Flexibility in the Brazilian industry 4.0: Challenges and opportunities

JC Contador, WC Satyro, JL Contador… - Global Journal of Flexible …, 2020 - Springer
The aim of this study is to analyze the results of a research carried out in Brazilian
manufacturing companies that have typical initiatives of Industry 4.0, in order to identify the …

Application of industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs for ethical and sustainable operations: Analysis of challenges

R Kumar, RK Singh, YK Dwivedi - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
In the era of Industry 4.0 and circular economy, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are
under huge pressure to make their manufacturing operations ethical and sustainable …

Achieving operational excellence through artificial intelligence: Driving forces and barriers

MU Tariq, M Poulin, AA Abonamah - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This paper presents an in-depth literature review on the driving forces and barriers for
achieving operational excellence through artificial intelligence (AI). Artificial intelligence is a …

Operational excellence for improving sustainable supply chain performance

SK Mangla, S Kusi-Sarpong, S Luthra, C Bai… - Resources …, 2020 - Elsevier
Planning and synchronizing operations are fundamentally essential to ensure sustainability
in Supply Chains (SCs)(Bag et al., 2020). Traditionally operations management is primarily …

Developing human resource for the digitization of logistics operations: readiness index framework

A Gupta, RK Singh, S Gupta - International Journal of Manpower, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify factors that are important for logistics
organizations from the perspective of manpower readiness for digitization of logistics …

Critical challenges of integrating OPEX strategies with I4. 0 technologies in manufacturing SMEs: A few pieces of evidence from developing economies

S Joshi, M Sharma, S Bartwal, T Joshi, M Prasad - The TQM Journal, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The study proposes to determine the impending challenges to lean integration with
Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) in manufacturing that aims at achieving desired operational performance …

Enablers to the adoption of blockchain technology in logistics supply chains: evidence from an emerging economy

TA Samad, R Sharma, KK Ganguly, SF Wamba… - Annals of Operations …, 2023 - Springer
This study identifies the factors that can enable blockchain technology (BCT) implementation
in the logistics sector and reveals the interdependencies, hierarchical structure, and …

Understanding the challenges of the adoption of blockchain technology in the logistics sector: the TOE framework

KK Ganguly - Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study is to present a framework for characterising challenges to the
adoption of blockchain technology (BCT) in the logistics sector. The TOE (Technical …

An investigation of key performance indicators for operational excellence towards sustainability in the leather products industry

MA Moktadir, A Dwivedi, A Rahman… - … Strategy and the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Operational excellence refers to a mixed management structure that enhances the
productivity of an industry by exercising the best practices and efforts for continuous …

IIoT implementation challenges: Analysis and mitigation by blockchain

R Kumar, R Sindhwani, PL Singh - Journal of Global Operations and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this methodology is to categorise the challenges into cause and
effect group. The modern scenario of customization, personalization and multi-restrictive …