Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1551-1564
Author(s):  
Immo H. Wernicke
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Industrie 4.0 ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Business Results ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Smart Factories

The German Government and the European Commission have launched the strategic initiative named Industrie 4.0 for a re-industrialization of Germany and Europe and for achieving more competitiveness and sustainable growth. The strategy promotes and supports R&D and the implementation of digital technologies at SMEs of the traditional manufacturing industries. Digital technologies include Cyber Physical Systems, Cloud Computing, Robotics, 3D-printer-technology, Smart Factories, Additive-Manufacturing, and Artificial Intelligence. The impact of digitization on the economy, on employment, and on business results of SMEs is not yet clear due to insufficient availability of business data. The methodological framework of a SWOT-Analysis might be most convenient to discuss the strength, weakness, challenges, and opportunities of the strategy and the threats on its implementation. The contribution is addressed to politicians, academics, media, startups, and managers of SMEs that are less familiar with the Industrie 4.0 strategy. The concept might be useful to overcome the impact of the corona virus lockdown.

Digital technologies in micro and small enterprise: evidence from Uganda's informal sector during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saadat Nakyejwe Lubowa Kimuli ◽  
Kasimu Sendawula ◽  
Shakilah Nagujja
Keyword(s):  
Informal Sector ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Small Enterprise ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Service ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of the study was to explore the intention of micro and small enterprises’ (MSEs) owners to adopt digital technologies as a strategy to catalyze sustainable growth of Uganda's economy.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopted a qualitative, multi-case design. The unit of inquiry consisted of business owners operating in St. Balikuddembe Market, Kampala, Uganda. They were interrogated to explore their intention to adopt digital technologies during the total lockdown as a strategy to sustainably operate their businesses.FindingsA total of four major themes emerged from the data analysis process and these are the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on business operations, awareness of digital technologies, usage of digital technologies and intention to use more digital technologies.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study shed light on what policymakers, digital service providers and business owners can do to improve uptake of digital technologies among MSEs in Uganda.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the extant literature on digital technologies in MSEs using evidence from Uganda's informal sector. The results of the study may catalyze uptake of digital technologies as policymakers and digital service providers will devise appropriate strategies that will enable business owners to integrate these technologies into their business operations.

scholarly journals Tecnologías de Mantenimiento industrial en la industria 4.0

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Manuel Meraz-Méndez ◽  
Claudia Lerma-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Industrial Maintenance ◽  
Technological University ◽  
Engineering Career ◽  
Smart Factories ◽  
Technical Area

Industry 4.0 is the incorporation of digital technologies in factories such as: artificial intelligence, machine learning, 3D printing, drones, robotics, IOT, big data, virtual reality, automation, among others, which aim to digitalize processes productive in the factories, these are also called smart factories. The objective of this article is to identify the technologies applicable to industrial maintenance in Industry 4.0, the final result of this research determine the teaching practices that must be carried out in the Industrial Maintenance Engineering career at the Technological University of Chihuahua, and how the students must be prepared with the competences and skills necessary to face this challenge, at the same time the new teaching practices and strategies that a teacher in the technical area of Industrial Maintenance must apply in laboratory practices with a focus on Industry 4.0.

Chinese SMEs in Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1968-1977
Author(s):  
Hu Shi ◽  
Qaisar Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
German Industry ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Made In China ◽  
Made In

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the economic development of the People's Republic of China. SMEs contribute to the total of 60% gross domestic product (GDP) and 80% employment. Chinese SMEs contribute to the more than 50% of the country tax. In 2015, China released the Made-in-China 2025 plan to response to the German Industry 4.0, which focuses on knowledge-, innovation-, and quality-intensive manufacturing for cutting-edge technology, new materials, key parts of major products. The chapter aims to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by SMEs in China in the context of Industry 4.0 and Made-in-China 2025. This chapter has used SWOT analysis to explore the challenges and opportunities of Chinese SMEs. Presently, SMEs are facing limited credit facilities, low innovative human capital, sustainable performance as a challenge, and ineffective performance appraisal. This chapter has presented as internationalization, coastal outsourcing, rising middle-class (high consumption), ‘one belt, one road' opportunities for SMEs in Industry 4.0 context.

