Impacts of Industry 4.0 in sustainable food manufacturing and supply chain. (18th June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ojo, Olumide Olajide; Shah, Satya; Coutroubis, Alec
• Is Part Of: International journal of integrated supply management. Volume 13:Number 3/2(2020)
• Page Start: 140
• Page End: 158
• Publication Date: 2020-06-18
• Subjects: food manufacturing -- Industry 40 -- logistics -- supply chain -- sustainability -- sustainable production -- corporate social responsibility -- CSR; Business logistics -- Periodicals; 658.7
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-5360

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.