Understanding the role of ICT in South African Sustainable Manufacturing Practice

11 pages•Published: October 25, 2019

Abstract

Existing literature perceived Economic, Social and Environmental (ESE) factors as three key drivers of Sustainable Manufacturing Practice (SMP). ICT is not considered as a driving factor, but only as a tool that supports the achievement of SMP. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of ICT in achieving SMP in South Africa. A systematic literature review was conducted. The Google Scholar search engine was used to retrieve 1,352 articles that were analysed in this study. Themes and constructs were analysed based on the scope of the study. The findings revealed that South African manufacturing stakeholders are leveraging the advancement of ICT such as Artificial Intelligence and smart production systems to drive SMP through reduced waste and optimisation of resources. Also, the findings revealed that ICT plays a significant role that warrant its consideration as a fourth factor that drives SMP. This study emphasised the role of ICT as a driver in achieving SMP and presents the ESET model (ESE with the addition of Technology) to support the argument that ICT is a major driving factor for SMP. Understanding the role of ICT can influence how the issues of SMP are addressed and stakeholders can rethink strategies for SMP. Further empirical studies with a broader scope are encouraged because the review process and the scope of this study limits its generalisability

Keyphrases: climate change, global warming, ict, recycling, sustainable manufacturing, technology, waste manage ment

In: Kennedy Njenga (editor). Proceedings of 4th International Conference on the Internet, Cyber Security and Information Systems 2019, vol 12, pages 32-42.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/M9TX
	https://doi.org/10.29007/7dtj

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ICICIS2019:Understanding_role_ICT_South,
  author    = {Mohammed Alhassan and Brenda Scholtz},
  title     = {Understanding the role of ICT in South African Sustainable Manufacturing Practice},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 4th  International Conference on the Internet, Cyber Security and Information Systems 2019},
  editor    = {Kennedy Njenga},
  series    = {Kalpa Publications in Computing},
  volume    = {12},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2515-1762},
  url       = {/publications/paper/M9TX},
  doi       = {10.29007/7dtj},
  pages     = {32-42},
  year      = {2019}}

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