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Opportunities of Sustainable Manufacturing in Industry 4.0

01 Jan 2016-Procedia CIRP (Elsevier)-Vol. 40, pp 536-541
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a state-of-the-art review of Industry 4.0 based on recent developments in research and practice, and present an overview of different opportunities for sustainable manufacturing in Industry 5.0.
About: This article is published in Procedia CIRP.The article was published on 2016-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1276 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sustainable development & Sustainability.
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25 Apr 2019
TL;DR: The essence, main goals and basic elements of Industry 4.0 conception is described, in which machines and products will communicate to one another in order to establish smart factories in which self-regulating production will be established.
Abstract: Recent tendencies – such as the life-cycles of products are shorter while consumers require more complex and more unique final products – poses many challenges to the production. The industrial sector is going through a paradigm shift. The traditional centrally controlled production processes will be replaced by decentralized control, which is built on the self-regulating ability of intelligent machines, products and workpieces that communicate with each other continuously. This new paradigm known as Industry 4.0. This conception is the introduction of digital network-linked intelligent systems, in which machines and products will communicate to one another in order to establish smart factories in which self-regulating production will be established. In this article, at first the essence, main goals and basic elements of Industry 4.0 conception is described. After it the autonomous systems are introduced which are based on multi agent systems. These systems include the collaborating robots via artificial intelligence which is an essential element of Industry 4.0.

7 citations


Cites background from "Opportunities of Sustainable Manufa..."

  • ...0 conception is the introduction of network-linked intelligent systems, which realize self-regulating production: people, machines, tools and products will communicate with each other continuously [3, 4]....

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17 Nov 2021-Energies
TL;DR: In this article, an approach for decision making on energy investment has been developed, which uses a fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for weighting the evaluation sub-criteria of energy technologies and a modified prospect theory for making decisions related to the selection of one of the investigated technologies.
Abstract: Industry 4.0 challenges facilities entrepreneurs to be competitive in the market in terms of energy by rational decision making. The goal of the paper is aimed at introducing Prospect Theory (PT) in Industry 4.0 for making decisions in order to select an optimal energy technology. To reach this goal, an approach for decision making on energy investment has been developed. In this paper, the authors have also provided a new opportunity to apply the new decision making method for strengthening Industry 4.0 by addressing energy concerns based on which rational decisions have been made. The study uses a fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for weighting the evaluation sub-criteria of energy technologies and a modified PT for making decisions related to the selection of one of the investigated technologies. The results show that it is possible to implement PT in Industry 4.0 via a decision making model for energy sustainability. Decision probability was achieved using a behavioral approach akin to Cumulative Prospect Theory (CPT) for the considered technology options. More specifically, the probability has created the same threshold-based decision possibilities. The authors used the case study method based on a company located in North America which produces hardwood lumber. The company uses a heating system containing natural gas-fired boilers. This study has also contributed to the literature on energy sustainable Industry 4.0 by demonstrating a new phenomenon/paradigm for energy sustainability-based Industry 4.0 through using PT. In this context, the main motivation of writing the article has been to promote energy sustainability via complex mechanisms and systems that involve interrelated functions.

7 citations

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01 Sep 2020
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conduct a qualitative analysis to describe the main principles and basic technologies of industry 4.0, link industry4.0 to climate change, and identify the conditions which would make industry 4-0 climate compatible.
Abstract: Climate change adaptation and mitigation, and industry 4.0 are two important challenges that countries worldwide are facing. The integration of climate change and industry 4.0 could bring several benefits related to promoting sustainability and global economic decarbonization, and achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. We conduct a qualitative analysis to describe the main principles and basic technologies of industry 4.0, link industry 4.0 to climate change and identify the conditions which would make industry 4.0 climate compatible. Industry 4.0 needs to fulfil four conditions in order to be climate compatible. It must promote energy efficiency and achieve substantial energy gains, enable the circular economy and allow greater productivity and improved use of resources within closed loop supply chains which include re-use and recovery, achieve sustainable development through eco-innovation, and allow significant technology transfer to the least developed countries (LDCs) which must participate in industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 technologies that meet the above criteria will offer the potential for sustainable development and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.JEL classification: Q54, Q58, O33.

7 citations

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TL;DR: This is the first attempt to devise a decision support system that would enable practitioners to develop a step by step process for visualising, assessing and mitigating the emerging cyber risk from IoT technologies on shared infrastructure in legacy supply chain systems.
Abstract: This paper proposes a methodology for designing decision support systems for visualising and mitigating the Internet of Things cyber risks. Digital technologies present new cyber risk in the supply chain which are often not visible to companies participating in the supply chains. This study investigates how the Internet of Things cyber risks can be visualised and mitigated in the process of designing business and supply chain strategies. The emerging DSS methodology present new findings on how digital technologies affect business and supply chain systems. Through epistemological analysis, the article derives with a decision support system for visualising supply chain cyber risk from Internet of Things digital technologies. Such methods do not exist at present and this represents the first attempt to devise a decision support system that would enable practitioners to develop a step by step process for visualising, assessing and mitigating the emerging cyber risk from IoT technologies on shared infrastructure in legacy supply chain systems.

