Industry 4.0 technologies assessment: A sustainability perspective
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Free University of Bozen-Bolzano · +2 more institutions
Abstract
The fourth industrial revolution, also labelled Industry 4.0, was beget with emergent and disruptive intelligence and information technologies. These new technologies are enabling ever-higher levels of production efficiencies. They also have the potential to dramatically influence social and environmental sustainable development. Organizations need to consider Industry 4.0 technologies contribution to sustainability. Sufficient guidance, in this respect, is lacking in the scholarly or practitioner literature. In this study, we further examine Industry 4.0 technologies in terms of application and sustainability implications. We introduce a measures framework for sustainability based on the United Nations…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 122.89
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- 100%
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- 74
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4Topics & keywords
- Sustainability
- Automotive industry
- Business
- Emerging technologies
- Social sustainability
- Investment (military)
- Sustainable development
- Industry 4.0
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure