From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Perspectives in Logistics
Laura Monferdini, Letizia Tebaldi, Eleonora Bottani
Abstract
Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 bring opportunities and challenges to logistics, leveraging technologies such as Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and big data and focusing on human-centered, resilient and sustainable systems. It is essential to clarify the interplay between Industry 4.0 and 5.0 and their implications for logistics 4.0 and logistics 5.0. This study presents descriptive and bibliometric analyses of articles retrieved from the Scopus database and focusing on the topics mentioned just above. The results shows that companies achieve significant improvements in traceability, and customer satisfaction with Industry 4.0 technologies. Industry 5.0 builds on this foundation, emphasizing human-technology integration. Thus, the study demonstrates that the integration of these two industrial revolutions is crucial for enhancing operational efficiency and significantly improving all aspects of logistics processes. Finally, the study emphasizes the importance of environmental sustainability and suggests areas for future research, such as ergonomics and human factors, to better integrate emerging technologies with the capabilities and requirements of operators.