Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Anbesh Jamwal, Rajeev Agrawal, Monica Sharma, Antonio Giallanza
Summary: Industry 4.0, as a new industrial revolution, encompasses data management, manufacturing competitiveness, production processes, and efficiency. Sustainability plays a crucial role in business strategy and is highlighted in achieving manufacturing sustainability. The study findings suggest that Industry 4.0 technologies are instrumental in achieving manufacturing sustainability.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Ting Zheng, Marco Ardolino, Andrea Bacchetti, Marco Perona
Summary: Research on Industry 4.0 has primarily focused on the effects in smart factory production scheduling, with a lack of comprehensive study on the applications of I4.0 enabling technologies in manufacturing life-cycle processes. The results indicate a strong emphasis on production scheduling and control, along with a rising trend in servitization and circular supply chain management.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Editorial Material
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Santa Di Cataldo, Sukhan Lee, Enrico Macii, Birgit Vogel-Heuser
Summary: The first three industrial revolutions were driven by mechanization, electricity, and information technology respectively. The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), brought about by the Internet of Things and Services in the manufacturing environment, focuses on smart optimization and computerization of all stages of the manufacturing process.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Camilla Lundgren, Cecilia Berlin, Anders Skoogh, Anders Kallstrom
Summary: Digitalised manufacturing provides new opportunities for running and maintaining manufacturing plants, but there is little attention given to leadership practices in this area from a socio-technical perspective. This paper presents findings from interviews with maintenance managers in the Swedish manufacturing industry, offering unique insights into the challenges faced by leaders in maintenance within the context of digitalised manufacturing. The authors propose a comprehensive consideration model for leadership that supports the development of functional maintenance organisations in the era of pervasive digitalisation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Jingwei Guo, Ying Cheng, Dongxu Wang, Fei Tao, Stefan Pickl
Summary: Smart manufacturing is a popular concept that focuses on smarter decision-making and increasing production efficiency. This article proposes the use of Dataspace as a feasible and effective method to manage data in smart manufacturing. The contribution of this research is the design of an industrial Dataspace platform that accommodates the characteristics of smart manufacturing, such as harnessing distributed data, understanding industrial data through ontology or knowledge, and enabling related decisions. An analytical case in Surface Mounting Technology manufacturing is provided to demonstrate the customization and decision support offered by industrial Dataspace.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Abdo Hassoun, Abderrahmane Ait-Kaddour, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, Nikheel Bhojraj Rathod, Farah Bader, Francisco J. Barba, Alessandra Biancolillo, Janna Cropotova, Charis M. Galanakis, Anet Rezek Jambrak, Jose M. Lorenzo, Ingrid Mage, Fatih Ozogul, Joe Regenstein
Summary: Climate change, population growth, food waste, and the risk of new disease outbreaks pose significant challenges to food sustainability and global security. Industry 4.0 technologies have emerged as a vital driver for sustainable development, transforming the food industry and offering solutions to these challenges. However, groundbreaking sustainable solutions can only be achieved by combining multiple technologies simultaneously.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Management
Marcos Dieste, Guido Orzes, Giovanna Culot, Marco Sartor, Guido Nassimbeni
Summary: This study challenges the assumption of a sustainable Fourth Industrial Revolution by identifying the possible unintended negative impacts of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies on sustainability, highlighting the motivations and actions to mitigate such impacts, and evaluating alternative assumptions. The results reveal various unintended negative effects on environmental and social aspects, providing insights into the reasons, severity, and corrective actions for these impacts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Bingjie Ding, Xavier Ferras Hernandez, Nuria Agell Jane
Summary: This study is the first systematic literature review that links Industry 4.0 with lean and agile manufacturing. The study proposes a conceptual framework that shows how Industry 4.0 supports both manufacturing systems and how they facilitate the implementation of Industry 4.0. The integration of Industry 4.0 with lean manufacturing enhances cost competitiveness, while with agile manufacturing, it enhances flexibility.
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
(2023)
Article
Business
Eleonora Di Maria, Valentina De Marchi, Ambra Galeazzo
Summary: Industry 4.0 technologies are expected to contribute to better circular economy outcomes by improving integration levels within the supply chain and within firms. Smart manufacturing technologies have a stronger impact on circular economy results compared to data processing technologies.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Dornelles Jessica de Assis, Ayala Nestor F, Frank Alejandro G
Summary: This paper builds a conceptual framework to understand the contribution of Industry 4.0 technologies to specific worker capabilities and manufacturing activities. Through analyzing 80 papers, the study shows how different Industry 4.0 technologies are related to workers' manufacturing activities and demonstrates the benefits and limitations of these technologies. This research provides practical value for future studies and the design of operational processes in the Industry 4.0 context.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Erico Marcon, Marlon Soliman, Wolfgang Gerstlberger, Alejandro G. Frank
Summary: This study analyzes how organizational factors can contribute to a higher level of adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, finding that companies focused on the development of sociotechnical aspects generally present higher Industry 4.0 adoption levels. The results can help practitioners plan the adoption of advanced technologies using a systemic organizational view.
