Implications for process safety and environmental protection as a result of adopting industry 4.0

Due of its many advantages to industrial companies, researchers and practitioners are paying close attention to Industry 4.0. The literature has looked at a number of elements of Industry 4.0. Studies on the difficulties of adopting Industry 4.0 in industrial processes, on the other hand, have garnered less attention. This research outlines a set of challenges (framework) for adopting Industry 4.0 in manufacturing sectors in order to close this gap. This framework is tested in Bangladesh's leather sector, with the use of a new multi-criteria decision-making technique known as the Best-Worst method (BWM).According to the findings of the study, the most pressing challenge that may stymie the implementation of Industry 4.0 in the Bangladeshi leather industry is a lack of technological infrastructure, while environmental side-effects are the least of the challenges that may stymie the implementation of Industry 4.0 in the Bangladeshi leather industry. This finding may aid decision makers, industrial managers, and practitioners in the Bangladeshi leather industry in recognizing the actual challenges they face when attempting to implement Industry 4.0 and focusing their attention on how to address these challenges in order to pave the way for a successful Industry 4.0 implementation.