Are Slovenian Manufacturing Companies Ready for Industry 4.0?

Abstract

This paper focuses on the diffusion of digital technologies in Slovenian manufacturing companies with respect to the concept of Industry 4.0. We present an Industry 4.0 readiness index and assess the Industry 4.0 readiness of Slovenian manufacturing companies. This index focuses on the use of selected digital technologies and their distribution within specific technology fields. The results are based on a sample of 141 Slovenian manufacturing companies whose data was collected as part of the latest edition of the European Manufacturing Survey 2022. The results show that the use of included digital technologies differs between companies and that the majority of manufacturing companies is still far away from the highest Industry 4.0 readiness levels.