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. 2022 Oct 26;55(10):3226–3231. doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.10.144

Contributions of Industry 4.0 to resilience achievement in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

Saloua SAID *, Hafida BOULOIZ ⁎, Maryam GALLAB ⁎⁎
PMCID: PMC9605721  PMID: 38620797

Abstract

In the totally unprecedented context of the COVID-19 health crisis, the widespread adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, and the great interest in resilience, have been stronger than ever. Within this framework, the present paper outlines the involvement of technologies emerging from the fourth industrial revolution in the fight against the epidemic expansion, and the results of this implication in terms of strengthening and achieving resilience in diverse fields. In order to gain a fuller understanding of these points, fourteen resilience domains related to the COVID-19 pandemic are defined. On the other hand, the third section of this paper digs into the literature to expose a variety of Industry 4.0 solutions developed to cope with the sanitary crisis. Afterwards, a fuzzy cognitive map is elaborated, using mental modeler, in order to emphasize the causal links between Industry 4.0 technologies and resilience domains. Subsequently, a simulation of this model is performed to evaluate the contribution of an optimized joint use of Industry 4.0 core technologies in the achievement of resilience in its different dimensions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to discuss how the identified gaps or weaknesses can be addressed.

Keywords: Resilience, Industry 4.0, COVID-19, Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping, Modeling, Simulation

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