مقاله انگلیسی کاربردهای صنعت 4.0 برای تولید پایدار
Abstract
Graphical abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Sustainable manufacturing
Industry 4.0 background
Systematic literature review
Interpretive structural modeling methodology
Discussion
Conclusion, implications, and future direction
Declaration of competing interest
Acknowledgments
Appendix.
References
ABSTRACT
Industry 4.0 is transforming the manufacturing industry and the economics of value creation. A great deal of positive hype has built up around the sustainable development implications of Industry 4.0 technologies during the past few years. Expectations regarding the opportunities that Industry 4.0 offers for sustainable manufacturing are significantly high, but the lack of accurate understanding of the process through which Industry 4.0 technologies enable sustainable manufacturing is a fundamental barrier for businesses pursuing digitalization and sustainable thinking. The present study addresses this knowledge gap by developing a roadmap that explains how Industry 4.0 and the underlying digital technologies can be leveraged to support and facilitate the triple bottom line of sustainable manufacturing. To this purpose, the study conducted a systematic literature review and identified 15 sustainability functions through which Industry 4.0 contributes to sustainable manufacturing. Interpretive structural modeling was further applied to identify the relationships that may exist within the sustainability functions. The resulting sustainable manufacturing roadmap explains how, and in which order, various Industry 4.0 sustainability functions contribute to developing the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability. The resulting implications are expected to serve manufacturers, industrialists, and academia as a strategic guide for leveraging Industry 4.0 digital transformation to support sustainable development.
Introduction
Manufacturers worldwide struggle with the gradual increase in compliance, energy, and material costs, on top of stakeholders’ higher sustainability expectations (Jena et al., 2020). Sustainable manufacturing and operating in a more sustainably responsible manner are business imperatives for manufacturing competitiveness (Margherita and Braccini, 2020). World-class manufacturers have already taken necessary steps for better contributing to economic and socio-environmental development. The industrial report largely shows that sustainable manufacturing pioneers have been presented with better profit-making opportunities and improved competitiveness. On the other hand, smaller manufacturers have been mostly unable to embrace sustainable manufacturing opportunities (OECD, 2020). They usually struggle with short-term survival, particularly under excessive market turbulence (e.g., due to COVID 19 crisis) or lack of the necessary knowledge, strategy, and resources to embark on the sustainability journey (Virmani et al., 2020).