The ongoing digitization of all areas of the economy, which results from the fourth Industrial Revolution, implies the need to analyze the effects of changes in the economy and society. Changes affect all areas of human life to an unprecedented degree. The fourth industrial revolution implies using smart technologies, new business models and new skills and knowledge of employment.

Furthermore, modern research should consider aspects related to ensuring sustainable development of the economy, sustainable production and consumption, with particular emphasis on the currently developed Industry 5.0 concept. This idea implies the return of the human factor to industry, i.e. increased collaboration between people and intelligent cyber-physical systems. The future industry means combining the smart industry with cognitive skills and critical-thinking employees. This special issues covers area listed as following

• Industry 5.0

• Digital manufacturing technologies implementation

• Business models of smart organizations

• Challenges for managers and engineers of Smart Factories

• Sustainable management in the Industry 5.0 environment

• Cyber-physical production networks

• Smart logistics in Industry 5.0

• Intelligent manufacturing systems and applications for Industry 5.0

• Sustainable production in Smart Factories

• Resilience of smart production

• Cyber Security technologies supporting smart organizations