Opportunities of Sustainable Manufacturing in Industry 4.0
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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TL;DR: In this paper, limitations and opportunities are explained for moveable production systems to increase the diversity of locations and participants in global production and trade, and potential geopolitical barriers to the deployment of moveable manufacturing systems are explained.
Abstract: It has been claimed that technological advances will make it possible to make anything anywhere and to do so sustainably. In particular, making anything anywhere would increase the diversity of locations and participants involved in production, with positive effects for sustainability. For example, increasing the diversity of locations can reduce the long-distance transportation of materials and goods, which can improve the ecological sustainability of production. At the same time, increasing the diversity of people included in manufacturing can contribute to the spread of manufacturing communities, which can improve the social sustainability of production. However, physical production continues to be dominated by the same countries that have dominated global manufacturing in recent decades. Meanwhile, trade imbalances between rich and poor countries are similar to those of the past. In this paper, limitations and opportunities are explained for moveable production systems to increase the diversity of locations and participants in global production and trade. In addition, potential geopolitical barriers to the deployment of moveable production systems are explained.
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors identify 14 barriers to adopt Industry 4.0 technologies in manufacturing industry using interpretive structural modelling (ISM) and matrix impact of cross multiplication applied to classification (MICMAC) analysis.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the extent to which digital tools are used and available to managers and operators in manufacturing who are experiencing digitalization due to Industry 4.0 movements and found that production managers report higher satisfaction with different digitalization experiences, more extensive use of digital systems for registration and documentation, and greater availability of digital tools.
Abstract: The ongoing digitalization of manufacturing work processes resulting from Industry 4.0—defined as digitalization, automation, and data exchange in manufacturing—challenges how we see and define the role of operators and managers. Consequently, this study investigates the extent to which digital tools are used and available to managers and operators in manufacturing who are experiencing digitalization due to Industry 4.0 movements. A cross-sectional study of production managers and operators (n = 417) was conducted among 10 Norwegian manufacturing companies. Results from independent t-tests and Chi-square tests indicate that, compared with operators, production managers report higher satisfaction with different digitalization experiences, more extensive use of digital systems for registration and documentation, and greater availability of digital tools. Thus, digitalization and digital tools based on the Industry 4.0 concepts seem to have only reached the managerial level, and the revolution seems to be top down.
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TL;DR: In this article, a high-tech method of the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) uses the complicated recycling material of steel-scrap, which hypothetically enhances product-mix decisions, as based on the ABSC theory, with a mathematical programming approach.
Abstract: According to the advanced technologies of digitalization and automation, the interconnection with each individual object is created from data acquisitions into data feedback in the integrated platform of the Manufacturing Execution System (MES). MES automatically and immediately links various functional systems. The time of electronic production management is coming soon, and Activity-Based Standard Costing (ABSC) will be used in the new era. On the other hand, there are environmental protection issues; thus, the high-tech method of the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) uses the complicated recycling material of steel-scrap, which hypothetically enhances product-mix decisions, as based on the ABSC theory, with a mathematical programming approach.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the integrated impact of Industry 4.0 technologies and lean manufacturing on the sustainability performance of plastic and petrochemical industries in Saudi Arabia, and investigated the casual relationship between Industry 5.0 and sustainability performance.
Abstract: Plastic and petrochemical industries are lagging behind in terms of environmental sustainability performance because of the nature of these industries. Although plastic and petrochemical industries have adopted lean manufacturing and/or Industry 4.0 technologies, more efforts are needed to enhance sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to explore the integrated impact of Industry 4.0 technologies and lean manufacturing on the sustainability performance of plastic and petrochemical industries in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, it investigates the casual relationship between Industry 4.0 technologies and sustainability performance as well as the direct linkage between Industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing. A questionnaire is used as the primary instrument for collecting data from 112 plastic and petrochemical organizations. A hypothesized relationship is formulated and then analyzed using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The outcome of the analysis shows that Industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing have a positive impact on sustainability performance. The study also presents a list of valid constructs for Industry 4.0 technologies, lean manufacturing, and sustainability performance. Furthermore, the study shows that the plastic and petrochemical industries in Saudi Arabia acknowledge and recognize the contribution of Industry 4.0 technologies and lean manufacturing principles to the protection of the environment as a dimension of sustainability performance.
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