scholarly journals Challenges with Coordination of Technology Development and Transfer of Industry 4.0 Technologies in IMNs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktorija Badasjane ◽  
Mats Alhskog ◽  
Anna Granlund ◽  
Jessica Bruch
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
New Products ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Manufacturing Network ◽  
Embedded Case Study

Within an international manufacturing network (IMN), one particular factory, called the lead factory is responsible for development of new products, processes and technologies as well as transferring these to the subsidiaries within the IMN. These responsibilities require coordination, which is found difficult even in the best-performing companies due to its complexity. When the responsibility for development of Industry 4.0 technologies are included such as cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things the complexity increases further. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify what are the challenges with coordination of technology development and transfer of Industry 4.0 technologies in IMNs. Accordingly, a real-time embedded case study was carried out with six manufacturing companies. One major finding is that development of Industry 4.0 technologies does not fit the current way of organizing technology development at lead factories. Another finding is that several of the identified challenges connected to technology development can be derived from a lack of a long-term strategy ensuring competence for future needs.

scholarly journals TO SUPPORT IOT COLLABORATIVE EXPRESSIVENESS ON THE SHOP FLOOR

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 3149-3158
Author(s):  
Álvaro Aranda Muñoz ◽  
Yvonne Eriksson ◽  
Yuji Yamamoto ◽  
Ulrika Florin ◽  
Kristian Sandström
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Industrial Landscape ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Research ◽  
Empirical Material

AbstractThe availability of new research for IoT support and the human-centric perspective of industry 4.0 opens a gap to support operators in unleashing their creativity so they can provide improvements opportunities with IoT technology. This paper presents a case-study carried out in four Swedish manufacturing companies, where four different workshops were facilitated to support operators in the conceptualization of manufacturing improvements with IoT technologies. The empirical material gathered during these workshops has been analyzed in five different reflective sessions and discussed in light of previous research from industry 4.0, operators, and IoT support. Results indicate that operators can collaboratively create conceptual IoT solutions and that expressiveness in communicating their ideas and needs using IoT technology is more relevant than technical aspects and details of their proposed IoT solutions. This technological expressiveness is identified as a necessary skill to be cultivated on the shop floor and can potentially contribute to making a more effective and socially sustainable industrial landscape in the future.

Human-robot interaction in industry 4.0 based on an internet of things real-time gesture control system

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Luis Roda-Sanchez ◽  
Teresa Olivares ◽  
Celia Garrido-Hidalgo ◽  
José Luis de la Vara ◽  
Antonio Fernández-Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
Gesture Control

scholarly journals Perspectives of an Enterprise Integration Plug-in System Architecture for Networked Manufacturing Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 4075-4078
Author(s):  
A. N. Ghannam ◽  
H. Mansour ◽  
A. El-Bastawissy ◽  
M. Hamed
Keyword(s):  
System Architecture ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Remote Method Invocation ◽  
Manufacturing Network

This paper is a part of a research project funded by the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), to create a product serving the digital transformation of Egyptian manufacturing companies. It allows a manufacturing company to be a member of a distributed manufacturing network. The resulting system can be plugged into any ERP system. In this work, the limitation of a centralized integration entity to satisfy loosely coupling of distributed systems is overcome. The SOA framework and the remote method invocation (RMI) are applied using SOAP-XML technology. Enterprise integration patterns (EIP) were used in the architecture design.

scholarly journals An Investigation to the Industry 4.0 Readiness of Manufacturing Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Aluminum Production ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Smart Industry

The visions of what constitutes the Industry 4.0 is an industry based on gains in efficiency and productivity enhancements supported by integrated, smart information systems. This has caused information systems strategic misalignment that present a severe barrier to National and organizational aspirations. This paper studies the readiness of manufacturing companies for the Industry 4.0, by using a case study of Chinese multinational enterprise in the aluminum production sector. The research design follows a rigorous grounded theory approach, which consisted of 41 semi-structured interviews in 7 different company branches. Based on this case study, the paper proposes an IS strategic misalignment model that identifies three levels of misalignment that need to be resolved before the vision of the smart industry can be realized. Six main categories of causes and five main categories of consequences of IS strategic misalignment are presented. This study contributes to the IS alignment literature and provides important implications for the achievement of Industry 4.0 in practice.

