A Literature Review on Lean Manufacturing in the Industry 4.0. From Integrated Systems to IoT and Smart Factories

EasyChair Preprint 4739

Abstract

Since the Industry 4.0 nature is a world-scale phenomenon, lot of information are available today from several sources, presenting different point of view. From the scientific papers, the research is focused more on the theoretical steps for a future implementation and the benefits achievable, with important information on the development path followed by the Industry to reach the today situation. Other important resources are represented by the companies operating in the consultant and high-tech sectors, because the revolution is completely intertwined with the digital world and their reports can provide interesting information. Therefore, this chapter is intended to contribute over all these mentioned areas of knowledge, providing a brief state of the arts regarding the Industry 4.0, the role of IoT and Cloud computing in today’s and future factories, as well as a view along all those enabling technologies that complement among each other in the diverse industrial scenarios.

Keyphrases: Asset Management, Cloud & IoT, Industry 4.0, Lean Manufacturing, Maintenance, state of the art, uncertainty

@booklet{EasyChair:4739,
  author    = {Gabriele Turconi and Giorgio Ventola and Vicente González-Prida and Carlos Parra and Adolfo Crespo},
  title     = {A Literature Review on Lean Manufacturing in the  Industry 4.0. From Integrated Systems to IoT and Smart  Factories},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 4739},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}