Over the last few years, the fourth industrial revolution has attracted academia and practices worldwide, however there are still many gaps related to the Industry 4.0, particularly related to the competences issue, because new concept requires new technology as well as workers with new competences. In the presented research it was assumed that there are Employees competences necessary for the development of Industry 4.0 concept in companies. So the question is, how much are these competences important for Polish companies? If they are meaningful, there will be sought Employees meeting those requirements, which will result in the development of the fourth industrial revolution in Poland. The lack of importance of these competences is interpreted by researchers as a lack of willingness of Polish Employees to develop a new era. The main objective of the presented research was to investigate the importance Employees' competences, key to the development of Industry 4.0 in Poland. The indirect aim was to diagnose the willingness of Polish companies to implement the new concept, in the aspect of obtained results. In research, there was used survey method, on a randomly selected group of companies.
Lean Management is a management concept that creates a work culture at a company that makes all employees strive to continuously reduce costs, improve the quality and shorten delivery cycle to maximally meet customers' expectations and adapt to the environment by eliminating any waste identified and integrating the activities connected with the stream creating customer value. The article is aimed at presenting the results of research on the Lean Management concepts in an enterprise, in particular concerning traditional and lean approach to production, conducted among the personnel of enterprises from Wielkopolska Region, Poland.Source: own study based on research results.The analysis of obtained results concerning set patterns of thinking in modern enterprises shows that there is no clear "tilt" of results in any of
Over the last few years, the fourth industrial revolution has attracted practices and academia worldwide, however there are still many gaps related to the Industry 4.0. In the presented paper, there was assumed, that there are key companies' competences, which are essential for the Industry 4.0 development. Therefore, it was examined, if those competences are important for companies, which have not introduced Industry 4.0, yet. If there is cohesion in perception of those competences, the perspective of the Industry 4.0 introduction in polish companies is positive, what may indicate readiness to that concept realization. Otherwise, the perspective is pessimistic. The main aim of the presented research, was an attempt to outline the perspective of developing the concept of Industry 4.0 in Poland, in terms of key company's competences. The indirect aim was to point out the direction of Polish companies' development towards the Industry 4.0 concept. In research there was used the questionnaire survey method, conducted on randomly selected group of Polish companies. Findings of this paper can be used as the basis for future research.
Lean Management is a management concept that creates a work culture at a company that makes all employees strive to continuously reduce costs, improve the quality and shorten delivery cycle to maximally meet customers' expectations and adapt to the environment by eliminating any waste identified and integrating the activities connected with the stream creating customer value. The article is aimed at presenting the results of research on the Lean Management concepts in a modern enterprise, conducted among the personnel of enterprises from Wielkopolska, Poland.
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