scholarly journals Disruptive Change in Today’s Innovation: A Case Study Analysis of OptimalPlus

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Daryl D. Green ◽  
Renita Murimi ◽  
Taylor Mathson ◽  
Christina Roach ◽  
Rachel Stafford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Chain Process ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Supply Chain Process ◽  
Disruptive Change ◽  
The Way

In today’s hypercompetitive world, electronics manufacturing companies experience challenges to respond to increasing consumer electronics demand while combatting disruptive change in their industries. The revolution in manufacturing via Industry 4.0 has transformed the way that companies approach supply chain process to gain a stronger understanding of data efficiencies. This case study examines OptimalPlus to demonstrate how its services while tapping into today’s technologies keep pace with competitors during disruptive change in the consumer electronics industry. OptimalPlus is a leader in providing the software solutions necessary for electronics manufacturers to get the most out of its supply chain process. This study explores the concept of Industry 4.0 and the benefits that manufacturers can gain from utilizing technologies. By understanding the benefits of using Industry 4.0, scholars and practitioners can better understand the way to innovate under the lens of disruptive change in the marketplace.

scholarly journals Internet of Things for Smart Spaces: A University Campus Case Study

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 3716
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Gilman ◽  
Satu Tamminen ◽  
Rumana Yasmin ◽  
Eemeli Ristimella ◽  
Ella Peltonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Real World ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Smart Space ◽  
Smart Spaces

Advances in technology and data analysis provide rich opportunities for developing intelligent environments assisting their inhabitants, so-called smart environments or smart spaces. Enhanced with technology, sensors, user interfaces, and various applications, such smart spaces are capable of recognizing users and situations they are in, react accordingly, e.g., by providing certain services or changes to the environment itself. Therefore, smart space solutions are gradually coming to different application domains, each with corresponding specific characteristics. In this article, we discuss our experiences and explore the challenges of a long-term real-world Internet of Things (IoT) deployment at a University campus. We demonstrate the technical implementation and data quality issues. We conduct several studies, from data analysis to interaction with space, utilizing the developed infrastructure, and we also share our actions to open the data for education purposes and discuss their outcomes. With this article, we aim to share our experience and provide real-world lessons learned when building an open, multipurpose, publicly used smart space at a University campus.

scholarly journals Indoor Thermal Environment Long-Term Data Analytics Using IoT Devices in Korean Apartments: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 7334
Author(s):  
Hyunjun Yun ◽  
Jinho Yang ◽  
Byong Hyoek Lee ◽  
Jongcheol Kim ◽  
Jong-Ryeul Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Temperature Management ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Term Monitoring

IoT-based monitoring devices can transmit real-time and long-term thermal environment data, enabling innovative conversion for the evaluation and management of the indoor thermal environment. However, long-term indoor thermal measurements using IoT-based devices to investigate health effects have rarely been conducted. Using apartments in Seoul as a case study, we conducted long-term monitoring of thermal environmental using IoT-based real-time wireless sensors. We measured the temperature, relative humidity (RH), and CO2 in the kitchen, living room, and bedrooms of each household over one year. In addition, in one of the houses, velocity and globe temperatures were measured for multiple summer and autumn seasons. Results of our present study indicated that outdoor temperature is an important influencing factor of indoor thermal environment and indoor RH is a good indicator of residents’ lifestyle. Our findings highlighted the need for temperature management in summer, RH management in winter, and kitchen thermal environment management during summer and tropical nights. This study suggested that IoT devices are a potential approach for evaluating personal exposure to indoor thermal environmental risks. In addition, long-term monitoring and analysis is an efficient approach for analyzing complex indoor thermal environments and is a viable method for application in healthcare.

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