Today, most enterprises are undergoing a digitization process with the fourth industrial
revolution, named industry 4.0. The focus of the digital transformation lies mainly on …

During the last decade, the use and evolution of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) in industry have become unavoidable. The emergence of the Industry …

Abstract Industry 4.0, referred to as the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, also known as “smart
manufacturing”,“industrial internet” or “integrated industry”, is currently a much-discussed …

Abstract The term 'Industry 4.0'was coined to mark the fourth industrial revolution, a new
paradigm enabled by the introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) into the production and …

Enterprises are confronted with new customer requirements and challenged by global
competition leading to fundamental changes of today's industry. Against this background, at …

The advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is expected to deeply change several aspects
of the manufacturing industry. Among them, the logistics and supply chain activities will be …

This work generally deals with the state of art of the three industrial revolutions that formed
the basis of the current fourth industrial revolution. Thus, it deals in particular with the context …

In essence, Industry 4.0 [1] enables an automated creation of goods and services as well as
supply and delivery, which functions largely without human intervention. Industry 4.0 is …

Many global supply chains are unequipped to cope with the world we are entering. For that
reason, supply chain managers need to shift their attention from cutting costs to enabling …

Abstract Nowadays, the terms Smart Logistics and Logistics 4.0 are used to represent the
Industry 4.0 technology-based application in the field of logistics. The introduction of …