Industry 4.0 is strongly intertwined with big data streaming flows from intelligent sensors and machinery installed in industrial facilities. Failures can disrupt production lead the supply chain ecosystem to malfunction. Maintenance strategies are necessary safeguard continuous operation of lines, minimize disruptions, improve sustainability indicators. Within context smart manufacturing, predictive maintenance (PdM) approaches could decrease downtimes, reduce operational costs, increase...

This study proposes a modular water monitoring IoT system that enables quantitative and qualitative measuring of in terms an upgraded version the infrastructure to sustain operational reliability. The proposed method could be used urban rural areas for consumption quality monitoring, or eventually scaled up contemporary enabling providers and/or decision makers (i.e., governmental authorities, global organization, etc.) supervise drive optimal decisions challenging times. inherent resilience...

Rising healthcare costs force organizations worldwide to reconsider their business strategies. Hospital managers are tasked with lowering operating while upholding the high quality of care, two goals perceived as contradictory by many professionals. Attempting contribute towards reaching these goals, study explores digitalization supply chain through adoption enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and its impact on hospital costs. Established technology theories synthesized develop a...

Circular economy is emerging as a regenerative concept that minimizes emissions, relies on renewable energy, and eliminates waste based the design of closed-loop systems reuse materials resources. The implementation circular practices in resource-consuming agricultural essential for reducing environmental ramifications currently linear systems. As segment economy, bioeconomy facilitates production biological resources (i.e., biomass) transform into nutrients, bio-based products, bioenergy....

Renewable feedstocks and Industry 4.0 technologies in supply chains could operationalise circular economy promote sustainable development. This study explores potential network configurations utilising microalgae feedstocks, whose bioactive morphology provides promising commercial opportunities, supported by continuous manufacturing technologies. Specifically, cultivation photobioreactors acoustic-based extractors, which leverage data, sensing, computation, intelligent interconnection,...

As projections highlight that half of the global population will be living in regions facing severe water scarcity by 2050, sustainable management policies and practices are more imperative than ever. Following Sustainable Development Goals for equitable access prudent use natural resources, emerging digital technologies may foster efficient monitoring, control, optimization, forecasting freshwater consumption pollution. Indicatively, sensors, Internet Things, machine learning, big data...

Healthcare supply chains are complex systems facing challenges in delivering high-quality care while maintaining cost-effectiveness. Research on inventory management and control, the heart of healthcare system, has demonstrated that these targets can be reached by managing inventories efficiently aiming at desired service levels. Although this enabled adopting various chain practices, sector appears to lag compared other industries. Seeking investigate aspects, study draws operations...

Our research introduces the concept of Circular Economy (CE) 5.0 into digital sustainability paradigm. We argue that CE 5.0, which integrates with Industry can unlock new opportunities to boost business resilience, environmental sustainability, and societal welfare. explore a key set drivers enablers transition, focusing on influence institutional pressures organizational readiness. Through systems thinking, we develop model maps complex cause–effect interactions between organizations their...

Chicken is the most consumed meat in UK, accounting for 40% of consumption, while national production sufficiency reaches about 80%. As a farmed animal product, chicken responsible significant freshwater appropriation volumes during its cycle. In this context, research aims at exploring dynamics UK processed poultry industry. Specifically, we develop System Dynamics model to capture blue water footprint, as key sustainability performance indicator supply chain, case that relevant...

Wine constitutes the dominant Italian agricultural product with respect to both production quantity and economic value. Italy is top wine producer worldwide in terms of volume second one below France national income. As accounts for 85% freshwater appropriation, country’s sector strains resources, especially central southern regions, which constitute important winemaking areas quality. To this end, we first perform a review existing research efforts on water footprint assessment investigate...

As agriculture and industry exploit more than 90% of the global freshwater resources, water overuse degradation have emerged as critical socio-environmental challenges for both nations corporations. In this context, footprint concept was introduced in order to quantify consumption pollution a territory or across product’s life cycle. research on management supply chains is growing, work aims integrate perspective resources into network configuration. Focusing agrifood sector, we developed...

Abstract Within European Cohesion Policy, some regions manifest chronic problems with absorbing structural funds, probably due to inadequate administrative capacity. Despite the continuous assistance improve capacity and accumulation of learning experience, poor performances still persist in territories, rendering initial explanation partial. By collecting (reports' analysis field research), consolidating (grounded theory), mapping (system dynamics) two Italian contrasting absorption...

Abstract Digital transformation has unveiled new prospects for increased performance and productivity in the agricultural sector to meet rising food security needs. Continuous industrialization unexpected disruptions (e.g., workforce mobility restrictions due COVID‐19 pandemic) call adoption of robots. However, automated solutions could be associated with societal challenges rural areas; unemployment growth been perceived as a major threat that jeopardizes welfare, potentially hindering...

Growing global food demand and security concerns dictate the need for state-of-the-art production technologies to increase farming efficiency. Concurrently, freshwater overexploitation in agriculture, especially arid water-scarce areas, emphasises vital role of appropriate water-saving irrigations techniques ensure natural resources sustainability supply networks. In line with development automated systems, use sensors water monitoring, indicatively cases smart or precision could further...

Although the EU structural funds aim to alleviate disparities through supporting regional development, their impact on local economies and societies is considered as uneven. As existing studies explore absorption rate of share contribution a point-in-time indicator at end policy cycle, evidence about co-finance factors dynamically affecting performance lacking. To that end, this paper aims provide new longitudinal investigation time series develop an original indicator, supported by...

Abstract As gamification has been gaining ground in research practice, system dynamics is no exemption. Despite the long tradition of gamification, capitalizing on lessons learned from previous experiences still challenging for practitioners. Specifically, extant literature introduces a repertoire dynamics‐based simulators and games under quite divergent perspectives nomenclatures, while comprehensive set practical ‘how‐to‐gamify’ guidelines resource repository are lacking. Thus, this aims...

Copyright © 2015, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. During the last decade, as overexploitation and scarcity of global natural water resources have led to a plethora negative environmental, social economic impacts, preservation freshwater has emerged major challenge for governmental authorities, businesses consumers. To that effect, concept footprint (WF) been introduced at national, corporate product level. Since national WFs are obtained mainly from agricultural production food manufacturing or...

This Special Issue aims to explore current challenges and trends, as well opportunities for sustainability innovation, in the fields of agricultural industrial water management [...]

This report conveys a number of guidelines to support an effective communication of Cohesion Policy. The that we present in this document are grounded on research process that is articulated interconnected activities. First, conducted focus groups with field practitioners; second, online survey with policy communicators; third, designed and managed workshops local management authorities; fourth, we organized small conference policymakers implementers. These four activities were...

To establish a safe human–robot interaction in collaborative agricultural environments, field experiment was performed, acquiring data from wearable sensors placed at five different body locations on 20 participants. The task presented this study involved six well-defined continuous sub-activities, which were executed under several variants to capture, as much possible, the ways someone can carry out certain synergistic actions field. obtained dataset made publicly accessible, thus enabling...