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Identification of Some Major Research Gaps in Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Integration
(SLIIT Business School, 2023-12-14) Rajapaksha, S; Jayarathne, P.G.S.A; Galdolage, S
In the contemporary business world, digitalization has become a significant factor in economic development. Lean is a prominent topic in both academia and business. Due to the evolution of digital technologies that promote Industry 4.0 because of the industrial revolution, the integration of Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 has attracted the attention of academics and managers. This conceptual paper discusses the integration of Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, as well as the research gaps and prospective research opportunities related to integration. Systematic Literature Review (SLR) in the PRISMA framework has been used to identify research gaps, and future studies could be planned to close these gaps to benefit academia and industry stakeholders. Keyword co-occurrence analysis has been performed using VOSviewer software to identify areas that need the attention of researchers. Articles were extracted from the Scopus database using the keywords "Lean Manufacturing" and "Industry 4.0". This study concentrates on identifying research gaps that industry leaders and managers would be interested in, rather than the gaps in conceptual nature.
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Digital Distilleries: Navigating Industry 4.0 Trends in Sri Lanka’s Beverage Industry
(ICSDB 2024 and SLIIT Business School, 2024-12-10) Thakshila, P.; Kushani, M.; Darshana, S.; Herath, B.; Pathirana, G.; Jayasinghe, P.; Ehalapitiya, S.
Industry 4.0 is a rapidly evolving paradigm allowing industries to explore digital transformation opportunities to provide services and products to both existing and new markets at competitive prices. Developed nations have largely capitalized on Industry 4.0, creating fresh market opportunities by embedding advanced technologies in industrial processes. This research assesses the readiness for implementing Industry 4.0 in Sri Lanka’s beverage sector through primary data. Using focus group interviews with managerial-level employees in large-scale beverage firms, this study identifies technical, operational, and market/environmental factors as key influences in adopting Industry 4.0 in this sector. The findings contribute actionable insights into strategic pathways for digital transformation.
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Enriching Resilience in Smart Manufacturing: Critical Analysis of Industry 4.0 Technologies on Sustainable Production Process
(SLIIT, Faculty of Engineering, 2024-10) Karunarathne, P L D N; Gamage, H C T; Kawya, M V T
Integration of Industry 4.0 technologies in smart manufacturing in the context of sustainable production processes has opened new paths to enrich resilience. This research aims at how Industry 4.0 technologies can be applied to smart manufacturing which is empowered by sustainable production processes in order to achieve maximum resilience. Through a broad literature review, key theories, concepts, and practical and theoretical studies related to smart manufacturing, resilience, and sustainability of production processes are examined. And the theme itself drives to establish a couple of research questions in order to find solutions and derive research inventions as to how Industry 4.0 technologies can enrich resilience in manufacturing and what sustainability implications arise from their adoption. And data gathering is been done using a simple questionnaire and analyzed using an extensive as well as a comparative method after considering how production processes have been changed before and after applying Industry 4.0 technologies. Overall, Industry 4.0 not only creates a more efficient and higher quality production process, but it also enables the things like predictive and preventive maintenance and upgrades, which results in lower downtime and less capital expenditure over time.
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Operation Flexibility Focused Capability Impact on Supply Chain Risks in Sri Lankan Courier Companies
(Emerald Publishing, 2022-12-01) Kendangamuwa, J.K; Senanayake, T.V; Jayasundara, I.H; Botheju, I.U; Madhavika, W.D.N; Weerarathna, R.S
This study primarily looks at how operation flexibility focused capability impacts supply chain risks in the Sri Lankan courier sector in the industry 4.0. This is meant to measure both the good and bad effects that operation flexibility focused capability has had on Sri Lankan courier companies. This research gives the reader, some important information and ideas that they can use to reduce any negative effects or improve their ability to innovate in logistics. Also, this study will look into a number of ways to reduce supply chain risks caused by operation flexibility focused capability. This research paper discusses about how operation flexibility focused capability impacts on the company side, risks on the customer side, and the environment side risks. Also, based on the research model and hypothesis, researchers estimated that operation flexibility focused capability has a statistically significant effect on company side risks, customer side risks, and environmental side risks. A thorough review of the literature and a questionnaire survey with managers and executives in the Sri Lankan courier industry were used to collect data for the research paper. A sample population of 60 courier companies were selected from the Registrar of companies and based on the morgan’s table, 52 courier companies were selected as the sample size. Simple random sampling was used as the sampling technique to derive the sample size. Smart PLS (Partial Least Square Method) version 4 was used to validate the sample data collected for the research paper through an empirical analysis of the questionnaire survey data.

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