The scope of the Journal of Manufacturing Systems includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

Factory and production network design, process planning, assembly planning, scheduling; Smart sensor networks, real-time monitoring, distributed system control; Human-machine interaction, human-robot collaborative assembly, operator ergonomics; Multi-physics modelling, simulation and optimisation, virtual and augmented reality in manufacturing; Diagnosis and prognosis, predictive maintenance, lifecycle analysis, product-service systems; Design and operation for sustainability, energy efficiency in production and logistics; Global and regional production networks, material handling, logistics; Mass customisation and personalisation, complexity management; Cyber-physical production systems, big data analytics and machine learning, industrial Internet; Systems issues related to additive and subtractive manufacturing, micro-electromechanical systems.

《Journal Of Manufacturing Systems》是一本由ELSEVIER SCI LTD出版商出版的专业工程技术期刊，该刊创刊于1999年，刊期Bimonthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：工程技术 2区，小类学科：工程：工业 2区；工程：制造 2区；运筹学与管理科学 2区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q1。该刊发文范围涵盖工程：工业等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外工程：工业工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为9.498，平均审稿速度约6.0个月。