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Industry 4.0 smart technologies in workplace safety logistics
Industry 4.0 smart technologies in workplace safety logistics

Author(s): Tomasz Wołczański
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Labor relations, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: management; intelligent systems; logistics; work safety; Industry 4.0; digitalization; new technologies;

Summary/Abstract: Safety logistics in the age of digitization of industrial plants is complex because it embodies the technologies of Industry 4.0 by integrating people and machines and individual processes. New technologies allow them to manage machines and equipment based on communication and mutual data flow. This creates a network of connections between products, value chains and business models. The activities associated with the implementation of the Industry 4.0 concept include human interaction and occupational safety logistics in addition to technology. Digitalization creates new options for the organization of work areas and thus new opportunities for work safety logistics. Modern digitalization has an extremely positive impact on occupational safety and productivity. Intelligent work safety management requires the use of new Industry 4.0 technologies and solutions developed for the work environment area. The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic literature review covering the area of intelligent Industry 4.0 technologies in occupational safety logistics, including an indication of the importance of safety in the work environment, in the context of the continuous digital transformation of enterprises

  • Issue Year: 6/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 113-123
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English