scholarly journals Maturity Assessment in Industry 4.0 – A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian and German Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 365-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Raizer Moura ◽  
Holger Kohl
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Field Research ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
German Industry ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
The Individual

The article presents a comparative analysis of maturity level in Industry 4.0, of Brazilian companies with German Industry, seeking to identify learning opportunities to increase competitiveness. It was used the maturity model in Industry 4.0 developed by VDMA (German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association), applied to German companies, serving as benchmark. The same model was applied to Brazilian companies, from the State of Espírito Santo, located in the most developed region of the country, but with lower industrial density, and which has great challenges to increase its participation in the national and international markets. A field research was carried out with 46 industries, which participated in workshops to understand the fundamentals and to evaluate the maturity level in Industry 4.0. The individual results were processed by the platform of VDMA, indicating the levels in six dimensions of the model and the general result on a scale of 0 to 5. The results of all companies were tabulated, allowing the comparison with the research carried out with German companies. The study showed that, on average, Brazilian companies have the same level of maturity of German companies in readiness for Industry 4.0, with grade 0.9 in a scale of 0 to 5. But, there are significant differences in compared dimensions. 5.6% of German companies are at the advanced level in Industry 4.0, especially the technology developers, while Brazilian companies studied are still at the most basic levels. Both Industries are skeptical about investments in Industry 4.0 and the level of evaluation on Strategy dimension is still low. The comparison of expectations and difficulties allowed identify essential points to support these companies to follow the way to Industry 4.0.

scholarly journals Avaliação do Nível de Maturidade da Indústria 4.0: O Caso de uma Empresa Estratégica de Defesa

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-59
Author(s):  
Marcus Vinicius Gonçalves da Silva ◽  
Clarissa Figueredo Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Model Research ◽  
Strategic Defense

Purpose – This article aims to evaluate the maturity level of a Strategic Defense Company (EED), from the perspective of Industry 4.0 concepts. The EED are characterized by high technological training and the ability to supply Strategic Defense Products (PED) to the Brazilian Armed Forces. Theoretical framework – The term Industry 4.0 has become one of the most recurring topics for the global manufacturing sector and in the academic world (Kagermann et al., 2013), however, academic literature on this topic is still scarce (Qin, Liu & Grosvenor, 2016). One of the problems that stands out is the lack of empirical evidence on the impacts that technologies of Industry 4.0 can have on the operational performance of companies. Instead of this new trend being accepted as dogma, it is necessary to prove its effects on companies, empirically. In this context, this study seeks answers to the following research question: What is the maturity level of Industry 4.0 in Strategic Defense Companies? Methodology – The research is classified in bibliographic, qualitative and descriptive, and uses the survey developed by the IMPULS Foundation, german consulting company, translated and adapted for this study, in the case of the Brazilian Military Material Industry (IMBEL). Findings – The results reveal that the analyzed company has an intermediate maturity level, categorized as learner in an Industry 4.0 maturity model. Research, Practical & Social implications – The research contributes to the empirical development of a model and provides an instrument for analyzing the maturity of Industry 4.0 that can be used in companies from different sectors. Regarding research limitations, it is pointed out that the empirically evaluated data could be validated through descriptive statistics, which would certainly generate greater confidence in the results, however, the study should have a larger sample of participating companies, not being the subject of this study. Originality – One of the gaps in the study of Industry 4.0, in Brazil, is the absence of empirical evidence on the impacts of enabling technologies of this new paradigma, and how they can contribute to the performance of companies. In view of this new tendency, it is necessary to analyze its impacts on companies, seeking to relate the theoretical constructs developed and the reality observed in companies.

scholarly journals A maturity model for implementation and application of Enterprise Resource Planning systems and ERP utilization to Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Muhamet Gërvalla
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
System Implementation ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
The Impact

