Agentic AI-Driven Sustainable Logistics and Industry 4.0: Emerging Trends and Applications in Production, Remanufacturing, Warehousing, Agriculture and Transportation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 July 2027 | Viewed by 104
Editors
Interests: sustainable supply chain systems; smart transport and distribution systems; optimization methods and operations research; Industry 4.0; remanufacturing; optimization-based machine learning
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Interests: manufacturing; process mechanics; production monitoring; digital twins; dynamic scheduling; predictive maintenance; analytics; optimization; sustainable supply chain systems; logistic systems; optimization methods and operations research; production and maintenance planning; assembly/disassembly systems
2. Laboratory of Electromechanical Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3038, Tunisia
Interests: integrated strategies for production and maintenance optimization; solar dryers and energy efficiency optimization; vehicle routing and carbon emission optimization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, “Agentic AI-Driven Sustainable Logistics and Industry 4.0: Emerging Trends and Applications in Production, Remanufacturing, Warehousing, Agriculture and Transportation”, aims to explore how agentic artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0 technologies are transforming logistics and operational systems to support sustainable development. This issue focuses on autonomous and intelligent decision-making systems, digital twins, IoT, cyber–physical systems, smart analytics, and AI-enabled optimization across production, remanufacturing, warehousing, agriculture, and transportation.
The scope of this Special Issue includes theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions addressing environmental, economic, and social sustainability challenges. Particular attention will be given to research that develops, measures, monitors, and evaluates sustainability performance through advanced digital technologies. Contributions may examine resource efficiency, energy consumption, carbon footprint reduction, circular economy practices, resilient supply chains, sustainable mobility, smart agriculture, and intelligent warehouse management.
This Special Issue seeks to bridge the gap between emerging agentic AI capabilities and sustainability-oriented operations management. While the existing literature has extensively investigated Industry 4.0 technologies and AI applications separately, limited attention has been paid to autonomous AI agents as enablers of sustainable and adaptive decision-making. By integrating sustainability assessment, operational intelligence, and digital transformation, this issue will provide new insights, frameworks, metrics, and practical applications that advance both sustainability science and smart industrial systems.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Agentic AI and autonomous decision-making systems for sustainable logistics and supply chains;
- Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 technologies for sustainable operations management;
- AI-driven optimization of logistics networks and transportation systems;
- Smart and sustainable warehousing systems;
- Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems in logistics and manufacturing;
- Digital twins for sustainable production, logistics, and transportation;
- Circular economy and AI-enabled remanufacturing systems;
- Sustainable production planning and intelligent manufacturing systems;
- Green logistics and low-carbon supply chain management;
- Carbon footprint assessment, monitoring, and reduction using AI technologies;
- Sustainability performance measurement and decision-support systems;
- Predictive analytics and machine learning for sustainable operations;
- Manufacturing and remanufacturing;
- IoT, cyber–physical systems, and edge computing for smart logistics;
- Smart agriculture and AI-enabled precision farming;
- Sustainable mobility, intelligent transportation systems, and smart cities;
- Resilient and adaptive supply chains under uncertainty;
- Energy-efficient logistics and transportation systems;
- Resource optimization and waste reduction through intelligent automation;
- Blockchain, traceability, and transparency in sustainable supply chains;
- Human–AI collaboration and socio-economic implications of autonomous systems;
- Ethical, regulatory, and governance issues related to agentic AI in sustainable operations;
- Sustainability assessment frameworks, indicators, and monitoring tools for AI-enabled industrial systems.
Dr. Sadok Turki
Dr. Ayoub Chakroun
Dr. Houssam Chouikhi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agentic artificial intelligence
- sustainable logistics
- Industry 4.0
- smart supply chains
- digital twins
- circular economy
- remanufacturing
- smart warehousing
- intelligent transportation systems
- smart farming
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