Special Issue "Industry 4.0—The Sustainable and Smart Ways to Control the Management of Manufacturing Sector"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Shib Sankar Sana
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Department of Mathematics, Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College, Kolkata 700060, India
Interests: inventory control and management; production planning and control; supply chain management; soft computing; biomathematics; business and management
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Dr. Sweety Sadhukhan
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Guest Editor
Department of Commerce, Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College, Kolkata 700060, India
Interests: e-commerce; communication; marketing; women’s empowerment; human resources; stress; corporate governance; business and management
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With rapid development in the fields of information technology and hardware, the world is witnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with a new buzzword “Industry 4.0”, associated with wireless connectivity and sensors to monitor and visualize entire production processes and to make automated decisions. In short, Industry 4.0 is the digital transformation of manufacturing/production and related industries and value creation processes with the use of the Internet of Things (IoT), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cyber-physical systems, smart manufacture, smart factories, cloud computing, cognitive computing, and artificial intelligence (AI), etc. However, Industry 4.0 is not a concept which can be realized overnight; it is a strategy which needs to be addressed in depth when implementing aspects of Industry 4.0. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview on the future developments and directions in Industry 4.0, and the future scope of factories. Our endeavour encourages all professionals, academics, industrialists, and other experts in the field to act as consultants, providing their views and opinions on the complete digitization of the manufacturing sector. This Special Issue will raise awareness about Industry 4.0 among the Indian manufacturing industry, leading towards a sustainable and profitable future. Raising awareness about Industry 4.0 among the manufacturing industries is vital, to enable preparation regarding the future scope of factories through the implementation of cyber-physical systems. Original research and review articles with the objectives of addressing the problems in the implementation of new technology, as well as social and environmental issues, are encouraged. With the established ideas and methods of economic growth and development, Industry 4.0 can shape a better society with the knowledge and respect of rights and laws; installing social and environmental values and norms will facilitate sustainable global development.

The following potential topics are welcome from academics, although this list is not exhaustive:

  • Smart manufacture;
  • Sustainable inventory control and management;
  • Sustainable production planning and control;
  • Green supply chains and management;
  • Green production systems;
  • Cloud computing and cognitive computing;
  • Artificial intelligence (AI);
  • Challenges and opportunities of the industrial internet;
  • The role and importance of Industry 4.0 in socioeconomic development;
  • Scenario of the present fourth generation industrial system;
  • Sustainable development of the manufacturing industry;
  • Empowering women in the era of Industry 4.0;
  • Human resource development in the era of Industry 4.0;
  • Significance of Industry 4.0 in industrial development.

Dr. Shib Sankar Sana
Dr. Sweety Sadhukhan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Smart manufacture
  • Sustainable inventory control and management
  • Sustainable production planning and control
  • Green supply chain and management
  • Green production systems
  • Cloud computing and Cognitive computing
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Challenges and opportunities of the industrial internet
  • Role and importance of industry 4.0 in socio- economic development
  • Scenario of present industrial system in 4th generation
  • Sustainable development of manufacturing industry
  • Empowering women in the era of Industry 4.0

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Optimal Pricing and Greening Strategy in a Competitive Green Supply Chain: Impact of Government Subsidy and Tax Policy
Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 9178; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169178 - 16 Aug 2021
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With the expanding awareness of worldwide governments to ecological issues, the idea of protecting the environment has been initiated into the supply chain. The role of government in green supply chain management has become especially significant. This paper proposes a green supply chain [...] Read more.
With the expanding awareness of worldwide governments to ecological issues, the idea of protecting the environment has been initiated into the supply chain. The role of government in green supply chain management has become especially significant. This paper proposes a green supply chain model with a duopoly structure, in which two manufacturers separately produce green and non-green items sold through a common retailer. The government looks for social advantages and decides subsidies for the green item and taxes for non-green items. Using a centralized and decentralized model, two cases of government interference and no government interference are analyzed with customer green preference. This study focuses on exploring the pricing strategy, greening strategy and comparing the optimal decisions in all the cases to maximize the overall profitability of the supply chain. Numerical results and sensitivity analysis illustrate how the government subsidy on green products and tax policy in non-green products can influence the profitability of supply chain members. The research finding can give valuable experiences to channel members of the supply chain to settle optimum choices with and without government interference by enhancing the green and non-green item market competition. Among the competitive duopoly structure, the centralized model makes more profit and leads to manufactured eco-friendly items. Full article
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