The four smarts of Industry 4.0: Evolution of ten years of research and future perspectives

B Meindl, NF Ayala, J Mendonça, AG Frank - … Forecasting and Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Industry 4.0 literature has exponentially grown in the past decade. We aim to
understand how this literature has evolved and propose future research opportunities. We …

Behind the definition of Industry 4.0: Analysis and open questions

G Culot, G Nassimbeni, G Orzes, M Sartor - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The many scholars approaching Industry 4.0 today need to confront the lack of an agreed-
upon definition, posing serious limitations to theory building and research comparability …

Digital technologies, innovation, and skills: Emerging trajectories and challenges

T Ciarli, M Kenney, S Massini, L Piscitello - Research Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to better understand the complex and dialectical relationships between digital
technologies, innovation, and skills, it is necessary to improve our understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Smart factory performance and Industry 4.0

G Büchi, M Cugno, R Castagnoli - Technological forecasting and social …, 2020 - Elsevier
Existing literature on the Industry 4.0 concept does not empirically verify if, how, and for
which types of firms, a greater openness to enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 provides …

Construction 4.0: A literature review

E Forcael, I Ferrari, A Opazo-Vega, JA Pulido-Arcas - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The construction industry is experiencing changes in its processes and work methods, and
the advancement of new technologies in recent decades has led to a new concept known as …

Multistage implementation framework for smart supply chain management under industry 4.0

XF Shao, W Liu, Y Li, HR Chaudhry, XG Yue - … Forecasting and Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Industry 4.0 technologies: Implementation patterns in manufacturing companies

AG Frank, LS Dalenogare, NF Ayala - International journal of production …, 2019 - Elsevier
Industry 4.0 has been considered a new industrial stage in which several emerging
technologies are converging to provide digital solutions. However, there is a lack of …

Assessing Industry 4.0 readiness in manufacturing: Evidence for the European Union

I Castelo-Branco, F Cruz-Jesus, T Oliveira - Computers in Industry, 2019 - Elsevier
Industry 4.0 is a concept that represents the adoption by industrial companies of techniques
and processes allowed by digitization, cloud computing, the internet of things and big data to …

An investigation into emerging industry 4.0 technologies as drivers of supply chain innovation in Australia

JL Hopkins - Computers in Industry, 2021 - Elsevier
As supply chains recover from the impact of COVID-19, a sudden acceleration of interest in
digitalization and automation is expected, as firms increasingly look towards digital …

External knowledge search, opportunity recognition and industry 4.0 adoption in SMEs

R Ricci, D Battaglia, P Neirotti - International Journal of Production …, 2021 - Elsevier
Technologies related to Industry 4.0 require Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to
understand their potential applications before they are adopted. In this paper, we test …