologies. Her scholarship has significantly advanced understanding of how cloud computing, the Internet-of-Things, collaborative robotics, and augmented reality can be systematically integrated into modern manufacturing environments. Vanderfeesten is perhaps best known for her foundational contributions to the HORSE project, an ambitious research initiative developing cyber-physical systems and reference architectures for hybrid smart manufacturing — environments where human workers and robots collaborate seamlessly within unified process frameworks. Her 2018 paper on smart hybrid manufacturing control (35 citations) and subsequent HORSE framework publications (33 and 31 citations respectively) have become key reference points in the field, collectively demonstrating how BPM methodologies can bridge enterprise-level management with shop-floor operations. A recurring theme across her body of work is the concept of unified process management — her argument that BPM tools, long applied to administrative workflows, hold transformative potential for discrete and high-tech manufacturing contexts. With contributions spanning theoretical frameworks, architectural designs, and real-world industrial applications including smart printing factories, Vanderfeesten's research offers both conceptual depth and practical relevance for engineers, operations managers, and process researchers navigating the evolving landscape of intelligent manufacturing.
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- 4The Case for Unified Process Management in Smart Manufacturing17 citations · 2018
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- 6Developing Process Execution Support for High-Tech Manufacturing Processes10 citations · 2019
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- 9Business process management technology for discrete manufacturing4 citations · 2015