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Jing Yang, Xiaoxing Wang, Yandong Zhao
Summary: Parallel manufacturing is proposed as a new paradigm in smart manufacturing to address the complexity of human and social factors in manufacturing systems. It utilizes artificial systems, computational experiments, and parallel execution methods, with Cyber-Physical-Social Systems and the Internet of Minds as its infrastructures, to achieve low-cost, high-efficiency, and zero-inventory manufacturing. Advanced technologies such as Knowledge Automation, blockchain, and crowdsourcing provide strong support for parallel manufacturing, promising to overcome resource and capacity constraints.
IEEE-CAA JOURNAL OF AUTOMATICA SINICA
(2022)
Article
Business
Erico Marcon, Marie-Anne Le Dain, Alejandro G. Frank
Summary: The literature on Industry 4.0 (I4.0) focuses on the implementation of digital technologies in manufacturing processes. However, it is important to also consider the broader changes in a company's business model (BM) through digital transformation. This study examines how changing factors in the I4.0 context affect the business model dimensions of technology providers. The findings provide insights for practitioners to anticipate necessary actions in managing and incorporating these changes.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Abdo Hassoun, Nour Alhaj Abdullah, Abderrahmane Ait-Kaddour, Mohamed Ghellam, Aysegul Besir, Oscar Zannou, Begum Onal, Rana Muhammad Aadil, Jose M. Lorenzo, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Joe M. Regenstein
Summary: Food Traceability 4.0 (FT 4.0) focuses on tracing foods using techniques and technologies related to the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). This review highlights the importance of digital solutions and Industry 4.0 innovations in enhancing food traceability and combatting food fraud. The main enablers of FT 4.0 are blockchain, the Internet of things, artificial intelligence, and big data.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Rui Liu, Chao Peng, Yunbo Zhang, Hannah Husarek, Qi Yu
Summary: With the increasing application of immersive technology in smart manufacturing, it is believed to enhance productivity in various steps of product development such as concept generation, design engineering, and assembly line productivity and training. Potential advantages and drawbacks should be considered when integrating this technology into the workplace for smart product development strategies in the future.
COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS-UK
(2021)
Article
Management
Sadaf Aman, Stefan Seuring
Summary: This study investigates the resilience factors in developing regions such as Pakistan, India, and Iran, and finds that supply chain disruption is a major vulnerability. The study suggests that resource reconfiguration and social capital play a crucial role in enhancing resilience.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Kongmanas Yavaprabhas, Mehrdokht Pournader, Stefan Seuring
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of blockchain application on trust levels in supply chains by reviewing relevant literature. The study finds that blockchain implementation involves three pairs of trustors and trustees, and it is likely to enhance cognition-based and institution-based trust. Blockchain technology can facilitate swift trust-building between unknown supply chain partners. However, there are contradicting assertions among scholars regarding the implications of blockchain for trust in supply chains.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Management
Xun Tong, Kevin Linderman, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This research examines the impact of a firm's environmental project portfolio on its ability to improve environmental outcomes efficiently. The findings suggest that reducing heterogeneity in the types of environmental projects in a firm's portfolio can lead to more efficient environmental improvement. However, introducing diversity in the portfolio without negatively impacting outcomes is also important. The study also highlights the importance of balancing socially oriented projects with technically oriented projects in managing portfolio diversity.
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Davood Andalib Ardakani, Asieh Soltanmohammadi, Stefan Seuring
Summary: This study examines the influence of institutional pressures on supplier and customer collaboration in achieving green supply chain performance, using empirical evidence from Iranian industrial managers. The findings indicate that regulatory requirements and internal motivators enable customer and supplier collaboration, with customer collaboration having a positive effect on both supplier collaboration and performance, while supplier collaboration only positively affects environmental performance.
