Industry 4.0 Technologies: Sustainable Manufacturing Supply Chains

SME 4.0: AI based Machine Health Monitoring and Optimal Decision Support System for Preventive Maintenance Management Approaches in Smart Manufacturing.- Case Study: Industry 4.0 in manufacturing sustainable supply chain.- Sustainability and digitalisation in SMEs in pandemic scenario.- Challenges in adoption of Industry 4.0 in Supply Chain: Study in context of Oil and Gas Industry.- Improving Supply Chain Sustainability Decisions using Artificial Intelligence and Analytics: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector.- A Grey-DEMATEL Approach for Analyzing the Challenges for Lean 4.0 in SMEs.

Vimal K E K received the Ph.D. degree in Sustainable Manufacturing in 2016 and the M.Tech degree in Industrial Engineering in 2012 from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India, and the Production Engineering degree in 2010, from the PSG College of Technology, India. He has Vimal K E K received the Ph.D. degree in Sustainable Manufacturing in 2016 and the M.Tech degree in Industrial Engineering in 2012 from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India, and the Production Engineering degree in 2010, from the PSG College of Technology, India. He has as Guest Editors in prestigious International Journals. Presently, acts as a reviewer for more than 20 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as an author (and co-author) 2 books with International Publishers, 20 book chapters, and more than 80 articles in Journals and Conferences. He is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli, India.
Dr. Sonu Rajak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Patna, India. He received his Ph.D. and M.Tech. Degree in Industrial Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Production Engineering from the B.I.T. Sindri, Vinoba Bhave University India. He has more than 14 years of experience in both the academic and industrial sectors. He has published 30 technical papers in peer-reviewed international journals, seven book chapters, and 14 articles presented in conferences at international levels. His research interests are in broad areas of Production and Industrial Engineering with a specific interest in Supply Chain Management, Industry 4.0, Sustainability, Optimisation, and Sustainable Manufacturing.



Prof. Vikas Kumar is an Associate Dean for Research,Innovation and Enterprise, at Birmingham