APPLICATION OF INDUSTRY 4.0 TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TEXTILE SEGMENT

Abstract

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) has been bringing substantial digital transformations to all sectors, including the textile chain, which is considered a traditional segment and still presents resistance to applying the technologies arising from this revolution. In this sense, this study aimed to survey the scenario of the implementation of disruptive technologies of the so-called fourth industrial revolution in the textile sector through a literature review and to perform a benchmark comparison of the implementation in Industry 4.0 with that of the automotive industry. To carry out this study, some elaboration steps were followed that involved the definition of the research questions, the designation of the search strategy, the search for documents in the literature, the assessment of the quality of the studies, the critical analysis of the papers and the discussion of the results. After defining the research question, the Scopus and Web of Science databases were determined for the search, and the Rayyan application was used for document screening. Once the search strategies were defined and applied to the databases, 2432 records were found. Each information retrieval was organized by the "most relevant" criterion. The metadata of the 120 studies were screened in search of duplicates, and the titles and abstracts were read. After this process, 40 studies proceeded to compose this review. After a critical reading of the papers, it was possible to confirm that the automotive sector is one of the most technologically advanced and that the textile industry has been successfully applying some level of digital transformation.