Impacts of industry 4.0 in sustainable food manufacturing and supply chain

Ojo, Olumide Olajide; Shah, Satya; Coutroubis, Alec

Abstract

Integration of sustainability and sustainable practices have been of paramount importance within most manufacturers' supply chain environment globally. Apart from the fact that every organisation now use this to improve on their corporate social responsibility (CSR), this is also used as an opportunity to manage production and services within most firms efficiently. This sustainability is now a strategy adopted by most businesses to meet their customers' expectation considering the sustainable society awareness of which food manufacturing is not an exception. The use of several innovative strategies and incorporation of Industry 4.0 has been employed by some food manufacturers to meet up with this sustainability. This paper, through a qualitative research study, seeks to bridge the interconnection between Industry 4.0 and sustainable practices within food manufacturing supply chain.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Online Publication Date: Jun 18, 2020
• Publication Date: Jun 18, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jul 4, 2023
• Journal: International Journal of Integrated Supply Management
• Print ISSN: 1477-5360
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-8097
• Publisher: Inderscience
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 140-158
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJISM.2020.107851
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10903666