An Investigation into Industrial Manufacturing and Sustainable Production Implementation in sub-Saharan Africa

The euphoria of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Production, concerning the endorsement of new technological innovations, operational practices, standards, models, and policies to effectively achieve increased productivity, is mostly noticed in the industrial manufacturing sector and calls for more insight. This study conducted an empirical survey of case companies based on the growing interest in how sustainability initiatives may impact corporate effectiveness from an engineering perspective conducted among nine companies in three sub-Saharan African states. The results show crucial areas in industrial operations where the adoption of sustainability practices is required, with access to standardization guidance for manufacturing enterprises to drive quality, risk, and environmental management concerns. The findings present an outlook of what should be the focus of industrial sustainability practitioners and educational and governmental institutions with regard to proactive sustainable production measures in the manufacturing industries of developing countries.