Sustainability 4.0: Objectives, Challenges, and Expectations

This book presents a fresh perspective by exploring the various layers of sustainability within the whole manufacturing and incorporating Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing principles. The concept can be applied to manufacturing systems, focusing on core, chosen, and given layers. Each layer of the system manufacturing can be analyzed independently to identify key components and evaluate their sustainability impact.

Sustainability 4.0: Objectives, Challenges, and Expectations provides a thorough examination and profound understanding of Sustainability 4.0, a crucial goal set forth by the United Nations (UN). This book introduces an innovative index created to measure sustainability and sustainable development within manufacturing enterprise systems. The index evaluates machine design, manufacturing processes, and manufacturing systems. A distinct methodology is outlined also for assessing an enterprise’s sustainability concerning Industry 4.0 including emerging technologies, technology selection, adoption, and site readiness and implementation. This book discusses the impact of emerging technologies associated with Industry 4.0 on sustainability practices, as well as a flexible framework for evaluating the sustainability of operations amidst technological advancements and evolving industry standards.

This book is recommended as a valuable reference for senior‑year undergraduate students, graduate students, postgraduate students, academic researchers, and industrial practitioners. The insights offered within its pages are particularly beneficial for technical audiences in search of solutions, case studies, and prototype implementations.

Dr. Ibrahim H. Garbie is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Helwan University, Egypt and is well recognized as a leader in advanced manufacturing systems. He has authored over 100 articles in well-regarded international peer-reviewed archival journals, conferences, technical reports, and book chapters in manufacturing systems design, manufacturing strategies, reconfiguration, Sustainability, and Industry 4.0. Furthermore, he serves on the editorial board of several journals and has been a reviewer of over two dozen international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Garbie's second book (co-authored with Hamid R. Parsaei), “Reconfigurable Manufacturing Enterprises for Industry 4.0," published by CRC Press – Taylor and Francis, received the 2022 IISE Joint Publishers Book of the Year Award.

Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, P.E., is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Director of the Accreditation and Assessment for the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He also served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University Qatar campus. Before joining Texas A&M University, he served as a Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston for 10 years. Dr. Parsaei is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society International (IEOM). Additionally, he served as the President of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society International from 2021 to 2023. Dr. Parsaei’s primary research interests include, Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Industry 4.0, and Economic and Financial Decision Making. He is an active ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) since 2004 and served as a commissioner of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. He is an ABET Member of the Board of Delegates representing the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Dr. Parsaei has published over 350 articles in peer-reviewed archival journals and conference proceedings and has served as principal or co-principal investigator for projects funded by the federal government and private sector. His most recent book, “Reconfigurable Manufacturing for Industry 4.0” (jointly authored by Dr. Ibrahim H. Garbie), received the 2022 IISE Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award.