The smart factory as a key construct of industry 4.0: A systematic literature review
By Philipp Osterrieder, L. Budde, Thomas Friedli. 2020
406 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Industry 4.0 is a ubiquitous term throughout general newspapers, on company websites or in scientific journals. One of its key constructs is the smart factory, envisioned as a future state of a fully connected manufacturing system, mainly operating without human force by generating, transferring, receiving and processing necessary data to conduct all required tasks for producing all kinds of goods. Although the understanding of smart factory concepts has been sharpened in the last years, it is still difficult for industrial companies to establish a concrete strategy roadmap within the jungle of different terminologies, ideas and concepts. To generate further clarity and to consolidate the previous findings around smart factory for researchers as well as for practitioner, we conducted a systematic literature review. For this purpose, we chose a five steps approach: Scope definition, topic conceptualisation, literature search, literature analysis and synthesis, and synthesis of future research questions. During our review, we found that research within each perspective is fragmented and unequally advanced. Most publications treat single use cases with low generalizability, often rely upon machine data, typically have a technical nature and seldom incorporate impact estimations. In this paper, our key academic and practical contribution lies in the categorisation of the selected publications into eight thematic distinct perspectives within the sphere of smart factory: Decision making, cyber-physical systems, data handling, IT infrastructure, digital transformation, human machine interaction, IoT, and cloud manufacturing and services. These are further developed into the smart factory research model, stating a foundation for future research endeavors.
Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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Citations in the corpus
- Internet of Things (IoT): Opportunities, issues and challenges towards a smart and sustainable future (2020, background): “The most important and most progressing application areas of IoT are related to the industry (Osterrieder et al., 2020) and smart city concept (Sivanageswara Rao et al.”
- Digital twin paradigm: A systematic literature review (2021, neutral): “Various countries are converging on this trend as the next industrial revolution (Suh, 1984), (Prasad, 1989), and have proposed related national strategies, such as the “Industry 4.0” in Germany (Kagermann et al., 2013); the “Advanced Manufacturing” or “Smart Manufacturing” in the United States (Yao”
- Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things Frameworks in the Industry Revolution 4.0: A Systematic Literature Review (2022, background): “In [19], the authors conducted SLR, which is mainly focused on scope definition, concept, literature review, analysis, synthesis, and future research directions.”
- Predictive Maintenance and Intelligent Sensors in Smart Factory: Review (2021, background): “A smart factory represents the future state of fully interconnected production systems, without a significant amount of manpower [13].”