A Conceptual Framework for Achieving Sustainability in Supply Chain Using Industry 4.0 Technologies in Emerging Economies

Making the supply chain sustainable, practices aim to reduce the hazardous impacts of supply chain activities aimed at global pollution and global warming. However, the literature collected from Google Scholar has discussed how Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies can address the issue of sustainability in the supply chain by addressing resource efficiency, transparency, and energy consumption issues. The impact of each technology on sustainability is not discussed well, and how these technologies can be helpful to address sustainability issues in industries. Therefore, to fill this gap, the present paper aims to answer how these technologies can address sustainability issues. In the study, a novel framework is proposed that discusses how each technology of I4.0 can address the various sustainability issues in the supply chain. This study can help emerging economies and a novel contribution to the theory to understand the impact of I4.0 on the sustainable supply chain.