Abstract The fourth industrial revolution, also labelled Industry 4.0, was beget with emergent and disruptive intelligence and information technologies. These new technologies are enabling ever-higher levels of production efficiencies. They also have the potential to dramatically influence social and environmental sustainable development. Organizations need to consider Industry 4.0 technologies contribution to sustainability. Sufficient guidance, in this respect, is lacking in the scholarly or practitioner literature. In this study, we further examine Industry 4.0 technologies in terms of application and sustainability implications. We introduce a measures framework for sustainability based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; incorporating various economic, environmental and social attributes. We also develop a hybrid multi-situation decision method integrating hesitant fuzzy set, cumulative prospect theory and VIKOR. This method can effectively evaluate Industry 4.0 technologies based on their sustainable performance and application. We apply the method using secondary case information from a report of the World Economic Forum. The results show that mobile technology has the greatest impact on sustainability in all industries, and nanotechnology, mobile technology, simulation and drones have the highest impact on sustainability in the automotive, electronics, food and beverage, and textile, apparel and footwear industries, respectively. Our recommendation is to take advantage of Industry 4.0 technology adoption to improve sustainability impact but each technology needs to be carefully evaluated as specific technology will variably influence industry and sustainability dimensions. Investment in such technologies should consider appropriate priority investment and championing.

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工业 4.0 技术评估：可持续性视角

摘要 第四次工业革命，也称为工业 4.0，源于新兴的颠覆性智能和信息技术。这些新技术正在实现更高水平的生产效率。它们还具有极大地影响社会和环境可持续发展的潜力。组织需要考虑工业 4.0 技术对可持续性的贡献。在这方面，学术或从业者文献中缺乏足够的指导。在本研究中，我们进一步研究了工业 4.0 技术的应用和可持续性影响。我们引入了基于联合国可持续发展目标的可持续性措施框架；结合各种经济、环境和社会属性。我们还开发了一种结合犹豫模糊集、累积前景理论和 VIKOR 的混合多情境决策方法。该方法可以根据工业 4.0 技术的可持续性能和应用进行有效评估。我们使用世界经济论坛报告中的次要案例信息来应用该方法。结果表明，移动技术对所有行业的可持续性影响最大，纳米技术、移动技术、模拟和无人机分别对汽车、电子、食品和饮料以及纺织、服装和鞋类行业的可持续性影响最大。 . 我们的建议是利用工业 4。0 技术采用以提高可持续性影响，但需要仔细评估每项技术，因为特定技术将不同程度地影响行业和可持续性维度。对此类技术的投资应考虑适当的优先投资和支持。