Industry 4.0 Digital Technologies as Enablers of Sustainable Supply Chain Operations Performance

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to find the best industry 4.0 digital technologies as enablers amongst the available alternatives based on sustainable supply chain operations performance. Numerous sustainability advantages are provided by these technologies, from the possibility of reducing energy consumption and waste generation to increased prospects for recycling and industrial symbiosis. Using twenty sustainable supply chain performance criteria, we identified ten industry 4.0 digital technologies and used the Multi-criteria Decision Making (TODIM) technique to rank the best of them in a hierarchical fashion. In order to assist newly emerging firms in identifying the best industry 4.0 practices, this study analyzes the dominance of industry 4.0 digital technologies based on the significance and dominance of sustainable supply chain operations performance measures. The results show that the most important Industry 4.0 digital technologies for a sustainable supply chain are IoT, Big Data Analytics, and Blockchain; hence, enterprises should prioritize these technologies more to reap their benefits.