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Challenges of Introducing Lean Six Sigma, IoT in Industry 4.0, and Supply Chain Management: A Review

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Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability

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Since the first Industrial Revolution, the focus has shifted from mechanical production to smart manufacturing. The revolutionary term Industry 4.0 introduced in twenty-first century has still not been adopted worldwide due to various challenges in the manufacturing and production industries. There are concepts like lean and Six Sigma which have been introduced in the industry which helps to reduce waste and remove the unwanted processes. The Internet of things (IoT) with supply chain management (SCM) helps in building relations with suppliers as well as with other industries worldwide. Implementation of concepts like lean, Six Sigma, IoT in SCM, and Industry 4.0 will be helpful to industry to rely on technology rather than human work, production can be fast, and the ongoing processes can be upgraded. This paper gives a brief insight about the challenges and advantages of implementing these concepts in SCM and Industry 4.0.

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Kale, V., Katke, C., Dayane, S., Thakar, P. (2022). Challenges of Introducing Lean Six Sigma, IoT in Industry 4.0, and Supply Chain Management: A Review. In: Reddy, A.N.R., Marla, D., Favorskaya, M.N., Satapathy, S.C. (eds) Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 265. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6482-3_31

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