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. 2020 Sep 8;275:124063. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124063

Table 2.

Challenges in the espousal of Industry 4.0 technologies.

Code Challenges References
Chn1 Lack of awareness about I4.0 contributions to ethical and sustainable production Almada (2016); Hofmann et al. (2017); Luthra and Mangla (2018); de Sousa Jabbour et al. (2018a), Liao et al. (2018); Dutta et al. (2020); Bhatia et al. (2020); Yadav et al. (2020)
Chn2 Lack of management support for I4.0 technologies Feng et al. (2018); Luthra and Mangla (2018); Morrar et al. (2017); Turner et al. (2019); Kumar (2020 b)
Chn3 The high initial cost of I4.0 technologies for ethical and sustainable operations Marques et al. (2017); Dawson (2014); Moktadir et al. (2018); Kumar (2020 b); Bhatia et al. (2020); Yadav et al. (2020)
Chn4 Lack of funds for investment in I4.0 technologies Moktadir et al. (2018); Chien et al. (2020); Garcia-Muina et al. (2018)
Chn5 Lack of awareness about government policies for I4.0 and sustainability BRICS Business Council (2017); Luthra and Mangla (2018); Rauch et al. (2019); Chauhan et al. (2019)
Chn6 Lack of dedicated resources for research & development on I4.0 technologies Mokhtar et al. (2018); Almada (2016), Schwab et al. (2019); Dutta et al. (2020)
Chn7 Lack of long term planning on the adoption of I4.0 technologies for ethical and sustainable operations Muller et al. (2018a); Feng et al. (2018); Luthra and Mangla (2018); Kumar (2020a)
Chn8 Lack of motivations from customers/OEMs on adopting I4.0 technologies for ethical and sustainable operations Mokhtar et al. (2018); Marques et al. (2017); Dutta et al. (2020); de Sousa Jabbour et al., (2018b); Shashi et al. (2019)
Chn9 Lack of IT-based infrastructure (Software & Hardware) Leitao et al.(2016); Bedekar (2017); Pfohl et al. (2017)
Chn10 Lack of trained workforce for sustainable operations & I4.0 technologies Sommer (2015); Luthra and Mangla (2018); Muller et al. (2018a); Bhatia et al. (2020)
Chn11 Lack of coordination and collaboration among supply chain partners Wang et al. (2016); Moktadir et al. (2018); Zezulka et al. (2016), Bag et al. (2020b); Kumar (2020a)
Chn12 Fear of unemployment/reduction in workforce Satapathy (2017); Zezulka et al. (2016); Shin et al. (2019); Kumar (2020b); Cezarino et al. (2019)
Chn13 Fear of failure of I4.0 technologies Satapathy (2017); Pfohl et al. (2017); Jain et al. (2017); Yadav et al. (2020) and Cezarino et al. (2019)
Chn14 Lack of alternative solutions to the technological breakdown Dawson (2014); Moktadir et al. (2018); Kumar et al. (2018).
Chn15 Fear of demand uncertainty due to market disruptions Wang et al. (2016); Theorin et al. (2017); Luthra and Mangla (2018)