A critical review of product safety in industry 4.0 applications

C. H. Li, H. K. Lau

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Abstract

Product safety is one of the key successful factors to protect consumer and enhance market competition in manufacturing industries. The number of product inspections has been growing in the past decade but the number of product recalls has been increasing conversely. Product safety is seldom documented in the Industry 4.0 applications as most of researches are focusing on increasing the productivity and monitoring production activities in real time. This paper is sought to evaluate the product safety in the worldwide and discuss the opportunities of applying Industry 4.0 to predict the product safety in new product development process proactively. An overview of product recalls and Industry 4.0 applications will be introduced. Industry 4.0 technological components and inspection methods in manufacturing industrial will be presented. Finally, challenges and opportunities will also be addressed in applying Industry 4.0 model to product safety.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017
Pages1661-1665
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538609484
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2017
Event2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 10 Dec 201713 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Volume2017-December
ISSN (Print)2157-3611
ISSN (Electronic)2157-362X

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period10/12/1713/12/17

Keywords

  • Industry 4.0
  • new product development
  • product recall
  • product safety

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