Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is playing a significant role in the transformation of
traditional factories into smart factories in Industry 4.0 by using network of interconnected …

Traceability plays a vital role in food quality and safety management. Traditional Internet of
Things (IoT) traceability systems provide the feasible solutions for the quality monitoring and …

Research on sustainable development is significantly influenced by the trade‐off between
the economic, social and environmental performance of businesses. Industry 4.0 …

Organizations are struggling to leverage emerging opportunities for maintaining
sustainability in the global markets due to many barriers in the era of Industry 4.0 and …

This paper examines barriers to the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in the
manufacturing sector in the context of both developed and developing economies. A …

Purpose The study aims to analyse the impact of Industry 4.0 implementation on supply
chains and develop an implementation framework by considering potential drivers and …

There is a great expectation that Industry 4.0 technologies will enable better circular
economy (CE) results at firms. However, it is unclear how these technologies might …

The true potential of the industry 4.0, which is a byproduct of the fourth industrial revolution,
cannot be actually realized. This is, of course true, until the smart factories in the supply …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual model that defines the
essential components shaping the new Digital Supply Chains (DSCs) through the …

The aim of this paper is the analysis of potential barriers which would hinder the
manufacturing organizations from embracing Industry 4.0. This paper establishes …