A new vision of LARG Manufacturing — A trail towards Industry 4.0

In the modern world, it is imperative to apply the concepts of Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green, collectively known as LARG Manufacturing to achieve business excellence. The objective of this study is to explore the possibility of collaboration between constituents of LARG Manufacturing with the facets of Industry-4.0. In this context, a thorough systematic literature review has been conducted to validate the research gap regarding integration of LARG Manufacturing with Industry 4.0. The study revealed that LARG constituent practices can be amalgamated with various facets of Industry-4.0 to provide operational, economic and environmental benefits. The increased process visibility, elimination of wastes, fast processes, high level of responsiveness to disruptions and eco-friendly manufacturing are the salient features of the LARG Manufacturing & Industry-4.0 synergy, fuelled by automation and BigData. In future, a comprehensive technology integrated implementation framework can be developed that employs LARG constituents with Industry-4.0 or Artificial Intelligence to achieve sustainability.