
Dimitrios BechtsisInternational Hellenic University · Industrial Engineering and Management
Dimitrios Bechtsis
PhD, Assistant Professor
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Introduction
Dr. Dimitrios Bechtsis serves as Associate Professor at the Industrial Engineering and Management Department of the International Hellenic University, Greece. His scientific interests indicatively cover the fields of Information Technology, Database Management Systems, Internet Of Things, Industry 4.0, Autonomous Vehicles, Digital/Sustainable Supply Chains and Agrifood Systems, while he is focusing on the incorporation of intelligent autonomous vehicles and systems in the supply chain ecosystem.
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March 2019 - June 2019
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Internationalization of markets and climate change introduce multifaceted challenges for modern supply chain (SC) management in the today's digitalisation era. On the other hand, Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) systems have reached an age of maturity that allows for their utilization towards tackling dynamic market conditions and aligning SC managem...
The principal objective of this research is to provide a framework that captures the main software architecture
elements for developing highly customised simulation tools that support the effective integration of Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAVs) in sustainable supply networks, as an emerging field in the operations management agenda. To that...
This research aims to develop a farm management emulation tool that enables agrifood producers to effectively introduce advanced digital technologies, like intelligent and autonomous unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), in real-world field operations. To that end, we first provide a critical taxonomy of studies investigating agricultural robotic system...
The increasing exposure of global supply chains to severe disruptions such as the ones related to the COVID-19 pandemic, clearly demonstrated the need for novel data-driven risk management paradigms that monetise data from internal and external stakeholders to support supply chain security, resilience, and sustainability. We first motivate the chal...
Industry 4.0 is strongly intertwined with big data streaming flows from intelligent sensors and machinery installed in industrial facilities. Failures can disrupt production and lead the supply chain ecosystem to malfunction. Maintenance strategies are necessary to safeguard the continuous operation of production lines, minimize supply chain disrup...
The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) brought significant changes in manufacturing, driven by technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, robotics, and big data analytics. For industries to remain competitive, the primary goals must be the improvement of the efficiency and safety of machinery, the reducti...
The increasing use of mobile robots in diverse working environments (e.g., manufacturing, logistics, agriculture) for supporting and executing material handling and labor-intensive operations necessitates path planning techniques. Path planning algorithms shall calculate the optimal route and navigate a mobile robot to ensure optimal performance in...
Combined with advances in sensing technologies and big data analytics, critical information can be extracted from continuous production processes for predicting the health state of equipment and safeguarding upcoming failures. This research presents a methodology for applying Predictive Maintenance (PdM) solutions and showcases a PdM application fo...
Decision Support System frameworks have great importance in the context of Industry 4.0 to prevent production bottlenecks, machine malfunction and to increase the reliability of the industrial processes environment. With the development of digitalization, Decision Support Systems (DSS) alongside Cyber Physical solutions, Internet of Things (IoT) de...
The inclusion of IoT technologies in smart cities and the industrial domain has drastically influenced the life cycle of processes. The gradual reduction in sensor costs and the ubiquitous connectivity provided by open source, un/licensed networks have sky-rocketed the digital transformation of businesses. Specifically, the distribution of products...
Towards a sustainable and resilient digital cold supply chain, environment sensing technologies and Big data analytics combined with Artificial Intelligence can extract critical information and provide a systematic framework for product optimization and safety enhancement. Our research focuses on a descriptive analysis framework of a real-world dai...
AR technologies could provide effective and efficient solutions in challenging domains, such as Smart Cities and promote human-city interactions. Smart Cities have a complex structure with constant and real-time information exchange. In this context, the design and development of sophisticated software tools with a human-centric approach is a neces...
The proliferation of the Internet of Things has been instrumental in the digitalization of smart cities, where various technologies are leveraged to enable data utilization. However, achieving interoperability among diverse technologies remains a challenge due to heterogeneity. In this regard, ontologies have been proposed as a standalone solution...
Mobile industrial robotic vehicles are using cutting edge technologies and have been widely accepted as a means of sustainability in the last decade. Recent navigation approaches are commonly divided into two categories (i) Laser-Based and (ii) Visual-Based. Many researchers proposed navigation systems for laser-based SLAM but their efforts both in...
Healthcare supply chains are complex systems facing challenges in delivering high-quality care while maintaining cost-effectiveness. Research on inventory management and control, the heart of the healthcare supply system, has demonstrated that these targets can be reached by managing inventories efficiently while aiming at desired service levels. A...
Rising healthcare costs force healthcare organizations worldwide to reconsider their business strategies. Hospital managers are tasked with lowering operating costs while upholding the high quality of care, two goals perceived as contradictory by many healthcare professionals. Attempting to contribute towards reaching these goals, the study explore...
This study proposes a modular water monitoring IoT system that enables quantitative and qualitative measuring of water in terms of an upgraded version of the water infrastructure to sustain operational reliability. The proposed method could be used in urban and rural areas for consumption and quality monitoring, or eventually scaled up to a contemp...
