Manufacturing and Management Paradigms, Methods and Tools for Sustainable Industry 4.0 oriented Manufacturing Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider contributing to this Special Issue, which refers to Manufacturing and Management Paradigms, Methods, and Tools for reaching Sustainable Industry 4.0 (or I4.0 for short)-Oriented Manufacturing Systems. It aims at contributing with new insights regarding either manufacturing or management paradigms (strategies), methods, tools, and practices aligned with the contemporary necessity to create and implement sustainable I4.0 manufacturing systems.

Therefore, contributions are encouraged in manufacturing and/or management to reach sustainability in manufacturing systems. The authors should consider, in their original contributions, the clear identification of the I4.0 domain, the clear description of the proposed paradigm, method, tool, and practice approached, and its validation in the scope of at least one of the three main sustainability pillars (economic, environmental, and social).

Regarding this structure, for the authors’ contributions, we expect new theoretical and practical insights for the stakeholders involved in the I4.0 design, management, and/or implementation of sustainable manufacturing systems.

Dr. Leonilde Varela
Prof. Dr. Paulo Ávila
Dr. Hélio Castro
Dr. Luís Ferreira
Prof. Dr. Luis Miguel Ciravegna Fonseca
Dr. Goran D. Putnik
Guest Editors

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