Sustainability and Industry 4.0 are very common terms nowadays that are used in almost all areas. Industry 4.0 has wide influence and effect because of its numerous new applications that come from the recent technological revolution. That led to the intelligent technologies that were built on the internet and interconnecting several areas, linking the fields of information technology, artificial intelligence, logistics systems, and environmental engineering to each other. On the other side, sustainability is an inclusive term that includes many dimensions, covers many areas like economy, industry, human, environment, and energy. Therefore, there increasing interest in applying sustainability to reach a better world. Logistics area is significantly affected by Industry 4.0 in an accelerated way and there is persistent need to use these new technologies to support sustainability by increasing the efficiency, reliability, and flexibility all along with saving energy and time with protecting the environment. Within the frame of this paper, the authors present an approach that combines sustainability and Industry 4.0 in the logistics area. After an introduction and theoretical background talk about the circular economy, reverse logistics, sustainability, and industry 4.0, the authors show modern applications aiming to apply circular economy and reverse logistics to save data, collect, move and treat waste in order to reuse, recycle and regenerate materials and energy. Then, it is discussed the expected results and outcomes regarding those applications on different aspects like sustainability, environment, and economics.
Applying Sustainable Logistics in Industry 4.0 Era
Lect.Notes Mechanical Engineering
Vehicle and Automotive Engineering ; 2020 ; Miskolc, Hungary November 25, 2020 - November 26, 2020
2020-10-20
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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