BENCHMARKING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Abhijeet Ghadge, Michael Bourlakis, Sachin Kamble, Stefan Seuring
Summary: Research on Blockchain implementation in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chains (PSC) is lacking, but this study provides critical insights into the relationship between Blockchain and PSC, and develops a conceptual framework for implementing Blockchain in the pharmaceutical industry. The study finds that Blockchain's development in PSC is still in its early stages, and further research on adoption drivers, barriers, and applications is needed. The research on Blockchain for PSC has accelerated since the Covid-19 pandemic.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yuan Chen, Qinghua Zhu, Joseph Sarkis
Summary: This study applies cumulative capability theory to examine the sequence of green supply chain management practices and provides a framework for businesses. The results suggest that encouraging suppliers to disclose environmental data and respond to inquiries should be the initial step, followed by promoting compliance with regulations and responsible recycling.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Business
Sadaf Aman, Stefan Seuring, Raja Usman Khalid
Summary: This study examines the relationship between base of the pyramid (BoP) supply chain management and risk management through a literature review. The findings show that there are various risk factors in BoP supply chains, which require corresponding management strategies and performance measures. The study also highlights the significant impact of performance process measures and management practices on firm's performance outcomes.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiongyong Zhou, Qinghua Zhu, Zhiduan Xu
Summary: Digital traceability is crucial for food producers to ensure food safety. This study found that contractual governance adopted by food producers can promote the success of digital traceability, and the impact of contractual governance is contingent on relational governance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Review
Management
Abraham Zhang, Linh Duong, Stefan Seuring, Janet L. L. Hartley
Summary: This study aims to clarify the concepts in the field of circular supply chain management (CSCM) and provide a comprehensive review of its development trends. It identifies research gaps and important directions for future research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Lara Schilling, Stefan Seuring
Summary: This article analyzes the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in reducing transaction costs and improving supply chain management (SCM) in the agricultural sector. The study finds that ICT enables the base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) market to improve its SCM activities. Three different ICT models are identified, with TC reductions serving as explanations and theoretical foundations. Future research should further evaluate the application of ICTs and validate the proposed framework.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Felipe Alexandre De Lima, Stefan Seuring
Summary: Circular supply chains have been recognized for their contribution to increasing materials' circularity, but little attention has been given to managing risks and uncertainties in these chains. This study uses contingency theory to identify the hurdles faced in implementing circular supply chains and proposes strategies to mitigate them. A Delphi study involving industry, governmental, non-governmental, and academic experts from 18 countries was conducted to analyze their views on risk and uncertainty management. The findings reveal risks and uncertainties at various levels and suggest countermeasures such as collaboration, circular product design, information sharing, flexibility, and financial risk management. The study also identifies contingency factors affecting circular supply chains, including regulatory requirements.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Management
Chen Qian, Paul A. A. Dion, Ralf Wagner, Stefan Seuring
Summary: This paper examines the impact of trust, commitment, and relationship specific investment (RSI) on firms' cooperation, innovation, and financial performance in the Chinese business market. The study collected data from 101 business buyers and 108 suppliers in mainland China. The results show that the effectiveness of these relationship factors differs between buyers and suppliers. Trust and RSI directly affect buyers' cooperation performance, while commitment is the immediate precursor of suppliers' cooperation performance. Trust and commitment lead to buyer's innovation performance directly, while RSI is a direct driver of supplier's innovation performance. These findings provide important insights for relationship management in the Chinese business market.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Economics
Kee-hung Lai, Yunting Feng, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This study identifies and develops GSCDT practices with support from the literature and case studies of six manufacturers with operational GSCDT in diversified industries to explore the practice adoption enablers of GSCDT and contingency factors for performance improvement through GSCDT for manufacturers. Our research findings contribute to academic knowledge by unraveling critical factors that affect the digital transformation process in GSCM and managerial insights by identifying pathways for the successful adoption of GSCDT practices.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Business
Yuan Chen, Qinghua Zhu, Joseph Sarkis
Summary: This study explores the heterogeneity in green supply chain management (GSCM) practice adoption by considering different firm characteristics using institutional field theory. The results show the existence of four organizational groupings-brown, light brown, light green, and green-firms among 394 firms operating in China. Multinomial logistic regression analysis reveals that larger firms and firms in the electronics industry are more likely to adopt greener practices, indicating the significant role of firm size and industry in discriminating GSCM practice adoption. Interestingly, there are no differences between domestic and foreign-owned firms, suggesting the disappearing gaps in institutional perspectives between Chinese domestic and non-domestic ownership.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Junjun Liu, Yuan Chen, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This study aims to develop a comprehensive green supplier governance (GSG) concept and investigate the impact of specific GSG approaches on environmental and economic performance. It also reveals the synergistic effect of these approaches on performance improvement.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Hiroshi Matsuhisa, Nobuo Matsubayashi
