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Factories for the Future: Toward Sustainable Smart Manufacturing

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Responsible Consumption and Production

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Digital enterprise; Factory of the Future; Industry 4.0; Smart factory; Smart manufacturing

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Manufacturing industries are currently marching toward the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), often called smart manufacturing or Factory of the Future (FoF). In essence, FoF seeks to reshape the value chain to adapt to changing market and technology but is not focused on providing solutions to the ecological problems. When Factory of the Future is headed for sustainable development, with a view to shifting traditional production to a more environmentally friendly way and to promote sustainable and innovative manufacturing, it also could be considered a Factory for the Future.

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Currently, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 other targets agreed by the heads of government in 2015 defined the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and represent a major multilateral effort to change the world to more sustainable and resilient paths (Caiado...

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Correspondence to Rodrigo Goyannes Gusmão Caiado .

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Caiado, R.G.G., Quelhas, O.L.G. (2020). Factories for the Future: Toward Sustainable Smart Manufacturing. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Responsible Consumption and Production. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95726-5_108

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