Sustainability and Industry 4.0 in the packaging and printing industry: a diagnostic survey in Poland

Gladysz Bartlomiej (), Krystosiak Krzysztof (), Buczacki Aleksander (), Quadrini Walter (), Ejsmont Krzysztof (), Kluczek Aldona (), Park Jonghun () and Fumagalli Luca ()
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Gladysz Bartlomiej: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Narbutta 85, Warsaw, 02-523 Poland
Krystosiak Krzysztof: Toronto Metropolitan University, Graphic Communications Management at the Creative School, 350 Victoria Street, ON M5B 2K3, Toronto, Canada
Buczacki Aleksander: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Narbutta 85, Warsaw, 02-523 Poland
Quadrini Walter: Politecnico di Milano, School of Management via Lambruschini 4, IT 20156, Milano, Italy
Ejsmont Krzysztof: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Narbutta 85, Warsaw, 02-523 Poland
Kluczek Aldona: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Narbutta 85, Warsaw, 02-523 Poland
Park Jonghun: Toronto Metropolitan University, Graphic Communications Management at the Creative School, 350 Victoria Street, ON M5B 2K3, Toronto, Canada
Fumagalli Luca: Politecnico di Milano, School of Management via Lambruschini 4, IT 20156, Milano, Italy

Engineering Management in Production and Services, 2024, vol. 16, issue 2, 51-67

Abstract: Industry 4.0 (I4.0) became an important paradigm to bridge the gap between technologies and humans. The paper aims to diagnose sustainability performance and I4.0 maturity in Poland’s printing and packaging sector and identify research areas where further actions for improvements are necessary. This article adopts a mixed-method study combining in-depth interviews of eleven heterogeneous enterprises, supported with a quantitative survey on a representative sample of 301 companies. The findings revealed an insignificant correlation from a statistical point of view (0.44) between the adopted I4.0 technologies currently used and sustainable best practices. Internet of Things technologies are more often adopted in the printing industry (27.2 %) than in the packaging industry (14 %). The study concludes that using I4.0 technologies boosts the execution of sustainable practices and/or realising sustainable development practices requires I4.0 technology adoption. The paper clarifies that more in-depth analyses are needed to help achieve sustainable objectives for printing and packaging companies through digital technologies. The methodology is replicable and might be applied in other economies across separate multinational enterprises to influence sustainable digitalised business strategy.

Keywords: Industry 4.0; packaging; printing; smart manufacturing; survey; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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