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Linking Industry 4.0 technologies to Triple Bottom Line performance in agroindustries: a capability-based framework

Ismael Cristofer Baierle; Mateus Henrique Gomes de Souza; Fernanda Araujo Pimentel Peres

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Abstract

Paper aims: This study synthesizes evidence on how Industry 4.0 digital technologies support Triple Bottom Line (TBL) outcomes in agroindustries and proposes a decision-support framework to guide technology selection and investment sequencing.

Originality: The study integrates dispersed findings into a capability-bundle logic, explaining how technology sets generate economic, environmental, and social outcomes under agroindustrial constraints such as perishability, seasonality, traceability, and supply-chain complexity.

Research method: A Systematic Literature Review was conducted following Tranfield, Denyer, and Smart (2003), structured into planning, conducting, and reporting phases, and reported according to PRISMA 2020. Searches in Scopus combined terms related to Industry 4.0, agroindustry/agribusiness, and TBL. After filtering journal articles in English, removing duplicates, screening titles, abstracts, and keywords, and assessing full texts, 24 studies were retained and coded through structured content analysis.

Main findings: The most recurrent technologies were IoT and Big Data Analytics, followed by AI, blockchain, cloud computing, advanced sensors, IIoT, autonomous robots, cyber-physical systems, and machine-to-machine communication. These technologies operate as capability bundles that enhance visibility, forecasting, optimization, efficiency, transparency, and trust, improving Profit, Planet, and People outcomes.

Implications for theory and practice: The framework supports technology prioritization, investment roadmaps, and future research on complementarities, trade-offs, and implementation conditions.

Keywords

Operations management, Production systems, Process improvement, Technology roadmap, Performance measurement

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