Industry 4.0 is having an increasingly positive impact on the value chain by modernizing and
optimizing the production and distribution processes. In this streamline, the digital twin (DT) …

In the last few years Circular Economy (CE) is receiving increasing attention worldwide as a
way to overcome the current production and consumption model based on continuous …

Over the last decade, the concept of the circular economy has regained attention, especially
related to efforts to achieve a more sustainable society. The 'revival'of the circular economy …

High value and long life products require continuous maintenance throughout their life cycle
to achieve required performance with optimum through-life cost. This paper presents …

Manufacturing companies and equipment manufacturers face two major changes affecting
their business: digitalization and the sustainability. From the point of view of digitalization in …

Understanding how a circular economy (CE) can reduce environmental pressures from
economic activities is crucial for policy and practice. Science provides a range of indicators …

Manufacturing is experiencing relevant changes under the challenges imposed by the
sustainable economic development model. Under this model, the significant progress in …

The current societal, industrial and governmental environment makes sustainability
requirements ubiquitous, pushing manufacturing organisations to reach new sustainability …

Industrial and manufacturing systems have a huge impact on energy and resources
consumption, on the emissions to the environment and, hence, on the society. For these …

The need to reduce waste generation and resource extraction arising from the traditional
linear economy system is gaining the attention of scholars, organisations and governments …