Industry 4.0 to accelerate the circular economy: A case study of electric scooter sharing
College
Gokongwei College of Engineering
Department/Unit
Chemical Engineering
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume
11
Issue
23
Publication Date
12-1-2019
Abstract
To achieve sustainability, the circular economy (CE) concept is challenging traditional linear enterprise models due to the need to manage geographically distributed product life cycle and value chains. Concurrently, Industry 4.0 is being used to bring productivity to higher levels by reducing waste and improving the efficiency of production processes via more precise real-time planning. There is significant potential to combine these two frameworks to enhance the sustainability of manufacturing sectors. This paper discusses the fundamental concepts of Industry 4.0 and explores the influential factors of Industry 4.0 that accelerate the sharing economy in the CE context via a case of electric scooters in Taiwan. The result shows Industry 4.0 can provide an enabling framework for the sharing economy in CE implementation. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3390/su11236661
Recommended Citation
Pham, T., Kuo, T., Tseng, M., Tan, R. R., Tan, K., Ika, D., & Lin, C. (2019). Industry 4.0 to accelerate the circular economy: A case study of electric scooter sharing. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11 (23) https://doi.org/10.3390/su11236661
Disciplines
Chemical Engineering
Keywords
Industry 4.0; Sustainable development; Cooperation--Taiwan
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