Towards a Smart Manufacturing Maturity Assessment Framework: A Socio-Technical Perspective

Smart manufacturing capability maturity assessment has been widely carried out in order to help enterprises to identify the direction and route of smart transformation by stationing in enterprises. However, many maturity models for industrial enterprises can not reflect their industrial realities more accurately. Therefore, the aim of this paper attempts to make the smart manufacturing maturity assessment operational, and implement a specific assessment framework based on an existing general conceptual framework. This implementation involved two top-down approaches that one is socio-technical system as a top-level design of factors, and the other is refining assessment domains based on lifecycle and activity models. Results of this implementation showed a two-dimensional assessment framework instance and collections of definitions for capability maturity levels. To conclude, this implementation may be a reference for work specification of smart manufacturing maturity assessment. Three possible future research in the area was suggested at last.

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A Performance-Based System Maturity Assessment Framework

Procedia Computer Science ◽

10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.072 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 688-697 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ryan Gove ◽

Joe Uzdzinski

Keyword(s):

Assessment Framework ◽

Maturity Assessment ◽

System Maturity ◽

A Performance

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Improving Digital Hospital Transformation: Development of an Outcomes-Based Infrastructure Maturity Assessment Framework

JMIR Medical Informatics ◽

10.2196/12465 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. e12465 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Patricia AH Williams ◽

Brendan Lovelock ◽

Tony Cabarrus ◽

Marlon Harvey

Keyword(s):

Assessment Framework ◽

Maturity Assessment

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Project-based maturity assessment model for smart transformation in Taiwanese enterprises

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0254522 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (7) ◽

pp. e0254522

Author(s):

Tzu-Chieh Lin ◽

Kung Jeng Wang

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Assessment Model ◽

Smart Manufacturing ◽

Maturity Model ◽

Maturity Level ◽

Implementation Barriers ◽

External Resources ◽

Maturity Assessment ◽

Using Data

As smart technology proliferates, enterprises must engage not only in the transformation of intelligence but contend with pressure do so as soon as possible. Smart transformation is critical for manufacturing enterprises in the development of smart manufacturing. This study addressed the gap between maturity models and project management by designing an effective assessment framework for smart transformation. It adopts the Smart Industry Readiness Index, created by the Singapore Economic Development Board, as a maturity assessment model to analyze enterprises’ smart transformation and formulate project management strategies. Enterprises can use this model to examine the maturity level of their transformation and assess scope for improvement in their project strategies and implementation barriers. This study focuses on Taiwanese enterprises using data collected from 165 valid questionnaires and subjected to a cluster analysis. Enterprises were divided into three categories. The results reveal that, first, most enterprises’ smart transformation is at an immature or medium-maturity level, and is therefore amenable to further improvement. Second, inconsistent with research findings, many enterprises invest in transformation projects but fail to advance these projects to maturity. Third, most enterprises’ project management plans fail to meet actual transformation needs. Using the thematically oriented maturity model proposed in this study, Taiwanese enterprises can effectively evaluate the maturity of their transformation projects. In conclusion, the study highlights that Taiwanese enterprises must identify more effective external resources to strengthen their competitiveness.

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A Holistic Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment Framework for Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app10103660 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3660

Author(s):

Aliyu Aliyu ◽

Leandros Maglaras ◽

Ying He ◽

Iryna Yevseyeva ◽

Eerke Boiten ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Best Practices ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Assessment Framework ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Maturity Models ◽

Capability Maturity ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Maturity Assessment

As organisations are vulnerable to cyberattacks, their protection becomes a significant issue. Capability Maturity Models can enable organisations to benchmark current maturity levels against best practices. Although many maturity models have been already proposed in the literature, a need for models that integrate several regulations exists. This article presents a light, web-based model that can be used as a cybersecurity assessment tool for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of the United Kingdom. The novel Holistic Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment Framework incorporates all security regulations, privacy regulations, and best practices that HEIs must be compliant to, and can be used as a self assessment or a cybersecurity audit tool.

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A Capability Maturity Assessment Framework for Creating High Value Digital Engineering Opportunities

10.1109/smc52423.2021.9659037 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Joseph M. Campagna ◽

Shamsnaz V. Bhada

Keyword(s):

Assessment Framework ◽

Capability Maturity ◽

Maturity Assessment ◽

Digital Engineering

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Cyber Hygiene Maturity Assessment Framework for Smart Grid Scenarios

Frontiers in Computer Science ◽

10.3389/fcomp.2021.614337 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

Inna Skarga-Bandurova ◽

Igor Kotsiuba ◽

Erkuden Rios Velasco

Keyword(s):

Smart Grid ◽

Smart Grids ◽

Maturity Model ◽

Assessment Framework ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Sensitive Data ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Hygiene Practices ◽

Maturity Assessment ◽

Security Standards

Cyber hygiene is a relatively new paradigm premised on the idea that organizations and stakeholders are able to achieve additional robustness and overall cybersecurity strength by implementing and following sound security practices. It is a preventive approach entailing high organizational culture and education for information cybersecurity to enhance resilience and protect sensitive data. In an attempt to achieve high resilience of Smart Grids against negative impacts caused by different types of common, predictable but also uncommon, unexpected, and uncertain threats and keep entities safe, the Secure and PrivatE smArt gRid (SPEAR) Horizon 2020 project has created an organization-wide cyber hygiene policy and developed a Cyber Hygiene Maturity assessment Framework (CHMF). This article presents the assessment framework for evaluating Cyber Hygiene Level (CHL) in relation to the Smart Grids. Complementary to the SPEAR Cyber Hygiene Maturity Model (CHMM), we propose a self-assessment methodology based on a questionnaire for Smart Grid cyber hygiene practices evaluation. The result of the assessment can be used as a cyber-health check to define countermeasures and to reapprove cyber hygiene rules and security standards and specifications adopted by the Smart Grid operator organization. The proposed methodology is one example of a resilient approach to cybersecurity. It can be applied for the assessment of the CHL of Smart Grids operating organizations with respect to a number of recommended good practices in cyber hygiene.

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