scholarly journals Advantages and Barriers of Industry 4.0 Concepts Implementation in Small and Medium Industrial Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Elena Mezentseva
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
New Markets ◽  
Bibliographic Analysis ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Smart Factories

In the context of Industry 4.0, processes in industrial production are radically reorganized, including digitalization. The subject of the research is the processes of digitalization of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises. The purpose of the study was to identify the current areas of digitalization and the implementation of Industry 4.0 at industrial SMEs. Based on the bibliographic analysis, it was revealed the need for special research for the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs, which will allow to transform them into smart factories. The advantages and limitations for the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in manufacturing SMEs are highlighted. On the basis of statistical analysis and analysis of indices, the readiness of Russian SMEs for digitalization was assessed; constraining factors, implemented digital technologies, and prospects for entering new markets were identified.

scholarly journals Developing a Digital Entrepreneurial Mindset for Data-Driven, Cloud-Enabled, and Platform-Centric Business Activities: Practical Implications and the Impact on Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Mariusz Soltanifar ◽  
Edin Smailhodžić
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Practical Implications

AbstractThe term ‘digital’ concerns not only technology but also people. This chapter emphasises the necessity of adopting a digital entrepreneurial mindset when operating in a digitised world. The chapter proposes a definition of a digital entrepreneurial mindset that is rooted in cognitive psychology, organisation theory and entrepreneurship literature. We also focus on the five trends that are shaping the digital future: mobile computing, cloud computing, social media, the Internet of Things and Big Data. The chapter discusses the challenges and opportunities that pervasive digitalisation offers for designing new digital business models and changing interactions with customers. Discussing the success stories of Domino’s Tesco and Tate Art Galleries helps to examine data-driven, cloud-enabled, platform-centric business activities, for which developing a digital entrepreneurial mindset is the first step towards success in the digital age. Collectively, the aforementioned cases suggest that businesses that rely on a digital entrepreneurial mindset enjoy better financial performance. Both managers and employees in these companies have shown the inclination and ability to discover, evaluate and exploit opportunities emerging from digital technologies. This chapter also provides a practical guide for entrepreneurs on the steps they can take to encourage a digital entrepreneurial mindset throughout their entire organisations. Finally, we elaborate on the practical implications of adopting a digital entrepreneurial mindset and its impact on society.

scholarly journals Investigating the Integration of Industry 4.0 and Lean Principles on Supply Chain: A Multi-Perspective Systematic Literature Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 586
Author(s):  
Mahsa Mahdavisharif ◽  
Anna Corinna Cagliano ◽  
Carlo Rafele
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Lean Principles ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
The Impact

The development of digital technologies in all aspects of human life leads to increasing the necessity for investigating them in the Supply Chain (SC) as the main channel to provide products. Moreover, Lean principles, with the aim of reducing wastes, could be one of the main research streams in SC in recent years. Therefore, it is valuable to figure out the mutual effects of Lean principles and digital technologies as two growing areas in SC. Previous works did not pay attention to investigating this relationship at the SC level and were more focused on the production level. However, the present work addresses this issue by conducting a multi-perspective Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Additionally, in the present SLR, the impact of individual Industry 4.0 technologies in relation to Lean principles was investigated from various SC perspectives. The results reveal the necessity of studying single SC processes in Lean Digital SC. Moreover, the applicability of each technology should be illustrated to alleviate SC operational and organizational issues. The results provide useful insights about applying single digital technologies as well as a combination of them to each SC process to solve specific issues.

scholarly journals La industria 4.0 en el mantenimiento industrial

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Manuel Meraz-Mendez ◽  
Claudia Lerma-Hernández ◽  
Guadalupe Corral-Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Industrial Maintenance ◽  
Technological University ◽  
Engineering Career ◽  
Smart Factories ◽  
Technical Area

Industry 4.0 is the incorporation of digital technologies in factories such as: artificial intelligence, machine learning, 3D printing, drones, robotics, IOT, big data, virtual reality, automation, among others, which aim to digitalize processes productive in the factories, these are also called smart factories. The objective of this article is to identify the technologies applicable to industrial maintenance in Industry 4.0, the final result of this research determine the teaching practices that must be carried out in the Industrial Maintenance Engineering career at the Technological University of Chihuahua, and how the students must be prepared with the competences and skills necessary to face this challenge, at the same time the new teaching practices and strategies that a teacher in the technical area of Industrial Maintenance must apply in laboratory practices with a focus on Industry 4.0.

