Industry 4.0 Maturity Model Assessing Environmental Attributes of Manufacturing Company

Autor: Michal Zoubek, Peter Poor, Tomas Broum, Josef Basl, Michal Simon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 11, p 5151 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app11115151
Popis: The primary purpose of this article is to present a maturity model dealing with environmental manufacturing processes in a company. According to some authors, Industry 4.0 is based on characteristics that have already been the focus of “lean and green” concepts. The goal of the article was to move from resource consumption, pollutant emissions, and more extensive manufacturing towards environmentally responsible manufacturing (ERM). Using environmental materials and methods reduces energy consumption, which generates cost savings and higher profits. Here, value stream mapping (VSM) was applied to identify core processes with environmental potential. This paper provides an understanding of the role of environmental manufacturing in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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