Industry 4.0

The mission of this book is to provide channel of communication to disseminate the knowledge of new advances in Industry 4.0

Carolina Machado has been teaching in the Human Resources Management subjects since 1989 at University of Minho, Portugal. She has been an Associated Professor since 2004, with experience and research interest areas in the field of Human Resource Management, International Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management in SMEs, Training and Development, Emotional Intelligence, Management Change, Knowledge Management and Management/HRM in the Digital Age. She is Head of the Department of Management and Head of the Human Resources Management Work Group at University of Minho, as well as Chief Editor of the International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE). J. Paulo Davim is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. He has also interest in Management, Engineering Education and Higher Education for Sustainability. He has worked as evaluator of projects for ERC-European Research Council and other international research agencies

1. Emerging Technologies and Supply Chain Management; 2. Industry 4.0 creating a buzz in western hemisphere; 3. Smart manufacturing based on digital twin technologies; 4. Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; 5. The role of Industry 4.0 on the association between Customers' and Suppliers' involvement and performance improvement; 6. Fundamental changes in the organisational processes: Industry 4.0 case study; 7. Maturity level assessment for industry 4.0 integration into lean manufacturing; 8. Human Resource Management in industry 4.0 - A brief trip through literature