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This paper introduces the distributed and intelligent integrated sensing and communications (DISAC) concept, a transformative approach for 6G wireless networks that extends the emerging concept of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). DISAC addresses the limitations of the existing ISAC models and, to overcome them, it introduces two novel foundational functionalities for both sensing and communications: a distributed architecture and a semantic and goal-oriented framework. The distributed architecture enables large-scale and energy-efficient tracking of connected users and objects, leveraging the fusion of heterogeneous sensors. The semantic and goal-oriented intelligent and parsimonious framework, enables the transition from classical data fusion to the composition of semantically selected information, offering new paradigms for the optimization of resource utilization and exceptional multi-modal sensing performance across various use cases. This paper details DISAC's principles, architecture, and potential applications.

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Smart manufacturing network marks a paradigm shift where a production chain is described as a marketplace delivering product families on demand by engaging collaborating partners in product work routings that connect dispersed service-enabled systems and resources, materials, human expertise, and operation-equipment combinations.This paper highlights core functionality and advanced features of a manufacturing reference architecture for developing a highly connected, knowledge-enabled manufacturing network that decentralizes production control. Its purpose is to enable collaborative manufacturing of new products, response to product demand, allowing for greater production flexibility and variability of end-products. Customization is illustrated in the context of the automotive sector.

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The aim of this research is to develop a business decision support system to evaluate environmental and economic implications for different end of life alternatives strategies. The case study described in the paper is the evaluation of end of life automotive engine. In detail, the analysis consists of the evaluation of environmental impacts and economic costs of engine remanufacturing process. In particular, will be compared three different alternatives: remanufacturing, reuse and recycling (material recovery). In fact, recycling is a common practice, increased in the last years, because generates an environmental and economic benefit, saving raw materials and selling the recycled materials. It is possible anyway to increase end-of-life benefits avoiding, from a life cycle perspective, the manufacturing process of new products trough refurbishing or reuse, preventing at the same time certain generation of waste. Results will be shown in a bidimensional graph displaying the three alternatives with their economic revenue and environmental gain.