Sustainability is a global issue and, with the advent of further legislation to make organizations ‘greener’, companies are keen to promote sustainable performance to survive in the market. Using the facets of Industry 4.0, companies can become leaner, cleaner and measure their performance more effectively. This book reveals the sustainable innovations that organizations are undertaking because of Industry 4.0.

This book focuses on sophisticated aspects of how to make products tailor-made to suit specific requirements. It seeks to understand the status of sustainable performance that is impacted by different aspects related to human factors and concludes with detailing the future needs of businesses and potential trends. The book allows the reader to develop a deeper view of sustainability and organizational problems and to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Each chapter contains a self-contained study of a business and the decisions made to improve performance and is supported with tables, charts and illustrations, and a wide list of bibliographic references.

This book will be of interest to students, graduates, researchers and practitioners in the fields of logistics, supply chain management, management, leadership, organization and sustainability, plus those interested in Industry 4.0 more generally. It will appeal to students in graduate programs covering sustainable aspects of business, management, supply chain management, and industrial engineering.