An approach to support I4.0 adoption in SMEs: a core-metamodel and applications

Dassisti, Michele; Giovannini, Antonio; Merla, Pasquale; Chimienti, Michela; Panetto, Hervé

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.232

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“…The leader's characteristics consist of the SME's owner-manager's attitude towards change, the internal characteristics, which include the organisational design and the external characteristics, which relate to the system's openness and the importance of the ICT itself [41]. Similarly, some scholars argued that the owner-manager's characteristics can be viewed as part of the internal characteristics of the firm, which is also one of the main assumptions of Rogers' DOI model, which includes the internal characteristics, the top-management characteristics and the external characteristics [42,43]. In the same vein, the two theories (i.e., the DOI model and the TOE framework) share similarities with the two characteristics of the TAM model: the perceived usefulness and the perceived ease of use.…”

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“…The authors noted that a lack of ICT knowledge and skills amongst employees is the most significant factor affecting the implementation of developed ICTs amongst small business firms [62]. Dassisti et al [43] argued that the efficient use of newly developed technologies requires some special skill sets that are developed over time through training to fully optimise all the benefits of ICTs, and most of the employees within the small business organisations lack these skills, which is seen as a major setback.…”

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Barriers to the Effective Integration of Developed ICT for SMEs in Rural NIGERIA

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This study investigated three key factors (technological-related, organisational-related and environmental-related barriers) affecting the adaptation to or integration of developed ICT. It also examined how SMEs in less developed countries can explore the different stages of developed ICT by moving from one stage to the other. The integration of ICT in SMEs is important as technologies have become competitive tools in contemporary business practices. This study is based on a survey of 322 Nigerian SMEs which was successfully validated using the SmartPLS3 software. The quantitative analysis centred on the three hypothesised barriers to measure the extent to which SMEs’ internal and external variables could limit their competitiveness in relation to business expansion and organisational growth. The analysis helped explain some of the critical challenges faced by rural SMEs in an emerging economy such as Nigeria despite the literature’s previous emphasis on the impacts of ICT on the SMEs’ growth and expansion. A major contribution of the study is the development of a distinct model to help SMEs identify the significance of developed ICT and propose a strategy for SMEs to navigate the stages of developed ICT.

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Barriers to the Effective Integration of Developed ICT for SMEs in Rural NIGERIA

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“…En México, el escenario se parece mucho a la descripción de Dassisti et al (2018): Las pymes tienden a sobreestimar la complejidad de las soluciones de la cuarta revolución industrial y a subestimar sus beneficios, principalmente porque creen que es una moda que no les conviene. Se vive un momento similar al inicio de la globalización en el sentido que algunos rechazaron dicho cambio, se declararon en contra, emergieron como globalifóbicos, pero, la evolución de la tecnología en particular la tecnología de información (ti) e Internet acercaron al mundo y sus actores, un cambio irreversible que se ha potenciado con el desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías que en conjunto hoy son parte de este nuevo paradigma denominado, cuarta revolución industrial y que cada día se consolida e impacta diversos ámbitos de la sociedad y las empresas.…”

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The labor market in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, profile of the professional worker of administrative sciences: competences and abilities

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Rivas²,

Mendoza³

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La cuarta revolución industrial es un escenario cambiante, donde la tecnología y el conocimiento amplían su cobertura en la operación de las empresas, por ende, se requiere capital humano capaz de construir soluciones para conducir y mantener a la empresa en la competitividad. Pero, ¿qué perfil de capital humano se requiere para satisfacer las demandas del actual mercado laboral que cada día se vuelve más digital e inteligente? Para determinarlo, se realizó un estudio exploratorio en bolsas de trabajo digitales. Los resultados muestran que se requieren profesionistas capaces de aplicar big data como herramienta de tratamiento de datos e información, participar en el diseño de modelos de negocio y nuevos métodos de crear valor, contabilidad con blockchain, administración digital de los ingresos y adoptar Internet en el proceso de toma de decisión. Un desempeño soportado en inteligencia artificial. Un perfil enfocado en liderar empresas inteligentes. En tal sentido, se infiere que es preciso modificar y/o actualizar los planes de estudio con el fin de que se formen los profesionales que demanda el mercado laboral en la cuarta revolución industrial. Palabras clave: descripción de puesto, vacantes, candidato adecuado.

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“…An example of a traditional manual task is painting fastener heads, where a low cost approach has been demonstrated using a specialised robot tool head and machine vision [11]. Additional research has focused on providing knowledge resources to workers, such as augmented reality assisted systems [12] and the use of RFID to track progress of a part through a sequence of assembly processes [13]. Digitally enabled smart tools, like a low cost gap measurement microscope [14] offer new ways for workers to measure quality outcomes in assembly operations.…”

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Data Capture and Visualisation on a Shoestring: Demonstrating the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project

McNally

Chaplin

Martínez-Arellano

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IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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The adoption of digital manufacturing in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector in the UK is low, yet these technologies offer significant promise to boost productivity. Two major causes of this lack of uptake is the high upfront cost of digital technologies, and the skill gap preventing understanding and implementation. This paper describes a common approach to data capture and visualisation that is cheap and simple. Cheap through the utilisation of low cost and readily available consumer technologies, and simple through the pre-defined flexible approaches that require a minimum of configuration. This approach was implemented on three demonstrators to showcase the flexibility of the approach. These were a tool condition monitoring system, a job and machine status monitor, and a robotic process monitor. The development process resulted in a software architecture where processes were separated and communicated by message queues. We conclude that a service oriented architecture would be the best system for carrying forward the development process. This research was conducted as part of the wider EPSRC Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring project.

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An approach to support I4.0 adoption in SMEs: a core-metamodel and applications

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Barriers to the Effective Integration of Developed ICT for SMEs in Rural NIGERIA

Barriers to the Effective Integration of Developed ICT for SMEs in Rural NIGERIA

The labor market in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, profile of the professional worker of administrative sciences: competences and abilities

Data Capture and Visualisation on a Shoestring: Demonstrating the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project

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