Product Lifecycle Management and Sustainable Development in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and its disruptive technologies are emerging massively. With various motivations for its implementation such as elevation of speed, reducing costs, mitigating errors, and other different factors, more and more technology are being employed to solve business problems and increase profit. Through the years, product lifecycles have been shorted as a good reason to reduce production costs and give to consumers the experience of replacing goods in shorter periods. This linear cycle of “produce-use-dispose” reached a massive success in the last decades, but have started to show lack of sustainability for consumer and industry. This work aims to conduct a Systematic Literature Review about the future challenges for Product Lifecycle Management and Sustainable Development, considering the context of Industry 4.0. The expected outcome for this study is to find elements that can support the use of 4.0 technologies in Product Lifecycle Management with a strong background for Sustainable Development.

Restoration and transformation of high-tech machine building industry by implementing the principles of the CALS-concept in the context of Industry 4.0 development

“…Work [6] concentrates on how, through Industry 4.0 principles, to move from the linear life cycle of the product «production-use-recycling» to the recycling life cycle. This can provide a simultaneous increase in the profits of the enterprise and a decrease in the negative impact on the environment.…”

“…The scientific results reported in works [5,6] do not consider the processes of transition to the recycling life cycle of products under the conditions of transformation and restoration of high-tech engineering. This is due to the fact that works [5,6] are focused on the industry of developed countries.…”

Incorporating sustainability into product lifecycle management: a systematic literature review

“…While traditionally defined as managing products throughout their lifecycle, within this paper, emphasis is placed on a more systemic definition of PLM. Therefore, PLM is considered a technological solution encompassing various tools to facilitate collaboration among stakeholders, ensuring effective management of product lifecycles (De Oliveira et al, 2021). In the industry's effort to manage environmental impacts across product lifecycles, expanding PLM to include sustainability marks a pivotal change.…”