Summary: This study investigates the formation of an alliance between competing manufacturers and a monopolistic platform retailer, and analyzes the impact of the degree of differentiation among manufacturers on the formation of the alliance and the profitability of the retailer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Lingxuan Kong, Ge Zheng, Alexandra Brintrup
Summary: Supply Chain Financing is used to optimize cash flows in supply networks, but recent scandals have shown inefficiencies in risk evaluation. This paper proposes a Federated Learning framework to address order-level risk evaluation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Jing Gu, Xinyu Shi, Junyao Wang, Xun Xu
Summary: The asymmetric market power between a firm and its partners negatively affects the firm's financial performance. Building relationships with suppliers or customers that have matched market power is the best approach. The strength of the buyer-supplier relationship amplifies the negative impact of asymmetric market power, while the level of relationship embeddedness reduces its negative effect. Moreover, firm-specific institutional, industry, and regional economic heterogeneities also influence the financial impact of asymmetric market power.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yu Du, Jun-qing Li
Summary: This study investigates the group scheduling of a distributed flexible job shop problem using the concrete precast process. The proposed solution utilizes three coordinated double deep Q-networks (DQN) as a learn-to-improve reinforcement learning approach. The algorithm shows superiority in minimizing costs and energy consumption.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiaoyu Yan, Weihua Liu, Ou Tang, Jiahe Hou
Summary: This study analyzes the market amplification effect and the impact of entrant's overconfidence on a two-sided platform. The results show that overconfident entrants can lead to price increases and benefit both the existing firms and themselves to a certain extent.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Illya Kaynov, Marijn van Knippenberg, Vlado Menkovski, Albert van Breemen, Willem van Jaarsveld
Summary: The One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer (OWMR) system is a typical distribution and inventory system. Previous research has focused on heuristic reordering and allocation strategies, which are time-consuming and problem-specific. This paper proposes a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithm for OWMR problems, which infers a multi-discrete action distribution and improves performance with a random rationing policy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yimeng Sun, Ruozhen Qiu, Minghe Sun
Summary: This study considers a multi-period inventory management problem for a retailer offering limited-time discounts and having a joint service-level requirement under demand uncertainty. It proposes a double-layer iterative approach to solve the problem and maximize total profit while balancing the service level using a posteriori method and an affinely adjustable robust chance-constrained model.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Anas Neumann, Adnene Hajji, Monia Rekik, Robert Pellerin
Summary: This paper presents a new mathematical formulation for planning and scheduling activities of Engineer-To-Order (ETO) projects, along with a new ETO strategy to reduce the impacts of design uncertainty. The study proposes a hybrid Layered Genetic Algorithm combined with an adaptive Lamarckian learning process (LLGA) and compares it with the branch-and-cut procedure of CPLEX. The results show good performance of the proposed mathematical model for small and medium-sized instances.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Thilini Ranasinghe, Chanaka D. Senanayake, Eric H. Grosse
Summary: Production systems are undergoing transformative changes, necessitating adaptability from human workers. This study developed an analytical model to account for stochastic processing times and learning heterogeneity, revealing insights into system performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Sunil Tiwari, Pankaj Sharma, Ashish Kumar Jha
Summary: Black Swan events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage have a significant impact on firms' technology adoption decisions, especially in terms of disruptions and digitalization in the supply chains. This study investigates the influence of institutional forces and environmental contingencies on supply chain digitalization from an institutional and contingency theory perspective. The findings emphasize the importance of organizational readiness and people readiness, including top management involvement and employee training, in facilitating digitalization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Fabio Neves-Moreira, Pedro Amorim
Summary: Omnichannel retailers are using stores as distribution centers to provide faster online order fulfillment services. However, in-store picking operations can impact the offline customer experience. To address this, we propose a Dynamic In-store Picker Routing Problem (diPRP) that minimizes customer encounters while fulfilling online orders. Our solution approach combines mathematical programming and reinforcement learning to find efficient picking policies that reduce customer encounters.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Richard Kraude, Ram Narasimhan
Summary: In this study, the relationship between Vertical Integration (VI) and Environmental Performance (EP) is examined, revealing that highly integrated firms produce less waste but engage in fewer environmental initiatives. These findings are crucial for understanding the impact of stakeholder exposure on organizational behavior.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Korina Katsaliaki, Sameer Kumar, Vasilis Loulos
Summary: This research conducts a systematic literature review (SLR) and content analysis on Supply Chain Coopetition (SCC) through the PRISMA framework. It examines the theory of coopetition and organizational relationships in intra-firm and inter-firm supply chains, focusing on collaboration between rival manufacturers. The study identifies structures and mechanisms of coopetition, such as buyer-supplier coopetition, supply networks coopetition, and production and distribution/logistics coopetition. It provides a holistic approach to SCC management practices and serves as a guide for future research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
