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The Industry 4.0 (I4.0) concept comprises advanced digital technologies that facilitate the digitally enabled sustainability approach leading to a Circular Economy (CE). I4.0 driven CE initiative leads to a paradigm shift in supply chain management (SCM), where quantitative methods provide practical solutions to issues that arise when adopting circular practices. Therefore, the intersection of I4.0, CE, SCM and quantitative methods has been identified as an upcoming area worthwhile investigation. Hence, we conduct a bibliometric analysis on extant literature to visualise and unravel the current scholarly discussion while providing insights to the scholars and practitioners who pursue the current dynamics, trends, prospects pertaining to the intersection mentioned above.
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This research has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018) scheme, grant agreement number 814247 (ReTraCE project).
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Hettiarachchi, B.D., Seuring, S., Brandenburg, M. (2021). Industry 4.0 Driven Quantitative Methods for Circular Supply Chains: A Bibliometric Analysis. In: Dolgui, A., Bernard, A., Lemoine, D., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. APMS 2021. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 632. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85906-0_44
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