scholarly journals An Overview of the Production Capacity and Operational Optimization in the Framework of Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 343 ◽  
pp. 05009
Author(s):  
Elif Ocakci ◽  
Jörg Niemann ◽  
Caius Luminosu ◽  
Ilie Taucean
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Product Variety ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Product Complexity ◽  
Product Features ◽  
Faster Development

Dynamic and volatile markets, triggered by increasing competition, rising product variety and many more factors, lead to a series of reactions: An increasing product complexity (e.g. a higher number of software components) shorter life cycles, faster development cycles and the call for a prompt market readiness. This has immense repercussions on the value chain and on the manufacturing sites. Additionally, it leads to interactions between product features and the production environment, which includes development, production, quality management, supply chain management and all other related disciplines.As an example, the average development time decreased within the last 20 years up to 20 % (impact on research and development), while the product complexity steadily increased (impact on the product features). Until recently, activities based on information and communication technology (ICT) to address these profound challenges have been referred to as “Digitalization”. However, to counteract the afore mentioned challenges in a more target-oriented manner, the German government introduced the strategic initiative ‘Industry 4.0’. It is crucial for companies to primarily perceive the options and content of Industry 4.0 for potential transformation from machine dominant production to digital manufacturing.

scholarly journals Assessing the awareness and readiness of the Malaysian furniture industry for Industry 4.0

BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 4866-4885
Author(s):  
Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam ◽  
Lee Y. Yi ◽  
Amir A. A. Azim ◽  
Rasmina Halis ◽  
Lim Choon Liat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Solid Wood ◽  
Furniture Industry ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Workforce Reduction ◽  
Industrial Productivity ◽  
Cost Competitiveness ◽  
University Level

The lack of knowledgeable and skilled workers is a major challenge faced by the Malaysian furniture sector. It hinders industrial productivity and its ability to move up the value-chain by adopting high technology. Therefore, in order to assess the awareness and readiness of the Malaysian furniture industry for Industry 4.0, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted with a sample of 778 large-, medium-, and small-sized furniture manufacturers throughout Malaysia. This study is part of an on-going Erasmus+ program funded by the European Commission, initiated in 2018 to develop a university-level education program to train workers capable of handling Industry 4.0 technologies for the furniture and wood industry in Malaysia. The results revealed that manufacturers of wood-based panel and metal furniture were more prepared to adopt automation and Industry 4.0 technologies compared to solid-wood and leather furniture manufacturers. The benefits from Industry 4.0 technologies include increased production capacity, product diversity, cost competitiveness, and workforce reduction. Further, the results of this study suggest that the lack of knowledgeable and skilled workers to handle Industry 4.0 technology is a concern among furniture manufacturers, and possibly the proposed university-level Industry 4.0 program may be beneficial to train workers for the future of the industry.

scholarly journals Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies and Company Competitiveness: Case Studies from a Post-Transition Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-78
Author(s):  
Marta Götz ◽  
◽  
Barbara Jankowska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Race To The Top ◽  
Adaptive Networks ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Expected Benefits

Manufacturers face increased cost pressure and market volatility. Product life cycles are getting shorter. Production has to be faster and increasingly local. The acceleration of “time-to-market” could happen thanks to the solutions of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), with supply chains morphing into highly adaptive networks with integrated entities. In this paper, we seek to exemplify the potential impact of I4.0 adoption on the competitiveness of the firms (being foreign subsidiaries among others) and ask about the nature of modernization as part of the global value chain in which the enterprise operates. Our research based on four case studies reveals that the competitive advantage of a firm could be modified in the era of Industry 4.0 as a result of a sector’s transformation and changing relationships with partners. These findings correspond with the literature stressing the uncertainty and complexity of the digital economy in general, as well as difficulties with the precise measuring of the expected benefits. The fourth industrial revolution emphasizes “the race to the top” giving priority to quality rather than cost reduction as a method of improving competitiveness and, since it implies the emergence of connected companies, truly linked with each other, the disappearance of clear boundaries between them.

THE CONCEPT OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRY 4.0

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-87
Author(s):  
György Kovács ◽  
Rabab Benotsmane ◽  
László Dudás
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Autonomous Systems ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Intelligent Machines ◽  
Digital Network

Recent tendencies – such as the life-cycles of products are shorter while consumers require more complex and more unique final products – poses many challenges to the production. The industrial sector is going through a paradigm shift. The traditional centrally controlled production processes will be replaced by decentralized control, which is built on the self-regulating ability of intelligent machines, products and workpieces that communicate with each other continuously. This new paradigm known as Industry 4.0. This conception is the introduction of digital network-linked intelligent systems, in which machines and products will communicate to one another in order to establish smart factories in which self-regulating production will be established. In this article, at first the essence, main goals and basic elements of Industry 4.0 conception is described. After it the autonomous systems are introduced which are based on multi agent systems. These systems include the collaborating robots via artificial intelligence which is an essential element of Industry 4.0.

