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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 259, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120856
Keywords
Sustainability; Digitalization; Manufacturing; Industry 4.0; Definition; Sociotechnical approach
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- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [01UU1705A/B]
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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. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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