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Industry 4.0: How it is defined from a sociotechnical perspective and how much sustainability it includes – A literature review
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Industry 4.0 has had a strong influence on the debate on the digitalization of industrial processes, despite being criticized for lacking a proper definition. However, Industry 4.0 might offer a huge chance to align the goals of a sustainable development with the ongoing digital transformation in industrial development. The main contribution of this paper is therefore twofold. We provide a de-facto definition of the concept “Industry 4.0” from a sociotechnical perspective based on its most often cited key features, as well as a thorough review of how far the concept of sustainability is incorporated in it.
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- Authors
- Beier, G., Ullrich, A., Niehoff, S., Reißig, M., & Habich, M.
- Venue
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 259
- Pages
- 120856
- ISSN
- 0959-6526 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3012248873
- Cited by
- 433
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 44.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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