Manufacturing Systems and Digital Twins: How to Move Towards Sustainability in the Era of Industry 4.0

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue “Manufacturing Systems and Digital Twins: How to Move Towards Sustainability in the Era of Industry 4.0” aims to gather innovative research on the integration of digital twin technologies with sustainable manufacturing processes. The issue will focus on simulation-based design, real-time data-driven decision-making and predictive maintenance for optimizing resource efficiency and circular production systems. It will address multi-scale modeling, interoperability frameworks and AI-assisted optimization methods that enhance transparency and sustainability across product lifecycles.

This Special Issue contributes to sustainability by exploring how digital twins can reduce material waste, energy consumption and environmental footprint while improving productivity and adaptability in smart factories. It will complement existing literature on sustainable manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and cyber-physical systems by emphasizing measurable, explainable and replicable digital twin implementations.

Dr. Arnis Lektauers
Guest Editor

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