Impact of IoT on Manufacturing Industry 4.0: A New Triangular Systematic Review

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) has realised the fourth industrial revolution concept; however, its applications in the manufacturing industry are relatively sparse and primarily investigated without contextual peculiarities. Our research undertakes an intricate critical review to investigate significant aspects of IoT applications in the manufacturing Industry 4.0 perspective to address this gap. We adopt a systematic literature review approach by Denyer and Tranfield (2009) to carry out critical analyses that help develop future research domains based on empirical studies. We describe key knowledge gaps in the existing literature and empirical studies by exploring the main contribution categories and finding six critical differences between traditional and manufacturing Industry 4.0 and 10 enablers and 11 challenges of IoT applications. Finally, an agenda for future research is proposed with 11 research domains to focus on the recognised gaps.

A Comprehensive Survey on the Internet of Things with the Industrial Marketplace

“…Aside from sensors, smart factories have successfully adopted many RFID applications [ 121 , 122 , 123 ]. This technology is critical for improving a variety of industrial automation tasks, including automatic identification of products, instruments, and other production tools, as well as inbound/outbound tool management [ 121 , 124 , 125 ].…”

An Exploratory Case Study on the Metrics and Performance of IoT Investment in Japanese Manufacturing Firms

“…There has been considerable research on the digitization of operations and supply chains in recent years, with special issues of journals in the operations and supply chain management fields devoted to this topic [8][9][10]. There have been many systematic and bibliometric reviews on topics such as Smart Factory, Industry 4.0, and IoT since the late 2010s [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. Furthermore, some studies have conducted questionnaires on researchers' perceptions around the world on the research topic of Industry 4.0 [11].…”

“…The core phenomena and keywords covered by the above review articles can be classified into three main categories: Industry 4.0, IoT, and Smart Factory. The most significant number of review articles are published on existing research related to Industry 4.0 [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. Some papers broadly review prior research on Industry 4.0 as a research theme in business administration and operations management [12][13][14][15][16], papers that review prior research on the use of technology to realize Industry 4.0 [17,[22][23][24], and papers that review Industry 4.0 initiatives in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) [25].…”

“…(1) Practices and academic research on the digitalization of operations and supply chain, IoT technology advancement, Industry 4.0, and Smart Factory have progressed rapidly over the past decade [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. Therefore, empirical analysis of the actual state of investment and utilization of IoT and IT systems in Japanese companies is effective in attracting attention from practitioners and academics.…”

“…In these contexts, the excellence of decision-making about IoT system investment greatly influences the Japanese firms' manufacturing capabilities and competitive advantage. However, empirical analysis on the purpose of investment in IoT, the actual state of the decision-making process of "IoT system investment" inside the factory, and those metrics and performance have not been sufficiently investigated [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”