This study analyzes the evolution of ERP systems and the current trends of their implementation and application, also the organization's readiness for further digitalization. Throughout the study, it is identified that there are many critical factors that have an impact on the process of implementation and application of ERP systems. There are different studies and reports that confirm that organizations are struggling with this process. The researchers have identified and proposed different stages of implementation and application of ERP systems. Moreover, three maturity models are identified, which aim to measure the ERP maturity level in the organizations, but they lack defining the complete process which supports the organizations to check their maturity level of ERP systems by themselves. On the other hand, Industry 4.0, as a new technological concept, aims to support organizations to complete digitalization and automation of their processes and functions, specifically in the manufacturing industry. Based on the undertaken study, a new ERP Maturity Model (ERPMM) is developed with the aim to measure the maturity of implementation and application of the ERP system in the organizations. With the purpose to check the reliability and validity of the developed model, the quantitative methodology was applied. The proposed model (ERPMM) to measure the maturity of ERP system implementation and application will support organizations in generating a clear picture of their organization status related to the implementation and application of the ERP system. In this way, they are able to evaluate the benefits of implementation and application of an ERP system, and whether they should do anything in the way they are applying such a system. The study also analyzes the impact of different factors that have an effect on a successful ERP system implementation and application. In addition, this study has investigated whether strategic use of IT positively affects the ERP selection, implementation, and application process, as well as if appropriate ERP selection has a positive effect on the implementation and application and the role of ERP implementation on the application. Also, the impact of the ERP application on Business Performance. The study shows that there is a relationship between all the stages of ERP implementation and application, starting with the organization's IT strategy to the ERP application. The results of the study present that the ERP application has a positive impact on business performance. Also, the study presents an analysis of the integration of ERP and Industry 4.0, which is done based on secondary data. Industry 4.0 is seen as the beginning phase, where computers and automation become connected and as an opportunity to increase the efficiency and effectiveness in the manufacturing industry, with the application of real-time data and information by integrating physical machinery and devices with networked sensors and software to predict, control and reduce costs in a long-term view. Primary data was used to analyze if the ERP application can be used to predict the readiness of the organizations for Industry 4.0. Based on the statistical analysis, it is proved that partially ERP application can be used to predict the readiness of the organizations for Industry 4.0. Based on the findings, there are many challenges related to the integration of Industry 4.0 and current ERP systems, especially when it comes to machine to machine, machine to ERP communication, and the security of the data. Based on the proposed ERP Maturity Model (ERPMM), a prototype is developed, which supports the organizations in evaluating their status of ERP system implementation and application by themselves. The prototype is a web-based application that is developed on PHP and MySQL database. The main contributions of this study are:  Identifies and presents the current status of implementation and application of the ERP system and ERP maturity models;  Analyzes the role of strategic use of IT in the process of ERP selection, implementation, and application;  Analyzes the impact of ERP selection on implementation and application also the effect of ERP implementation on the application;  Identifies the ERP application effect on business performance also the ability of the organization to evaluate their readiness for further digitalization based on the ERP application;  A new ERP Maturity Model (ERPMM) to support the organizations for the evaluation of implementation and application of the ERP system is developed;  A developed prototype that applies ERPMM to support organizations for ERP maturity level assessment.

Vorgehensmodell zur Einführung von Industrie 4.0*/A process model for implementing Industry 4.0 - Introduction of a process model for the individual implementation of Industry 4.0 methods

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (04) ◽  
pp. 266-272
Author(s):  
M. Hübner ◽  
C. Liebrecht ◽  
N. Malessa ◽  
A. Kuhnle ◽  
P. Prof. Nyhuis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Industrie 4.0 ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Smart Factories

Im Zuge der Einführung von Industrie 4.0 fühlen sich viele Unternehmen überfordert, zielgerichtete und bedarfsgerechte Einführungsstrategien zu entwickeln. Dieser Fachbeitrag stellt ein unternehmensindividuelles und problemorientiertes Vorgehen vor, bei dem ausgehend von einer Reifegradermittlung Potentiale ermittelt und mit Methoden der Industrie 4.0 gehoben werden. Diskutiert werden die iterativen Schritte für eine problemspezifische Auswahl und Anwendung von Industrie 4.0-Methoden.   Considering recent developments in terms of the industrial progression to “smart factories” and the fourth industrial revolution, companies are overwhelmed and seem to be incapable to develop appropriate implementation strategies. This paper focuses on an individual, problem-oriented approach in order to assess and implement Industry 4.0 methods based on a maturity model. Therefore, the iterative steps of an approach for achieving a problem-specific Industry 4.0 implementation are discussed.

