Track Industry 4.0 Track Chair Dr. A. Erkollar Call for Papers Industry 4.0, referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, has exponentially grown starting from manufacturing sector, and is sweeping across industries, changing everything from production, business models, customer relations, research projects, education, regional, national and global innovation strategies. The driving force behind this development is the rapidly increasing digitization of economy and society and a growing concern with customer centricity and user-driven innovation. Industry 4.0 depends on a number of technological developments, one of them being information and communication technologies, which are used to digitize information and integrate systems at all stages of product development and service life, both inside an organization and cross-organizational. It depends on decentralization, virtualization, interoperability, real-time capability, and service orientation. Numerous industries around the world have set onto industry 4.0 in an attempt to boost competitiveness and product quality. Technology trends forming the building blocks for Industry 4.0 are big data and analytics, augmented reality, simulation, additive manufacturing, the cloud, cyber security, the (industrial) internet of things, horizontal and vertical system integration, and autonomous robots. These technologies will lead to greater efficiencies and change traditional relationships among suppliers, producers, and customers, as well as between human and machine. In this track, we will discuss issues related to the potential of Industry 4.0 for manufacturing, businesses as well as all application areas. We also would like to attract papers that consider the impact of industry 4.0 on other areas, such as finance, human resources, marketing or education. Dr. Alptekin Erkollar, Sakarya University Biography of the Chair Dr. Alptekin Erkollar is a Professor for management information Systems at Sakarya University, Business School, Department of Management Information Systems, Sakarya, Turkey. Prof. Erkollar's research expertise includes management information systems, industry 4.0 and the factory of the future, production management, technology
management, modelling of business systems and simulation. Some of his recent publications include ‘Flextrans 4.0 – Smart Logistics for Smart Cities’, ‘Industry 4.0: Big Data Revolutions require Smart Technologies’ and ‘Sustainable Cities Need Smart Transportation: The Industry 4.0 Transportation Matrix’. He is an author/editor of several books, more than 200 refereed papers, and an editorial board member of 13 international journals. His recently edited book ‘Enterprise and Business Management - Industry 4.0’ is the 2018 volume of the international EBM Series.
Key Topics We welcome papers (in English or Turkish) related to the following topics (but not limited to):
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