Industrial Metaverse and Logistics Process Monitoring in the Smart Factory: Strategic Implications for Industry and Education

This research explores the integration of advanced technologies like the Industrial Metaverse, logistics process monitoring, and the Smart Factory within Industry 4.0. The Industrial Metaverse offers a virtual space for collaborative decision-making among industrial stakeholders. Smart Factory logistics process monitoring utilizes sensors and real-time tracking to optimize supply chain management. We propose a detailed monitoring system for the Smart Factory, leveraging virtual reality and the metaverse to enhance supply chain management and production processes. Our study covers monitoring types, technological levels, and the monitoring-data analytics relationship. We delve into virtual reality and metaverse-based monitoring systems, detailing their components and validating their efficacy through a real-world Smart Factory case study. This research provides practical insights into how virtual reality and the metaverse revolutionize industrial process monitoring in Industry 4.0, with significant implications for logistics and the supply chain.