Smart Manufacturing—A Lead Way to Sustainable Manufacturing

Smart manufacturing is utmost need of industries to secure high productivity and profit. Industry 4.0 encompasses digital transformation of manufacturing industries and service industries. Smart manufacturing can be adopted by not only the large-scale manufacturers, but also small manufacturing enterprises (SME). The implementation of digital system onto each entity or stack holder of the enterprise will help the organization to avoid wastages. This article highlights the issue of wastes in manufacturing, importance of smart machining and proposes a technical approach to reduce such wastages, clearing the way to achieve sustainable manufacturing.