In the context of Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of Things devices, Cyber Physical systems and Big Data solutions constitute the main core of state-of-the-art industrial production. The majority of research in this area focuses on smart manufacturing in order to improve the production process, increase the reliability and safety of industrial ma...
Self-driving passenger cars are already on public roads to support the vision of a sustainable city. The research community and academia should further support the human-machine symbiosis of autonomous vehicles, manually driven vehicles, and even pedestrians. At the time being, most vehicles operate at level 2 of the Society of Engineers (SAE) auto...
Contemporary smart cities involve a very high number of software applications and hardware devices that connect to the physical and social space of cities and form complex global ecosystems in different knowledge and activity domains (transportation, logistics, healthcare, local communities, industry, governance, social care and many more). In this...
This research identifies and assesses the added value of Circular Economy (CE) to the industrialized production of canned peaches in Greece through the valorisation of the peach kernel, as current supply chain (SC) configurations often overlook it. To this end, this study maps the SC, records manufacturing processing inputs and outputs, and reviews...
The implications of red rice on the total production of commercially cultivated rice are widely documented in the literature. Red rice, due to its genetic similarity with cultivated rice, is not affected by typical herbicides, and thus it is considered as a major weed challenge. Conventional and chemical-based solutions to address red rice are inef...
This research introduces an integrated approach for the ex-ante analysis of technology innovations in agriculture, like unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to foster the envisaged sustainable transformation in farming operations. The strategic foresight process of global institutions recognizes the beneficial role of “digital twins” in agriculture for...
Mobile robots are extensively used in flexible manufacturing systems and intra-logistics on a 24/7 basis to address demand fluctuations, increase productivity and promote environmental, economic and social sustainability. In this regard, routing algorithms are used to navigate mobile industrial robots for optimizing shop-floor logistics operations....
Augmented Reality (AR) is an emerging technology in the Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 contexts with an important role in man–machine symbiosis scenarios. Practitioners, although already acquainted with AR technology, are reluctant to adopt AR applications in industrial operations. This stems from the fact that a direct connection that is important...
Drones are a breakthrough technology in warehouse inventory
management as they enable real-time, fast and accurate inventory listing while minimising operational costs to supply chain stakeholders. In terms of sustainability, drones at the social constituent minimise the risk of human injuries at the facility, at the environmental constituent use r...
The paper present the methodology to design and implement a mechatronic system for gel electrophoresis. It describes the steps towards the development of a prototype and presents its functions. The new automated system is characterized by high precision, small size and relatively low cost, thus achieving the introduction of a significant innovation...
The proposed software framework is presented and an Application Programming Interface (API) is developed based on the Arduino Mega 2560. The API processes external commands that follow the operational logic of a gel electrophoresis device. The API acts as an intermediary layer between the gel electrophoresis mechatronic system’s microcontroller and...
Electrophoresis is a standard technique used in medical laboratories and research institutions worldwide, for DNA, RNA and protein analysis. Various methodologies and techniques have been developed over the past decades. The common ground used in all approaches is the separation of molecule particles based on their movement on a substrate under the...
The smart city concept gives prominence to the use of ICT for enabling the digital transformation of established public services, processes and policies. This roadmap started from the e-Gov 1.0 initiative and spans to the e-Gov 3.0 phase with special focus on interconnected citizens, smart and interconnected devices, big data analytics and cloud co...
The aim of modern food supply chain (FSC) management is to provide products from farm to fork in the right condition, in a timely manner and at the optimal costs considering all the aspects of sustainability. Particularly in case of food products, provenance and authenticity, safety issues, food quality and cost indicators are of great importance s...
Autonomous systems are a promising alternative for safely executing precision farming activities in a 24/7 perspective. In this context Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) are used in custom agricultural fields, with sophisticated sensors and data fusion techniques for real-time mapping and navigation. The aim of this study is to present a simulation s...
Drones are considered as a breakthrough technology in warehouse inventory management as they enable fast and accurate inventory listing while minimizing operational costs and providing real-time information to supply chain stakeholders. In terms of sustainability, the value of drones is evident at: (i) the social constituent by minimizing the risk...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to discuss key challenges associated with the use of either simulation or real-world application of intelligent autonomous vehicles (IAVs) in supply network operations; and second, to provide a theoretical and empirical evidence-based methodological framework that supports the integrated applica...
Dynamic market conditions and volatile demand lead to the development of innovative software tools and robust algorithms for optimizing daily activities and supporting supply chain practitioners and academics. The study focuses on Food Supply Chains and highlights their impact on economic performance in strategic, tactical and operational echelons....
The principal objective of this research is to provide a framework that captures the main software architecture elements for developing highly customized simulation tools that support the effective integration of Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAVs) in sustainable supply networks, as an emerging field in the operations management agenda. To that...
