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Some Critical Considerations About Industry 4.0

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This chapter bases mainly on the much-cited paper: Lean and Industry 4.0—Twins, Partners, or Contenders? A Due Clarification Regarding the Supposed Clash of Two Production Systems, JSSM, 2016, 9, 485–500.

This chapter bases mainly on the much-cited paper: Lean and Industry 4.0—Twins, Partners, or Contenders? A Due Clarification Regarding the Supposed Clash of Two Production Systems, JSSM, 2016, 9, 485–500.

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Rüttimann, B.G., Stöckli, M.T. (2022). Some Critical Considerations About Industry 4.0. In: Elements of Advanced Manufacturing Theory. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-02047-6_7

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