Alternative classification framework for engineering capability enhancement

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mana Patamakajonpong ◽  
Tirapot Chandarasupsang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Capability Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Capability Maturity ◽  
The Individual

Purpose – This paper aims to present an alternative practical framework to classify the skill and knowledge of the individual trainees by comparing it with the expert in an organization. This framework gives the benefit to the organization in order to know the ability level of the personnel and to be able to provide the personnel development method both in academic learning and workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach – This research develops the framework based on relevant methodologies. Competency-Based Development is applied to investigate the knowledge and skill of the specific task. Knowledge Engineering is used to capture the experiences and construct knowledge model from relevance parties. Capability Maturity Model is then adapted to develop the capability and maturity level of the personnel. It can then be used to cluster the knowledge and skill. Finally, the Substation Maintenance Department of Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), Thailand, is selected as a case study to test the proposed framework. Findings – The results have shown that the proposed framework can be utilized to identify the capability level of the individual personnel. Furthermore, the appropriate maturity development of the employees in each level can also be identified. This proposed framework provides better results when comparing to the current PEA competency model, as the criteria in this framework are systematically derived from experts rather than relying solely on the proficiency level. Although, this framework was tested with the switchgear maintenance task, the results and its systematic approach have indicated that it can also be used to develop the capability maturity model for other fields of work. Originality/value – The main originality of this research is the proposed competency analysis table, which integrates human resource development with knowledge management, risks management and management information system. Rather than performing these tasks separately for continuous quality improvement, organization can practically plan and perform the quality improvement-related tasks spontaneously. Moreover, the application of the capability maturity model to classify knowledge and skill of the maintenance tasks into maturity level is another academic value presented in this paper. The proposed framework gives the benefit to organization to classify the capability of the personnel. This is potentially beneficial to the human resource development personnel than traditional methods in the sense that it provides the information on how to develop the specific skill of the employees.

Domestic Engineering - Industry 4.0 Technology Transition Problems

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
E. N. Lapteva ◽  
O. V. Nasarochkina
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Industrial Internet Of Things ◽  
Technology Transition ◽  
Industrial Internet ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality

The paper deals with problem analysis due to domestic engineering transition to the Industry 4.0 technology. It presents such innovative technologies as additive manufacturing (3D-printing), Industrial Internet of Things, total digitization of manufacturing (digital description of products and processes, virtual and augmented reality). Among the main highlighted problems the authors include a lack of unification and standardization at this stage of technology development; incompleteness of both domestic and international regulatory framework; shortage of qualified personnel.

Assessing The COBIT Maturity Model in Manufacturing Company

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Johanes Fernandes Andry ◽  
Gunawan Wang ◽  
Gusti Ngurah Suryantara ◽  
Devi Yurisca Bernanda
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
It Governance ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
It Alignment ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

PT Hema Indonesia is manufacturing company established in 2001 and has continued to grow. Nowadays the company has supported business processes in various companies, such as the use of information systems. The purpose of this research is to get an overview of the performance of information systems in order to determine the extent of maturity level which is currently running, with a few aspects to consider such as effectiveness and, efficiency. Implementing IT governance, however, is a challenge to organizations. To ensure IT alignment with business goals use standard COBIT. The analytical tool used is the standard procedure COBIT issued by ISACA. In this paper the method to be used is COBIT 4.1. Coverage of Audit IT Domain are Plan Organize (PO), such as PO4, PO5, PO7 and PO8. The conclusion that can be drawn from the research that has been done is IT governance at the company has been done, although still run optimally within each IT process contained in the sub domain average on level repeatable and defined proses.

