Integrating Large Language Models into Digital Manufacturing: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Industries 4.0 and 5.0 are based on technological advances, notably large language models (LLMs), which are making a significant contribution to the transition to smart factories. Although considerable research has explored this phenomenon, the literature remains fragmented and lacks an integrative framework that highlights the multifaceted implications of using LLMs in the context of digital manufacturing. To address this limitation, we conducted a systematic literature review, analyzing 53 papers selected according to predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Our descriptive and thematic analyses, respectively, mapped new trends and identified emerging themes, classified into three axes: (1) manufacturing process optimization, (2) data structuring and innovation, and (3) human–machine interaction and ethical challenges. Our results revealed that LLMs can enhance operational performance and foster innovation while redistributing human roles. Our research offers an in-depth understanding of the implications of LLMs. Finally, we propose a future research agenda to guide future studies.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.017 | 0.054 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.019 | 0.018 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.004 | 0.006 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.005 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".