The New Challenge of Industry 4.0

This chapter presents a novel mathematical model that developed an environmental impact on Sustainable Supply Chain (SSC) design via the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT provides information about a product when they return and plays a significant role in the recovery process of Supply Chain Management (SCM). The chapter outlines the literature review of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) and Reverse supply chain based on IoT. It also presents problem definition and model assumptions. The chapter discusses a case study which illustrates a computation experiment and model results. It describes the importance of digitalization and the influence of IoT in the overall SSCM. IoT influences in the SSC is at the initial stage where the study suggests that supply chain industry should step up to extract the benefits of next-generation technologies. The chapter proposes a multi-components, multi-echelon, and capacitated linear mathematical model to solve the SSC problems which consider the sustainable impact on SCM design.