Leveraging digital capabilities toward a circular economy: Reinforcing sustainable supply chain management with Industry 4.0 technologies
Beihang University · Linköping University · +1 more institution
Abstract
Facing the challenges of globalisation and unpredictable shocks, manufacturers seek novel methods to maintain the sustainability of their supply chains. Adopting Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies facilitates sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) with the precise decision-making of supply chain activities and the realisation of circular development. However, according to the bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review of articles related to “SSCM”, few frameworks with I4.0 technologies are found to empower SSCM under circular economy (CE) logic. Thus, this article proposes a conceptual framework of I4.0 technologies-embedded SSCM, which takes advantage of five kinds of emerging digital…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 74.36
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- 100%
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- 99
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3Topics & keywords
- Circular economy
- Supply chain
- Business
- Industrial organization
- Industry 4.0
- Supply chain management
- Digital economy
- Engineering