The core idea of Industry 4.0 is to use the emerging technologies in a way that business and engineering processes are deeply integrated making production operate in a flexible, efficient, and sustainable way with constantly high quality and low cost (Wang et al. This new level of organisation is often called ‘The fourth industrial revolution’ or ‘Industry 4.0’ (Kagermann, Wahlster, and Helbig Citation2013 Hermann, Pentek, and Otto Citation2016). In the last years, industrial production systems are being transformed due to a higher level of digitalisation, which leads to an intelligent, connected, and decentralised production. There are, however, research gaps and opportunities for field development, becoming more mature and having a significant contribution to fully developing the agenda of Industry 4.0. Results point to that the current research is aligned with the goals defined by different national industrial programs. Bibliometrics data and social network analysis complement results identifying how research is being organised and its respective research agendas, relevant publications, and status of the research lifecycle. A conceptual framework formed by the principles and technological pillars of Industry 4.0, sustainable manufacturing scope, opportunities previously identified, and sustainability dimensions, guided analysis of 35 papers from 2008–2018, selected by a systematic approach. This systematic review intends to identify how sustainable manufacturing research is contributing to the development of the Industry 4.0 agenda and for a broader understanding about the links between the Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Manufacturing by mapping and summarising existing research efforts, identifying research agendas, as well as gaps and opportunities for research development.
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