Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 32 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Harry Boer, Henrike E.E. Boer, Atanu Chaudhuri

Industry 4.0 and Lean Manufacturing: A systematic literature review and future research directions

Marcos Pagliosa, Guilherme Tortorella, Joao Carlos Espindola Ferreira

The purpose of this paper is to aim at identifying the relationships between Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies and Lean Manufacturing (LM) practices.

Industry 4.0 as a data-driven paradigm: a systematic literature review on technologies

Cristina Orsolin Klingenberg, Marco Antônio Viana Borges, José Antônio Valle Antunes Jr

The purpose of this paper is to identify current technologies related to Industry 4.0 and to develop a rationale to enhance the understanding of their functions within a…

Towards the proposition of a Lean Automation framework: Integrating Industry 4.0 into Lean Production

Guilherme Tortorella, Rapinder Sawhney, Daniel Jurburg, Istefani Carisio de Paula, Diego Tlapa, Matthias Thurer

The objective of this research is twofold. First, we aim at identifying the pairwise relationships between Lean Production (LP) practices and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies…

The digitalization of manufacturing: investigating the impact of production environment and company size

Sven-Vegard Buer, Jo Wessel Strandhagen, Marco Semini, Jan Ola Strandhagen

While manufacturing digitalization is currently considered an important enabler of competitive advantage, its applicability across the industrial spectrum is unclear. This paper…

Cost-driven motives to relocate manufacturing abroad among small- and medium-sized manufacturers: The influence of Industry 4.0

Jan Stentoft, Kent Adsbøll Wickstrøm, Anders Haug, Kristian Philipsen

The purpose of this paper is to advance the understanding of how Industry 4.0 related technologies affect the relocation of manufacturing abroad by small and medium-sized…

Industry 4.0: a review and analysis of contingency and performance effects

Levente Szász, Krisztina Demeter, Béla-Gergely Rácz, Dávid Losonci

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature and offer a more generalizable empirical investigation on the performance impact of implementing Industry 4.0, and the way…

How do industry 4.0 technologies influence organisational change? An empirical analysis of Italian SMEs

Chiara Cimini, Albachiara Boffelli, Alexandra Lagorio, Matteo Kalchschmidt, Roberto Pinto

This article aims to investigate the organisational implications of adopting Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies, giving specific attention to operations. The paper addresses these…

Condition-based maintenance for major airport baggage systems

Frank Koenig, Pauline Anne Found, Maneesh Kumar, Nicholas Rich

The aim of this paper is to develop a contribution to knowledge that adds to the empirical evidence of predictive condition-based maintenance by demonstrating how the availability…

Exploring coordination practices in digital–physical product development

Stine Hendler

The paper explores coordination practices in digital–physical product development and their consequences for companies traditionally relying on physical product development.

Digital production innovation projects – The applicability of managerial controls under high levels of complexity and uncertainty

Sara Johansson, Malin Kullström, Jennie Björk, Anna Karlsson, Susanne Nilsson

The purpose of the present study is to assist academics and practitioners in supporting and managing digital production innovation projects using managerial controls. The focus is…

What matters in implementing the factory of the future: Insights from a survey in European manufacturing regions

Elena Pessot, Andrea Zangiacomi, Cinzia Battistella, Valerie Rocchi, Alessandro Sala, Marco Sacco

This paper aims to study the extent of the transformation of European manufacturing companies towards the factory of the future (FoF) and related concepts, e.g. Industry 4.0 and…

Road to digital manufacturing – a longitudinal case-based analysis

Krisztina Demeter, Dávid Losonci, Judit Nagy

The authors’ main objective is to examine the resource alteration underlying the digital manufacturing transformation. The authors rely on the adaptation aspect of dynamic…