Acknowledgements -- 1. Editorial - introduction to the book -- Part I: Vision -- 2. The Smart production vision -- 3. Challenges for SMEs on their Path to Smart Production -- 4. The Vision and Development Trajectory for the Twin Transformation-Cross-Pollination Between SMART and Circular Production -- 5. An Action Design Research Approach to study Digital Transformation in SME -- Part II: Transformation -- 6. Introduction to Part 2 -- 7. Maturity Assessments to support SME overcoming structural changes in their business environment -- 8. How to support the transformation towards Smart Production by applying the Digital Factory Mapping: a case study -- 9. Differences between Small and Medium Sized Companies when realizing Smart Production - Experiences from Northwest Smart Production Program in Denmark -- 10. Innovation Factory North: An Approach to Make Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Companies Smarter -- 11. Digitalization and Automation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Challenges, needs, and solutions in Brandenburg, Germany -- 12. ARENA2036 a Collaborative Space for the Future of Mobility and Production -- 13. Subscription business models as accelerators for the adoption of Industry 4.0 by SMEs -- Part III: Solutions -- 14. Introduction to Part 3 -- 15. Improving Responsiveness in SMEs through Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing -- 16. Role of computer simulation in the collaborative robot implementation journey of SMEs -- 17. Intelligent Assistance Systems for Assembly Tasks -- 18. IIoT and smart sensors in human-centered manufacturing -- 19. Paperless Production Demonstrator -- 20. The journey from direct and indirect additive manufacturing of individual parts to virtual warehousing of the parts portfolio: lessons for industrial manufacturers -- 21. A Modular Engineering Pipeline for Mixed Reality Environments -- 22. Predictive analytics applications for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - A mini survey and real-world use cases -- 23. SMEs and the Sustainability Challenge: Digital shadow enabling smart decision making -- Part IV: Technologies -- 24. Introduction to Part 4 -- 25. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) -- 26. CloudComputing: Key to Enabling Smart Production and Industry 4.0 -- 27. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning -- 28. 5G Smart Production -- 29. Information Security: The Cornerstone for Surviving the Digital Wild -- 30. Digital Twins: Making it feasible for SMEs -- 31. Augmented Reality: Increasing Availability and its Implication for SMEs -- 32. Additive Manufacturing -- 33. Collaborative Robots for Smart Production in SMEs -- Part V: Competences -- 34. Introduction to Part 5: Competences for Smart Production -- 35. Competences needed for Industry 4.0 and future trends -- 36. Labour 4.0: How is the workforce prepared for the future of manufacturing industries? -- 37. Qualification in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises as the Key Driver for a Digitized Economy -- 38. A Sandbox Approach for Manufacturing Innovation: A Multiple Case Study -- 39. Learning Factories for Learning and Experimentation in Industry 4.0 in SMEs.