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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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TL;DR: In this article, a survey has been prepared to collect the data from managers of SMEs and analyzed with the help of Partial Least Square (PLS)-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).
Abstract: Technology adoption is always a difficult task for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) due to lack of resources and other market issues. Many technology challenges adversely affect the sustainable business performance of SMEs. However, the incorporation of Industry 4.0 can overcome various technology issues. The goal of Industry 4.0 is to attain an advanced level of operational effectiveness and productivity, as well as a higher level of automatization. Thus, the objective of this study is to identify the role of Industry 4.0 to promote sustainable business performance in SMEs in Thailand. A survey has been prepared to collect the data from managers of SMEs and analyzed with the help of Partial Least Square. The questionnaire was used to collect the data and questionnaires were distributed by using simple random sampling. A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed amongst the managerial staff of SMEs located in Thailand. From these distributed questionnaires, 280 were returned and 270 valid responses were found. Data were analyzed by using Partial Least Square (PLS)-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Findings reveal that Industry 4.0 is a key to the growth of sustainable business performance among SMEs. Elements of Industry 4.0 such as big data, Internet of Things and smart factory have a positive role in promoting information technology (IT) implementation, which contributes to sustainable business performance. Moreover, organization structure and process strengthen the positive relationship between Industry 4.0 and IT implementation.

229 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a roadmap to the excellence of operations for sustainable reverse supply chain/logistics by the joint implementation of principles of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and ReSOLVE model of circular economy (CE) approaches is proposed.
Abstract: The present research proposes a roadmap to the excellence of operations for sustainable reverse supply chain/logistics by the joint implementation of principles of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and ReSOLVE model of circular economy (CE) approaches. The connection between I4.0 and CE is unveiled by addressing the case-based model affecting the economic and environmental performances imparting two important dimensions: (i) the information sharing with the reverse logistics system is in real-time mode, and (ii) diffusion of green product in the market. The effectiveness of the virtual world in I4.0 environment is explored using simulation of reverse logistics model involving operations such as inventory and production planning policy, family-based dispatching rules of remanufacturing, and additive manufacturing. The remanufacturing model examines the trade-off between set-up delays and the availability of green transportation. For managerial insights, Taguchi experimental design framework has been used for the analysis. Based on the trade-off analysis between environmental and economic performances, the findings of the paper suggest appropriate combinations of information-sharing and family-based dispatching rules. Further, the findings suggest that, given the I4.0 and circular capabilities, it is necessary to focus on the cost of the socially influenced operations involving factors such as collection investment and size of the end-user market that governs the product returns. Therefore, in the present paper, the integration of I4.0 and CE represents a real-time decision model for the sustainable reverse logistics system.

229 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a defacto definition of the concept of Industry 4.0 from a sociotechnical perspective based on its most often cited key features, as well as a thorough review of how far sustainability is incorporated in it.

216 citations


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  • ...Other important factors are the decentralization of decision making and more autonomy for employees (Schumacher et al., 2016; Stock and Seliger, 2016)....

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  • ...These firstly concern implications of Industry 4.0 on employees regarding tools (Heng, 2015; Stock and Seliger, 2016) and organizational aspects (Stock and Seliger, 2016; Xu et al., 2018) of future work and secondly qualifications, job descriptions and competencies for employees in an Industry 4.0…...

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  • ...It is also not clear who or what will be in charge of taking decisions in future production processes - machines or humans: “The decision itself will be taken by the workers or by the equipment using methods from the field of artificial intelligence” (Stock and Seliger, 2016)....

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  • ...Some publications mention the threat of losing especially jobs with low skill profiles through automation (Sommer, 2015; Stock and Seliger, 2016), while others expect a positive influence onworking conditions: Industry 4.0 “will free up more time for people to pursue their interests, which in turn…...

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  • ...…applied which have the potential of improving working conditions through “chronological and spatial flexibility” (Heng, 2015) while also “increasing the intrinsic motivation and fostering creativity by establishing new CPS-based approaches of work organization and design” (Stock and Seliger, 2016)....

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TL;DR: In this article, an assessment model is developed for Industry 4.0, which is based on an assessment of the complex characteristics of Industry 5.0 and as a result is uncertain about what it represents for them.
Abstract: Firms do not currently fully appreciate the complex characteristics of Industry 4.0 and as a result are uncertain about what it represents for them. In this study, an assessment model is developed ...

214 citations


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

  • ...A culture of innovation and continuous improvement is one which embraces change and thrives at new opportunities (Fatorachian and Kazemi 2018; Lanza, Haefner, and Kraemer 2015; Roden et al. 2017; Stock and Seliger 2016)....

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  • ...Stock and Seliger (2016) support the idea of true mass customisation within industry and advocate involving the customer, early during the product life cycle....

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TL;DR: A broad review of the main contributions in the literature that have focused on blockchain technology and OM in SCM and an interesting reading of blockchain technology is added to the existing research with concerns about OM and sustainability issues within the airport setting in Italy.

211 citations


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

  • ...…contributing significantly to the development of the business world and the global community towards more “sustainable” industrial value creation (Giungato et al., 2017; Hughes et al., 2019; Kamble, Gunasekaran, & Arha, 2018; Kewell et al., 2017; Saberi et al., 2018, 2019; Stock & Seliger, 2016)....

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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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  • ...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.

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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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