Endüstri 4.0 ve sürdürülebilirlik uygulamaları

The potential of the production ecosystems shaped in the light of technological developments and innovative approaches to provide opportunities in creating social, economic, and environmental sustainability is a remarkable phenomenon in today's competitive global world where resources are rapidly depleted, social concerns are experienced, and the vitality of financial stability are accumulating. Within the scope of this study, it is aimed to analyze the role of Industry 4.0 technologies, which is a holistic production paradigm, in creating a sustainable production ecosystem. In line with the data obtained from the sample consisting of decision-makers being employed in various sectors such as petrochemical, metal production industry, automotive, textile, and food, the main and sub-criteria of the sustainability dimensions are weighted with fuzzy DEMATEL (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory), which is one of the multi-criteria decision-making methods, and with fuzzy TOPSIS (Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) the ranking and selection of the Industry 4.0 technology that best meets these determined criteria are revealed. In this context, it has been concluded that although the weights of sustainability sub-criteria dissociate on a sectoral basis, there were similarities in the selection of the most appropriate Industry 4.0 technology alternative. The results of the analysis were also enriched with the findings obtained from the in-depth interviews and the creation of word clouds that are benefitted as a data visualization tool. This study differs from the theoretical studies in the literature, as it deals with all three dimensions of sustainability and Industry 4.0 together. Furthermore, mathematically revealing the values that Industry 4.0 technologies and applications will create in terms of economic, social and environmental sustainability reflects the original value of the study. As a result, this study provides contributions to the organizations planning to blend the concept of sustainability in their production systems with managerial and practical implications as well as to the relevant literature.