Abstract:The Industry 4.0 paradigm refers to a large set of technologies that will transform the way that the manufacturing industry will perform. Nowadays, those technologies and the potential benefits they offer are not fully understood and mastered by companies, and the propagation of the associated concepts is slow. However, in the past few years, some successful implementations of Industry 4.0-compliant technologies have been seen emerging in the literature. A systematic literature study has been conducted to iden… Show more
“…This, together with the fact that CPS disrupt traditional manufacturing paradigms and introduce innovative means also to increase the level of reconfigurability in manufacturing systems, motivated the conduction of a structured literature review. To this regard, only few existing review articles have simultaneously investigated reconfigurable manufacturing and CPS (Bortolini, Galizia, and Mora 2018;Xia and Xi 2019;Ivanov et al 2021;Morgan et al 2021;Cardin 2021), and to the best of authors' knowledge, none of the available review articles aimed at analysing how technologies underlying CPS support the reconfigurability capability along the manufacturing system life cycle. Therefore, the two research domains investigated in the present study are the technologies underlying CPS on the one hand, and the reconfigurability characteristics as main constituents of the reconfigurability capability along system life cycle on the other hand.…”
How the Technologies underlying Cyber-Physical Systems support the Reconfigurability Capability in Manufacturing. A Literature Review Nowadays, manufacturing firms need the reconfigurability capability to be responsive in the current context characterized by unpredictable and frequent market changes and the reduction of product life cycle. Despite the relevance of the subject, a challenge for practitioners is the development of a strategy aimed to increase the level of reconfigurability with long-term goals of customization and responsiveness. Moreover, traditional manufacturing paradigms are disrupted by the transformation of manufacturing systems in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), thus introducing innovative means also to increase the level of reconfigurability in manufacturing systems. This study investigates what technologies underlying CPS support the reconfigurability capability and how these support the reconfigurability along system life cycle. Thus, the technologies underlying CPS are classified in seven categories and it is shown how they enable the sequence of utilization of the reconfigurability characteristics (modularity, integrability, diagnosability, scalability, convertibility and customization) along system life cycle. The results of the study can guide practitioners in developing reconfigurability as strategic capability. Moreover, different directions for future research can be considered, as discussed in the conclusions.
“…This, together with the fact that CPS disrupt traditional manufacturing paradigms and introduce innovative means also to increase the level of reconfigurability in manufacturing systems, motivated the conduction of a structured literature review. To this regard, only few existing review articles have simultaneously investigated reconfigurable manufacturing and CPS (Bortolini, Galizia, and Mora 2018;Xia and Xi 2019;Ivanov et al 2021;Morgan et al 2021;Cardin 2021), and to the best of authors' knowledge, none of the available review articles aimed at analysing how technologies underlying CPS support the reconfigurability capability along the manufacturing system life cycle. Therefore, the two research domains investigated in the present study are the technologies underlying CPS on the one hand, and the reconfigurability characteristics as main constituents of the reconfigurability capability along system life cycle on the other hand.…”
How the Technologies underlying Cyber-Physical Systems support the Reconfigurability Capability in Manufacturing. A Literature Review Nowadays, manufacturing firms need the reconfigurability capability to be responsive in the current context characterized by unpredictable and frequent market changes and the reduction of product life cycle. Despite the relevance of the subject, a challenge for practitioners is the development of a strategy aimed to increase the level of reconfigurability with long-term goals of customization and responsiveness. Moreover, traditional manufacturing paradigms are disrupted by the transformation of manufacturing systems in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), thus introducing innovative means also to increase the level of reconfigurability in manufacturing systems. This study investigates what technologies underlying CPS support the reconfigurability capability and how these support the reconfigurability along system life cycle. Thus, the technologies underlying CPS are classified in seven categories and it is shown how they enable the sequence of utilization of the reconfigurability characteristics (modularity, integrability, diagnosability, scalability, convertibility and customization) along system life cycle. The results of the study can guide practitioners in developing reconfigurability as strategic capability. Moreover, different directions for future research can be considered, as discussed in the conclusions.
The rise of the fourth industrial revolution aspires to digitize any traditional manufacturing process, paving the way for new organisation schemes and management principles that affect business models, the environment, and services across the entire value chain. During the last two decades, the generated advancements have been analysed and discussed from a bunch of technological and business perspectives gleaned from a variety of academic journals. With the aim to identify the digital footprint of Industry 4.0 in the current manufacturing ecosystem, a systematic literature survey of surveys is conducted here, based on survey academic articles that cover the current state-of-the-art. The 59 selected high-impact survey manuscripts are analysed using PRISMA principles and categorized according to their technologies under analysis and impact, providing valuable insights for the research and business community. Specifically, the influence Industry 4.0 exerts on traditional business models, small and medium-sized enterprises, decision-making processes, human–machine interaction, and circularity affairs are investigated and brought out, while research gaps, business opportunities, and their relevance to Industry 5.0 principles are pointed out.
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