Digital manufacturing promotes the use of innovative technologies in the global market landscape and provides effective and efficient Supply Chain Management Systems. The purpose of this research is to contribute to the automation of an industrial warehouse by elaborating a novel software simulation tool for solving a classical NP-hard optimization...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is twofold: (i) to discuss key challenges associated to the use of either simulation or real-world application of Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAVs) in supply network operations, and (ii) to provide a theoretical and empirical evidence-based methodological framework that supports the integrated application of...
The purpose of this research is to contribute to the automation of an industrial warehouse (intra-logistics) providing an innovative real-time programming and control platform in conjunction with implemented algorithms that enable real-time mapping with the use of Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAVs). IAVs are a promising solution for the effecti...
Responding to the intensified shareholders’ pressure for economic growth, stringent health regulatory schemes and increased consumers’ environmental awareness Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution provide opportunities for developing effective industrial applications that efficiently tackle the triple-helix sustainability challen...
Monitoring of production processes in the agricultural and food sector can provide significant advances in equipment life and product quality and furthermore improve visibility and trackability in the digital supply chain context. On the other hand, automation and control are of major importance for flexible and sustainable production systems that...
Autonomous systems are a promising alternative for effectively executing agricultural field management strategies. Unmanned Ground Vehicles perform farming activities on custom agricultural fields, using real-time navigation. The aim of this study is to provide a software tool for optimizing accuracy and efficiency in precision farming activities,...
The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution enables the integration of advanced automation techniques to the intra-logistic agricultural activities. Sensors and actuators seamlessly communicate in order to accomplish complex everyday tasks. From a logistics perspective, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) pave the way to sustainable agriculture; working 2...
The aim of this research is to provide a framework for the complementary use of simulation software analysis along with emulation tools and real-world intelligent autonomous vehicles (IAVs) for exploring alternative designs for effective operations in digital supply chains. A major network design challenge considers the inability to predict the sys...
Internationalization of markets and climate change introduce multifaceted challenges for modern supply chain (SC) management in the today's digitalisation era. On the other hand, Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) systems have reached an age of maturity that allows for their utilization towards tackling dynamic market conditions and aligning SC managem...
Το διαδίκτυο των αντικειμένων (Internet Of Things - IoTs) αναπτύσσεται ραγδαία μέσω της ανάπτυξης εξειδικευμένων υπηρεσιών, νέου εξοπλισμού και λογισμικού. Πρόσφορο έδαφος για την επέκταση του ΙοΤs παρέχει η ευρεία αποδοχή των δικτύων κοινωνικής δικτύωσης που επέτρεψε την εξοικείωση με τη χρήση των δεδομένων και της πληροφορίας, οι ολοένα αυξανόμεν...
Responding to the intensified shareholders’ pressure for economic growth, stringent health regulatory schemes and increased consumers’ environmental awareness Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution provide opportunities for developing effective industrial applications that efficiently tackle the triple-helix sustainability challen...
Monitoring of manufacturing processes can provide significant advances in equipment life and product quality and furthermore improve visibility and trackability in the digital supply chain context. On the other hand automation and control are of major importance for flexible and sustainable manufacturing systems that minimize labor costs, reduce do...
Contemporary Supply Chain (SC) networks are complex and dynamic environments comprising of stakeholders and their fragile relationships, along with the associated interconnecting products, cash and information flows. The main objective of the SC is the creation of added value at every single node of the network. In terms of coordination, taking int...
Companies aspire to further increase the automation of their processes in the supply chain. The reasons for this strategic decision vary. First of all, companies aim to reduce their operational cost, thus increasing their profit margin. When the reduction of cost is achieved they gain a competitive advantage. Furthermore, another very important com...
(In Greek)
Τα τελευταία χρόνια, όλο και περισσότερες επιχειρήσεις στρέφονται στην, όσο το δυνατόν, μεγαλύτερη αυτοματοποίηση στο πλαίσιο της εφοδιαστικής αλυσίδας. Οι λόγοι για την επιχειρηματική αυτή επιλογή ποικίλουν. Κατ’ αρχάς, οι επιχειρήσεις προσπαθούν να μειώσουν το κόστος λειτουργίας τους, έτσι ώστε τα περιθώρια κέρδους τους να αυξηθούν και...
This paper presents a novel secure, anonymous and practical payment protocol for Peer-to-peer commerce transactions, designed to enable every user to both buy and sell items. The protocol uses electronic cash for payment transactions. This new protocol provides consumers with full anonymity since it prevents the user from providing his/her credit c...
The objective of this paper is to present an experience in the challenge of using Internet and mobile Internet technologies for the development of a Web/WAP (wireless application protocol)-based medical application with data mining support. This medical application is focused on the development, diffusion and use of the technology in response to sp...
A method for image segmentation, by means of a wavelet oriented watershed algorithm is presented. The watershed transform was implemented by simulated immersion and the wavelet transform was applied using the Haar basis. A pyramid model was formed, using the original image as a basement level and for the upper levels the output of the low-low (L-L)...