THE VALUE CHAIN OF COMPETENCY MODEL FOR VIETNAMESE EDUCATIONAL MANAGERS IN THE INDUSTRY 4.0 REVOLUTION ERA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thi My Hanh ◽  
Luis Alfaro ◽  
Tran Phuong Thao
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Model Of Competency ◽  
Personal Competencies

This world is constantly changing and rapidly moving,-particular in the Industry 4.0 revolution, people must change to follow and keeping with this new trend. Education is the human foundation toward the “Truth - Good - Beautiful”, and comprehensive development of personal competencies as knowledge, skills and behaviors. A nation, such as Vietnam, if they want to integrate into global economy and affirming their position, they will need the “Talented - Virtuous” human resource who could meet the high demand of society. The purpose of this study was to propose a model of competency value chain at individual level for the educational managers, analyzing some factors of this value chain model and how to apply to Vietnamese education system in the fourth Industry era. The authors wanted to focus on the social value added that the educational managers’competency could bring as the result of this research.

scholarly journals Product-service systems evolution in the era of Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-207
Author(s):  
Paolo Gaiardelli ◽  
Giuditta Pezzotta ◽  
Alice Rondini ◽  
David Romero ◽  
Farnaz Jarrahi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Scenario ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Product Service Systems

AbstractRecent economic transformations have forced companies to redefine their value propositions, increasing traditional product offerings with supplementary services—the so-called Product-Service System (PSS). Among them, the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies is very common. However, the directions that companies are undertaking to offer new value to their customers in the Industry 4.0 have not yet been investigated in detail. Based on a focus group, this paper contributes to this understanding by identifying the main trajectories that would shape a future scenario in which PSS and Industry 4.0 would merge. In addition, future research directions addressing (a) the transformation of the PSS value chain into a PSS ecosystem, (b) the transformation inside a single company towards becoming a PSS provider, and (c) the digital transformation of the traditional PSS business model are identified.

scholarly journals Automation technology as a key component of the Industry 4.0 production development path

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Brecher ◽  
Aleksandra Müller ◽  
Yannick Dassen ◽  
Simon Storms
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Product Variety ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Smart Manufacturing ◽  
Production Development ◽  
Flexible Production Systems ◽  
Current Production ◽  
Automation Technology

AbstractSince 2011, the Industry 4.0 initiative is a key research and development direction towards flexible production systems in Germany. The objective of the initiative is to deal with the challenge of an increased production complexity caused by various factors such as increasing global competition between companies, product variety, and individualization to meet customer needs. For this, Industry 4.0 envisions an overarching connection of information technologies with the production process, enabling smart manufacturing. Bringing current production systems to this objective will be a long transformation process, which requires a coherent migration path. The aim of this paper is to represent an exemplary production development way towards Industry 4.0 using eminent formalization approaches and standardized automation technologies.

scholarly journals Lot-sizing problem with several production centers

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklina Maria Bragion de Toledo ◽  
André Luís Shiguemoto
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Programming ◽  
Lot Sizing ◽  
Dynamic Programming Algorithm ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Efficient Implementation ◽  
Programming Algorithm ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Lot Sizing Problem ◽  
Forward Dynamic Programming

In this paper, a case study is carried out concerning the lot-sizing problem involving a single item production planning in several production centers that do not present capacity constraints. Demand can be met with backlogging or not. This problem results from simplifying practical problems, such as the material requirement planning (MRP) system and also lot-sizing problems with multiple items and limited production capacity. First we propose an efficient implementation of a forward dynamic programming algorithm for problems with one single production center. Although this does not reduce its complexity, it has shown to be rather effective, according to computational tests. Next, we studied the problem with a production environment composed of several production centers. For this problem two algorithms are implemented, the first one is an extension of the dynamic programming algorithm for one production center and the second one is an efficient implementation of the first algorithm. Their efficiency are shown by computational testing of the algorithms and proposals for future research are presented.

scholarly journals Industry 4.0 in the Italian automotive industry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Zirpoli ◽  
Anna Cabigiosu
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Auto Industry ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Perceived Risks

The paper analyzes the Italian auto industry investments in Industry 4.0 technologies and firms’ perceived risks, constraints and limits to new technologies adoption. Results show that firms 4.0 are those at the higher level of the supply pyramid and closer to the final market, and are among the most innovative, dynamic and performing companies. Particularly firms invested to improve the Production, Quality, Logistics and Maintenance areas. The study also analyzes the relevance of the Italian Government’s plan for sustaining innovative investments and overall the main risks and constraints that could hinder the activation of Industry 4.0 initiatives in this setting.

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Concepts and Models under Constraints: Literature Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 171-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lahloua Nabil ◽  
Abdellah El Barkany ◽  
Ahmed El Khalfi
Keyword(s):  
Production Capacity ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Lead Times ◽  
Operations Planning ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Time Investment ◽  
Inventory Optimization ◽  
Operational Issues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Operational Aspects

Globalization has had a significant impact on company’s management, particularly in the supply chain (lead time, investment in production capacity and technology, organization & management ...). The sales and operations planning (S&OP) include all the processes that link the strategic objectives of the enterprise with the production plan. The impact of the S&OP on operational performance was consistently and significantly demonstrated in the operational aspects of production ; quality (conformity of production, product quality and reliability), delivery (the delivery agility, reliability of supply, manufacturing deadlines, lead times), stocks (reduction of inventory levels, inventory optimization) and flexibility (flexible volume and mix). Our objective in this paper is to present, in the first part, a literature overview of the sales and operations planning, and various research and models developed. In the second part, we will emphasize the transversal aspect of our research that involves both operational issues, tactical and strategic in a context subject to different constraints.

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