“…Existing studies in I4.0 (e.g., Wamba et al, 2018; Hussain et al, 2018; Mani et al, 2016; Sharma et al, 2021) have listed critical challenges in the following four business dimensions: Strategic, Technology, Legal and Ethical, and Organizational, further, regarding India’s foundry industry, Goswami et al (2022) mention that employee skill sets are essential for implementing I4.0 in foundry units. A study by Javaid and Khan (2021) mentions that integrating the foundry ecosystem with I4.0 technologies in SCM requires a more detailed investigation as the foundry ecosystem involves a batch production format.…”