Semantische Kommunikationsschnittstellen zur Zustandsüberwachung im Karosseriebau/Standardised I4.0 communication interfaces – Requirements and measures to establish I4.0 principles in modern production systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (10) ◽  
pp. 699-704
Author(s):  
H. Fleischmann ◽  
J. Kohl ◽  
A. Blank ◽  
M. Schacht ◽  
J. Fuchs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Networks ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Industrie 4.0 ◽  
Efficient Implementation ◽  
Smart Factory ◽  
Vehicle Body ◽  
Body Construction ◽  
Semantic Communication ◽  
Smart Factories

Industrie 4.0-Technologie verspricht Unterstützung bei der Erfüllung komplexer Produktionsaufgaben. Bisher verhindern jedoch historisch gewachsene, industrielle Kommunikationsnetze durch die oft wenig semantische, strikte Kommunikation entlang der bestehenden Ebenen der Automatisierungspyramide eine effiziente Umsetzung der Prinzipien von „Smart Factories“. Diese Veröffentlichung thematisiert die Entwicklung semantischer Kommunikationsschnittstellen am Beispiel des Karosseriebaus der Audi AG.   Industry 4.0 technology promises to support the fulfillment of complex production tasks. Even today, historically grown industrial communication networks prevent an efficient implementation of smart factory principles, especially due to a lack of semantics and the strict communication along the existing layers of the automation pyramid. This publication focuses on the development of semantic communication interfaces using the example of the digitalization of the vehicle body construction at the Audi AG.

Chinese SMEs in Industry 4.0

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Hu Shi ◽  
Qaisar Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
German Industry ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Made In China ◽  
Made In

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the economic development of the People's Republic of China. SMEs contribute to the total of 60% gross domestic product (GDP) and 80% employment. Chinese SMEs contribute to the more than 50% of the country tax. In 2015, China released the Made-in-China 2025 plan to response to the German Industry 4.0, which focuses on knowledge-, innovation-, and quality-intensive manufacturing for cutting-edge technology, new materials, key parts of major products. The chapter aims to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by SMEs in China in the context of Industry 4.0 and Made-in-China 2025. This chapter has used SWOT analysis to explore the challenges and opportunities of Chinese SMEs. Presently, SMEs are facing limited credit facilities, low innovative human capital, sustainable performance as a challenge, and ineffective performance appraisal. This chapter has presented as internationalization, coastal outsourcing, rising middle-class (high consumption), ‘one belt, one road' opportunities for SMEs in Industry 4.0 context.

scholarly journals Exploring Organizational Sustainability of Industry 4.0 under the Triple Bottom Line: The Case of a Manufacturing Company

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessio Braccini ◽  
Emanuele Margherita
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Organizational Sustainability ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing ◽  
The Impact

There is an increasing interest in sustainability practices for organizations. Organizations act sustainably when they support the three dimensions \of the triple bottom line. Industry 4.0 (I40) promises to afford organizations to act sustainably. However, few empirical pieces of research targeted the impact of I40 on the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability. Our investigation considered the adoption of I40 in a manufacturing company which we analyzed as a single case study. We describe the level of I40 adoption and the process through which the unit has adopted them. Our case confirms that I40 applications support the triple bottom line through the improvement of productivity and product quality (economic), continuous energy consumption monitoring (environmental), and safer work environment and less intense work-load and job enrichment (social). We contribute to the literature by identifying two trajectories of interaction among the three dimensions of the triple bottom line in the shift from a traditional manufacturing company to a knowledge-intense organization. In the trajectories found, the three dimensions of sustainability influence and reinforce each other.

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