Manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution: A positive prospect in Sustainable Manufacturing

Carvalho, Nubia Gabriela Pereira; Chaim, Omar Cheidde; Cazarini, Edson Walmir; Gerólamo, Mateus Cecílio

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.02.170

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“…The documents with field-weighted citation counts higher than 10 are conference papers published in Procedia Manufacturing. This may be presumed to be linked to a combination of the widespread interest in Industry 4.0 application in manufacturing (as shown in various examples of the literature [8], [15], [19], [20], [21]) and the Procedia Manufacturing journal's relative prominence. Unfortunately, at this stage it is difficult to tell whether there are any strong correlations between document type, journal prominence, topic interests, and document impact, due to the short time span.…”

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An Analysis of the Extent to Which Industry 4.0 Has Been Considered in Sustainability or Socio-Technical Transitions

Asiimwe

Kock

2019

SAJIE

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A growing database of literature is geared towards the analysis and evaluation of Industry 4.0. One of the points of interest is the assessment of Industry 4.0 in the context of sustainability and sustainable development. However, there seems to be a gap in the literature focusing on transitions to more sustainable states that are evidently fostered by socio-technical [system] transitions, sometimes referred to as 'sustainability transitions'. This presents the need to evaluate the interfacial layers of these disciplines, given the larger challenge of sustainability and Industry 4.0's potential to support complex problem-solving. This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of the literature that jointly considers the concepts of sustainability, sustainable development, and sociotechnical systems, and the transitions thereof with Industry 4.0. OPSOMMING 'n Groeiende databasis van literatuur is gerig op die ontleding en evaluering van Industrie 4.0. Een van die belangstellingspunte is die assessering van Industrie 4.0 in die konteks van volhoubaarheid en volhoubare ontwikkeling. Daar is egter ŉ leemte in die literatuur wat fokus op die oorgang na meer volhoubare toestande wat klaarblyklik deur sosio-tegniese [stelsel] oorgange bevorder word (soms 'volhoubare oorgange' genoem). Daar is dus ŉ behoefte aan die evaluering van die grensvlakke van hierdie vakgebiede, gegewe die groter uitdaging van volhoubaarheid en die potensiaal van Industrie 4.0 om ingewikkelde probleemoplossing te ondersteun. Hierdie artikel bied ŉ bibliometriese analise van die literatuur wat gesamentlik die konsepte van volhoubaarheid, volhoubare ontwikkeling en sosio-tegniese stelsels en die oorgange daarvan met Industrie 4.0 bespreek.

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An Analysis of the Extent to Which Industry 4.0 Has Been Considered in Sustainability or Socio-Technical Transitions

Asiimwe

Kock

2019

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“…This framework means that companies can uses the related technologies of Industry 4.0 to achieve the process integration which interconnect all the elements (machines, equipment, people, work-in-process and products) of the manufacturing systems in order to efficiently execute the manufacturing tasks using the least resources, time and energy and generating least waste and emissions. This will result in three pillars of sustainability [25,44,45]: (1) economic sustainability through using least resources, time and energy, (2) social sustainability through placing importance on the right or health of employees, community and other stakeholders, (3) environmental sustainability through using least energy, generating least waste and emission and recycling the resources [46][47][48][49][50]. Sustainable Industry 4.0 concept was applied in supply chains [51,52] and industrial value creation [23][24][25]45]; it also was investigated in different countries [38].…”

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A Framework of Production Planning and Control with Carbon Tax under Industry 4.0

Tsai

2018

Sustainability

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In recent years, the international community has placed great emphasis on environmental protection issues. The United Nations has also successively enacted relevant laws and regulations to restrain international greenhouse gas emissions and some countries implemented carbon tax levies to reduce air pollution. The tire industry is a manufacturing industry with high pollution and high carbon emissions; therefore, the purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of production planning and control with carbon tax under Industry 4.0 and use the tire industry as the illustrative example. In this framework, the mathematical programming model, with Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) for production planning, is used to achieve the optimal solution under various production and sale constraints in order to find the optimal product-mix maximizing the profit. On the other hand, Industry 4.0 utilizes new technologies such as 3D printing, robot and automated guided vehicle (AGV) and links all the components in the manufacturing systems by using various sensor systems, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT) to collect and monitor the activity data of all the components in real-time, to give intelligent responses to various problems that may arise in the factory by the real-time analysis results of cloud computing and big data and to attain the various benefits of Industry 4.0 implementation. The parameters of the mathematical programming model will be updated periodically from the new big data set. In this paper, an illustrative example is used is used to demonstrate the application of the model. From the optimal solution and sensitivity analyses on increasing the raw material’s prices and carbon taxes will affect the profits. This framework can provide a general approach to help companies execute production management in the way of more efficiency, less cost, lower carbon emission and higher quality across the value chain for the tire industry and other industries.

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“…In recent years, the theme of sustainability in manufacturing contexts has been assuming a primary role in the political agendas of many states and public opinion, the latter increasingly sensitive to the commitment of companies on this issue [1]. In response to this pressure, manufacturing companies have reacted by introducing new sustainability pathways in their production processes and they have increased the level of communication of these practices to customers and stakeholders [2].…”

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Sustainability Transition in Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing with the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas

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Sustainability transition is becoming increasingly relevant at a manufacturing level, especially for resource-and energy-intensive industries. In addition, the 4.0 industry paradigm opens new opportunities in terms of sustainable development. The aim of this research is to analyze the introduction of sustainability in the corporate value proposition, through the evolution from a traditional to a sustainable business model. The business model innovation will be investigated in the case of a ceramic tile producer in the district of Sassuolo, Italy. The company has introduced several sustainability practices over the years and, through investments in Industry 4.0 technologies, is able to conduct impact assessments of its production process. The applied tool for the business model transition will be the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas by Joyce and Paquin. The results illustrate the new company's sustainable value proposition, considering all three pillars of sustainability: environment, economy, and society. Despite the limitations resulting from the individual case study, the findings can be easily adapted to other ceramic tile companies in the sector. Besides, the paper could inspire other manufacturing companies in the drafting of a sustainable business model. The paper explores the still limited literature on the application of sustainable business models in operational scenarios.

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Manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution: A positive prospect in Sustainable Manufacturing

Cited by 280 publications

References 13 publications

An Analysis of the Extent to Which Industry 4.0 Has Been Considered in Sustainability or Socio-Technical Transitions

An Analysis of the Extent to Which Industry 4.0 Has Been Considered in Sustainability or Socio-Technical Transitions

A Framework of Production Planning and Control with Carbon Tax under Industry 4.0

Sustainability Transition in Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing with the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas

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