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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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28 Aug 2017
TL;DR: This work presents the developed modular Cloud solution utilizing Solution as a Service (SaaS) to monitor and manage industrial power unit systems and modular approach is realized using simple miniature non-intrusive wireless sensors combined with cloud platform that provides the battery intelligence.
Abstract: The current globalization already faces the challenge of meeting the continuously growing demand for new consumer goods by simultaneously ensuring a sustainable evolution of human existence. The industrial value creation must be geared towards sustainability. In order to overcome this challenge, tightly coupling the production and its axiomatization processes is required in the paradigm of Industry 4.0. This technology bridges together a vast amount of new interconnected smart devices being mostly battery powered. Batteries are the heart of industrial motive power and electric energy storing solutions in the infrastructures of today. The charges related to the batteries are among the biggest cost (2.000–5.000 EUR per unit). Unfortunately, the batteries are not always treated properly and the badly managed ones lose their ability to store energy quickly. In this work, we present the developed modular Cloud solution utilizing Solution as a Service (SaaS) to monitor and manage industrial power unit systems. Modular approach is realized using simple miniature non-intrusive wireless sensors combined with cloud platform that provides the battery intelligence.

2 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make the case for analysing the role of Industry 4.0 in mitigating the intertemporal tensions of balancing the short-term and long-term sustainability objectives rife in sustainable man...
Abstract: This paper makes the case for analysing the role of Industry 4.0 in mitigating the intertemporal tensions of balancing the short-term and long-term sustainability objectives rife in sustainable man...

2 citations

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01 Feb 2021
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the challenges in developing the Industry 4.0 readiness assessment model by adopting innovative methodology called TRIZ, which is useful in helping the Malaysian government agencies to guide and facilitate the transformation program of Industry4WRD.
Abstract: The global industrial revolution has become a major concern for most organizations in the effort to innovate and improve towards competitiveness and sustainability. This initiative has been considered as a disruptive change in manufacturing and also services. Many countries have taken proactive action to learn and adopt the concept of Industry 4.0 in order to be at the front edge of transformation. However, various countries and government agencies are trying to support the local industries with limited knowledge and resources, especially in developing countries such as Malaysia. This paper focuses on the challenges in developing the Industry 4.0 readiness assessment model by adopting innovative methodology called TRIZ. This model is useful in helping the Malaysian government agencies to guide and facilitate the transformation program of Industry 4.0 that has been given a new brand name which is Industry4WRD. The Malaysian industries are able to identify the gaps within the organization and the benchmark with the best practiced Industry 4.0 company by using the readiness assessment tools that have been developed from the research. TRIZ has been the core concept of the readiness assessment model and has also effectively shown result from a case study that is presented in this paper

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TL;DR: A novel approach for creating virtual LiDAR scanners through the active segmentation of point clouds that can be applied to the intelligent behavior of autonomous agents and is tested in a low-scale warehouse to incorporate realistic features.
Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach for creating virtual LiDAR scanners through the active segmentation of point clouds. The method employs top-view point cloud segmentation in virtual LiDAR sensors that can be applied to the intelligent behavior of autonomous agents. Segmentation is correlated with the visual tracking of the agent for localization in the environment and point cloud. Virtual LiDAR sensors with different characteristics and positions can then be generated. This method is referred to as the DepthLiDAR approach, and is rigorously evaluated to quantify its performance and determine its advantages and limitations. An extensive set of experiments is conducted using real and virtual LiDAR sensors to compare both approaches. The objective is to propose a novel method to incorporate spatial perception in warehouses, aiming to achieve Industry 4.0. Thus, it is tested in a low-scale warehouse to incorporate realistic features. The analysis of the experiments shows a measurement improvement of 52.24% compared to the conventional LiDAR.

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19 Mar 2021
TL;DR: Many recent studies indicate that Industry 4.0 management plays an important role in sustainable development because of the role of rapid communication technologies, and massive cloud information services in the acceleration of technological development.
Abstract: Many recent studies indicate that Industry 4.0 management plays an important role in sustainable development. This is because of the role of rapid communication technologies, and massive cloud information services in the acceleration of technological development. Therefore, many organizations around the world have adopted digital technologies, artificial intelligence, big data, and Industry 4.0 technologies, as strong enablers to achieve sustainable development goals.

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01 Jan 1998
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.
Abstract: COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE introduces a whole new way of understanding what a firm does. Porter's groundbreaking 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. Now an essential part of international business thinking, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE takes strategy from broad vision to an internally consistent configuration of activities. Its powerful framework provides the tools to understand the drivers of cost and a company's relative cost position. Porter's value chain enables managers to isolate the underlying sources of buyer value that will command a premium price, and the reasons why one product or service substitutes for another. He shows how competitive advantage lies not only in activities themselves but in the way activities relate to each other, to supplier activities, and to customer activities. That the phrases 'competitive advantage' and 'sustainable competitive advantage' have become commonplace is testimony to the power of Porter's ideas. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE has guided countless companies, business school students, and scholars in understanding the roots of competition. Porter's work captures the extraordinary complexity of competition in a way that makes strategy both concrete and actionable.

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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.

4,853 citations

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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.

2,360 citations


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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.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework to position sustainable entrepreneurship in relation to sustainability innovation. The framework builds on a typology of sustainable entrepreneurship, develops it by including social and institutional entrepreneurship, i.e. the application of the entrepreneurial approach towards meeting societal goals and towards changing market contexts, and relates it to sustainability innovation. The framework provides a reference for managers to introduce sustainability innovation and to pursue sustainable entrepreneurship. Methodologically, the paper develops an approach of qualitative measurement of sustainable entrepreneurship and how to assess the position of a company in a classification matrix. The degree of environmental or social responsibility orientation in the company is assessed on the basis of environmental and social goals and policies, the organization of environmental and social management in the company and the communication of environmental and social issues. The market impact of the company is measured on the basis of market share, sales growth and reactions of competitors. The paper finds conditions under which sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainability innovation emerge spontaneously. The research has implications for theory and practitioners in that it clarifies which firms are most likely under specific conditions to make moves towards sustainability innovation. The paper makes a contribution in showing that extant research needs to be expanded with regard to motivations for innovation and that earlier models of sustainable entrepreneurship need to be refined. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

1,129 citations

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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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