Tracking the Maturity of Industry 4.0: The Perspective of a Real Scenario

Abstract

In order to track industry 4.0 status, readiness models can be used to analyze the state of indus-try 4.0 technologies’ implementation allowing the quantification and qualification of its readiness level, focusing on different dimensions. To this matter, there are companies unable to relate the industry 4.0 with their business models, leading to a lack of a correct self-assess in order to understand the reached readiness level. Not all companies are adopting these new technologies with the same ease and with the same pace. Into this purpose, it is important to understand how to assess the industry 4.0’ readiness so far and what are the barriers on the adoption of these enabling technologies by the industry. This paper aims to assess the industry 4.0’ readiness level of companies, understand the perception of companies due to the barriers on the adoption of industry 4.0 enabling technologies and bring new barriers for discussion on academic community. To this end, empirical data was collected on a sample of 15 companies belonging to an important industrial cluster in Portugal.

Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) Readiness Among Industry Players: A Systematic Literature Review

“…IR4.0 readiness model related Empirical data, method, readiness insight, factors [58], [19], [59], [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [65] Funding related Policy, requirements [66], [15], [59], [31] Self-assessment related Reason, method, benefit [17], [16], [62], [60], [61], [67] Training related Demand skills, benefit, barrier [68], [18], [69], [15], [70], [71], [72], [24], [50]…”

“…The author designed survey questionnaires tabled in Google documents and distributed to Malaysian SMEs via email and face to face approach. The IMPULS model is an example of how to measure the IR4.0 readiness with six dimensions (strategy and organization, smart factory, smart operations, smart products, datadriven services, and employees) [62], with each dimension has several sub-dimensions that describe the measurement in detail, hence the organizational readiness can be explained by six levels starting from level 0 (beginner level) to level 5 (high performance level).…”

The Forgotten Component in the Development Process of Industry 4.0: Cyber Security

“…Simülasyon, zaman içinde bir sistemin veya gerçek dünyadaki bir işlemin taklit edilmesi olarak da tanımlanır. Bir sistemin yapay tarihini ve gözlemini kullanarak gerçek sistemin temsilinin operasyonel özellikleri üzerinde çıkarımlar çizer [9].…”

“…Simülasyon ve modelleme teknikleri sayesinde sanal ortamda test edilen üretim süreci, gerçek dünyada daha verimli ve az hata ile gerçekleşmektedir. Simülasyon modellemesi, maliyet ve geliştirme döngülerini azaltmaya ve ürün kalitesini artırmaya yardımcı olur [9].…”

“…Bulut teknolojisi, herhangi bir kurulum gerektirmeyen, web tabanlı uygulamalarla operasyonel kolaylık sağlayan en basit çevrimiçi depolama hizmetidir [13]. Ulusal Standartlar ve Teknoloji Enstitüsü'nün (NIST) tavsiyelerine göre, ideal bir bulutun beş özelliği olmalıdır: isteğe bağlı kendi kendine hizmet, geniş ağ erişimi, ortak kaynak havuzu, çabukluk ve esneklik, ölçülebilir hizmet [9]. Bulut bilişim teknolojisi ile büyük verilerin internet üzerinde depolanması ve kolaylıkla bu verilere erişilmesi mümkün kılınmıştır.…”