Sustainability 4.0: Objectives, Challenges, and Expectations [Hardcover]

This book presents a fresh perspective by exploring the various layers of sustainability within whole manufacturing and incorporating Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing principles. The concept can be applied to manufacturing systems, focusing on core, chosen, and given layers.?

Dr. Ibrahim H. Garbie is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Helwan University, Egypt and is well recognized as a leader in advanced manufacturing systems. He has authored over 100 articles in well-regarded international peer-reviewed archival journals, conferences, technical reports, and book chapters in manufacturing systems design, manufacturing strategies, reconfiguration, Sustainability, and Industry 4.0. Furthermore, he serves on the editorial board of several journals and has been a reviewer of over two dozen international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Garbie's second book (co-authored with Hamid R. Parsaei), Reconfigurable Manufacturing Enterprises for Industry 4.0, published by CRC Press  Taylor and Francis, received the 2022 IISE Joint Publishers Book of the Year Award.

Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, P.E., is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Director of the Accreditation and Assessment for the College of Engineering at Texas A&amp;M University. He also served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Texas A&amp;M University Qatar campus. Before joining Texas A&amp;M University, he served as a Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston for 10 years. Dr. Parsaei is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society International (IEOM). Additionally, he served as the President of the Industrial3<