Industry 4.0 and business process management: An exploratory study on the bilateral effects

Abstract

The entry into the 4th industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, caused a paradigm shift. The transition to new systems built on the infrastructure of the business processes digital revolution has given rise to new technologies. Digital Twin is one of the many technologies associated with this new concept consisting of a virtual representation of companies, being its main objective the replication and analysis of production systems in real-time. However, modeling business processes involving those digital ecosystems remains a pressing challenge both for companies and academia. This study aims to make an exploratory analysis of the evolution of Business Process Management (BPM) within the I4.0 paradigm, to understand how it has been able to keep up with these new trends. Several topics for future investigation are presented in this article as an outcome of this analysis.