IT GOVERNANCE AUDIT AT PT PERUSAHAAN GAS NEGARA USING COBIT FRAMEWORK

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Mahendra Sunt Servanda ◽  
Achmad Benny Mutiara
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
It Governance ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Level 3 ◽  
It Usage ◽  
A Company

The use of information and communication technology in a company gives an important contribution for the achievement of business objectives. PT Perusahaan Gas Negara, especially in the Business Solutions and Services Operations (BSSO), plays a significant role in the utilization of information and communication technology assets to PT Perusahaan Gas Negara. It takes a good IT governance for BSSO to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of IT usage. Audit of IT governance maturity using COBIT 4.1. Maturity model level used to determine the maturity level of IT usage in the enterprise with a scale of 0 (non-existent) to 5 (optimized). This study focused on two domains namely Plan and Organise (PO) and Monitor and Evaluate (ME) model to measure the maturity level of IT maturity levels in PT Perusahaan Gas Negara. From this study, the results of the maturity level domain PO is 3.13 and ME is 2.98, it can be given the conclusion that the maturity level of IT governance at PT PGN is in level 3 (defined). At this level means that all the procedures in the company are standardized and documented, but the company is still not able to detect the deviations that have occurred.

Impact of the divorce experience on the marital and family mindsets

2018 ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Елена Лактюхина ◽  
Elena Laktyukhina ◽  
Георгий Антонов ◽  
Georgy Antonov
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Representative Sampling ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Active Population ◽  
Volgograd Region ◽  
The Social ◽  
Marriage Stability ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
The Individual

The article presents a comparative analysis of marital and family mindsets of two categories of the demographically active population of modern Russia: (1) individuals that have no experience of a divorce and (2) those who have already experienced one or more official termination of a marriage. The empirical base of the analysis is the data of the author’s questionnaire survey conducted by representative sampling in Volgograd and Volgograd Region in 2015–2016. The analysis was made on the following basic empiric indicators: optimal (from the viewpoint of the respondents) age for the first marriage, frequency of mentioning marital and family statuses as the respondents describe their own social and demographic “portrait”, legitimate causes of a divorce and a number of others. It is found that, in the case of sufficiently strong traditional marital and family mindsets, perception of marital norms is adjusted, if an “abnormal” event (such as a divorce) occurs in the individual’s life course. At the same time, perception of the marriage stability is less variable and does not depend on the social and demographic characteristics of the respondents, including the presence/absence of a marriage termination experience. The “strongest” factor that affects the change of the marital and family mindsets is age. With age (and, consequently, experience accumulation), importance of the majority of main factors capable of preventing the individual from a divorce decreases and, therefore, the risk of such event increases.

An empirically verified project risk maturity model

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Budi Hartono ◽  
Deo F.N. Wijaya ◽  
Hilya M. Arini
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Risk Maturity

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and to empirically verify a model of project risk management maturity (PRMM). Design/methodology/approach – Theoretical work to develop the initial model of risk maturity. Empirical study by a cross-sectional survey to the Indonesian construction industry. Findings – A new model of PRMM is developed and empirically tested. The model is valid (face validity, content validity, discriminant validity, convergent validity, and criterion validity) and reliable. Research limitations/implications – A more comprehensive, follow-up study is required to gain more insights on the actual maturity level of Indonesian construction industry. Practical implications – The model is applicable to assess the organizational maturity level which in turn could be used for improving organization performance. Originality/value – The work demonstrates a novel approach in developing models by emphasizing on the empirical verification.

scholarly journals Industry 4.0 Maturity Model Assessing Environmental Attributes of Manufacturing Company

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 5151
Author(s):  
Michal Zoubek ◽  
Peter Poor ◽  
Tomas Broum ◽  
Josef Basl ◽  
Michal Simon
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Value Stream Mapping ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Value Stream ◽  
Environmental Attributes ◽  
Lean And Green ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing

The primary purpose of this article is to present a maturity model dealing with environmental manufacturing processes in a company. According to some authors, Industry 4.0 is based on characteristics that have already been the focus of “lean and green” concepts. The goal of the article was to move from resource consumption, pollutant emissions, and more extensive manufacturing towards environmentally responsible manufacturing (ERM). Using environmental materials and methods reduces energy consumption, which generates cost savings and higher profits. Here, value stream mapping (VSM) was applied to identify core processes with environmental potential. This paper provides an understanding of the role of environmental manufacturing in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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