Industry 4.0 Technologies and Their Impact in Contemporary Logistics: A Systematic Literature Review

Even though the topic of Industry 4.0 in the last decade has attracted significant and multifarious attention from academics and practitioners, a structured and systematic review of Industry 4.0 in the context of contemporary logistics is currently lacking. This study attempted to address this short...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 13; no. 21; p. 11643
Main Authors Efthymiou, Orestis K., Ponis, Stavros T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2021
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Automation
Communication
Digitization
Industry 4.0
Internet of Things
Literature reviews
Logistics
Manufacturing
Supply chains
Sustainability
Systematic review
Wireless networks
France
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Summary:Even though the topic of Industry 4.0 in the last decade has attracted significant and multifarious attention from academics and practitioners, a structured and systematic review of Industry 4.0 in the context of contemporary logistics is currently lacking. This study attempted to address this shortcoming by performing a systematic review of the available literature of Industry 4.0 in the logistics context. To that end, and after a systematic inclusion/exclusion process, 65 carefully selected papers were addressed in the study. The results obtained from this study were illustrated and discussed in order to provide answers to two research questions pre-defined by the authors. In essence, this study identified emerging aspects and present trends in the area, addressed the main technological developments and evolution of Industry 4.0 and their impact for contemporary logistics, and finally pinpointed literature shortcomings and currently under-explored areas with a high potential for impactful future research. Findings of this review can hopefully be used as the basis for future research in the emerging Logistics 4.0 concept and related topics.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su132111643