Smart Production Operations Management and Industry 4.0

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to investigate and advance our understanding of the impacts of recent technological developments based on the fourth industrial revolution (also known as Industry 4.0) on the evolution of operations and supply chain management.

In this context, the Special Issue focuses on novel theories, researches, case studies, and literature reviews exploring the changes in business models, strategies, and management modus operandi of firms fostering sustainability principles in the new digital era.

This Special Issue will investigate these emerging challenges across multiple sectors and different industries.

The smart technologies for operations and supply chain management—in both the domains of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT)—that will be considered in the Special Issue may include:

• Industrial Internet-of-Things;
• Industrial analytics;
• Cyberphysical systems and digital twin;
• Smart manufacturing;
• Augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality immersive technologies;
• Additive manufacturing;
• Autonomous vehicles and drones.

Topics to be covered include, but are not restricted to, the following aspects of smart and sustainable product lifecycles, smart and sustainable supply chains, and smart and sustainable factories:

• Challenges, visions, and concepts for Industry 4.0;
• New business models from smart manufacturing and services;
• Innovative digital manufacturing/service/supply chain models for Industry 4.0;
• Industry 4.0 standards for operations and supply chain management;
• KPIs and performance evaluation of smart production systems;
• Resource efficiency and sustainability in operations and supply chains with Industry 4.0;
• Environmental impacts of operations and supply chains from Industry 4.0;
• Cyberphysical systems for operation of smart production systems;
• Modeling and simulation of smart production systems;
• Multi-criteria decision making and decision analysis in smart production systems;
• Manufacturing data analysis;
• Real-time diagnostics for quality, reliability, and maintenance;
• Advanced human–machine interface;
• Human factors, industrial ergonomics, and safety in smart factories;
• Integration of additive manufacturing in smart factories.

Prof. Dr. Giorgio Mossa
Prof. Dr. Fabio De Felice
Guest Editors

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