7 citations


Cites background from "Opportunities of Sustainable Manufa..."

  • ...While the IoT enabled supply chain adoption requires standardisation reference [1]–[4], the existing supply chain models lacked clarification on visualising cyber risk from IoT technologies....

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  • ...Smart technologies enable meeting individual customer requirements and creates value opportunities [4], [7], [15]–[18], increasing resource productivity, and providing flexibility in business processes [19], but requires integration of IoT theories, control of physical systems, and the interaction between humans and IoT [20]....

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  • ...The digital supply chains create many opportunities [14], large resource savings [13], creates value opportunities [4], [7], [15]–[18], provides flexibility in businesses processes [19], and enable economies of scale [17]....

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  • ...The integration of IoT digital technology in supply chains require standardisation reference architecture for managing complexities and resources efficiently [1]–[4]....

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Proceedings ArticleDOI
05 Jan 2021
TL;DR: An integrated framework of the digital transformation journey emerges guiding organisations to identify capabilities allowing digital value creation, suggesting that the digital transformed is triggered by emerging technologies that transform the notion of value, the creation and delivery of this value, based on building blocks that allow organisations to innovate at many levels.
Abstract: Organisations are engaged in digitalisation or contemplating their need to start this transformation. Yet, there is not a single framework unifying the different aspects of the digital transformation based on digital value creation. This study attempts to fill this gap by reviewing existing frameworks and theoretical models on digital transformation and related concepts, such as Industry 4.0. Then, an integrated framework of the digital transformation journey emerges guiding organisations to identify capabilities allowing digital value creation. This framework suggests that the digital transformation is triggered by emerging technologies that transform the notion of value, the creation and delivery of this value, based on building blocks that allow organisations to innovate at many levels. These innovations require transformations having the potential to create organisations of the next generation, which are becoming dynamically more sensing, smart, sustainable and social-oriented.

7 citations


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  • ...Circular or closed-loop economy, a key concept of sustainable manufacturing, is facilitated by big data analytics [50] and by better cooperation between value network actors [1]....

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  • ...This real or perceived need from growth is often positioned against the achievement of sustainable business practices [1]....

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  • ...Digital transformation (DT) goes beyond technical aspects; it offers an opportunity to change business strategies and business models to make them more sustainable [1]–[4]....

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  • ...Decisions are decentralised thanks to the local generation and analysis of data [1]....

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TL;DR: Porter's concept of the value chain disaggregates a company into "activities", or the discrete functions or processes that represent the elemental building blocks of competitive advantage as discussed by the authors, has become an essential part of international business thinking, taking strategy from broad vision to an internally consistent configuration of activities.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a Gaussian process classifier was used to estimate the probability of computerisation for 702 detailed occupations, and the expected impacts of future computerisation on US labour market outcomes, with the primary objective of analyzing the number of jobs at risk and the relationship between an occupations probability of computing, wages and educational attainment.

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TL;DR: In this article, sustainable business models (SBM) incorporate a triple bottom line approach and consider a wide range of stakeholder interests, including environment and society, to drive and implement corporate innovation for sustainability, can help embed sustainability into business purpose and processes, and serve as a key driver of competitive advantage.

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  • ...for the environment or society [19] or they can even fundamentally contribute to solving an environmental or social problem [20]....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a framework to position sustainable entrepreneurship in relation to sustainability innovation, which is based on a typology of sustainable entrepreneurship, including social and institutional entrepreneurship.
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Marian Chertow1
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a historical view of the motivations and means for pursuing industrial symbiosis, defined to include physical exchanges of materials, energy, water, and by-products among diversified clusters of firms.
Abstract: Summary Since 1989, efforts to understand the nature of interfirm resource sharing in the form of industrial symbiosis and to replicate in a deliberate way what was largely self-organizing in Kalundborg, Denmark have followed many paths, some with much success and some with very little. This article provides a historical view of the motivations and means for pursuing industrial symbiosis—defined to include physical exchanges of materials, energy, water, and by-products among diversified clusters of firms. It finds that “uncovering” existing symbioses has led to more sustainable industrial development than attempts to design and build eco-industrial parks incorporating physical exchanges. By examining 15 proposed projects brought to national and international attention by the U.S. President’s Council on Sustainable Development beginning in the early 1990s, and contrasting these with another 12 projects observed to share more elements of self-organization, recommendations are offered to stimulate the identification and uncovering of already existing “kernels” of symbiosis. In addition, policies and practices are suggested to identify early-stage precursors of potentially larger symbioses that can be nurtured and developed further. The article concludes that environmentally and economically desirable symbiotic exchanges are all around us and now we must shift our gaze to find and foster them.

924 citations


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  • ...cooperation of different factories for realizing a competitive advantage by trading and exchanging products, materials, energy, water [21] and also smart data on a local level....

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