Implementing Industry 4.0 : a technological readiness perspective

P. Samaranayake, K. Ramanathan, T. Laosirihongthong

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Abstract

![CDATA[This paper identifies the relative importance of key enabling factors for implementing industry 4.0 from a technological readiness perspective. The research involves the identification of enabling factors, their categorization into technological readiness dimensions, followed by the determination of the relative importance of both technological readiness dimensions and key objective measures. The results show a strong relationship between technological readiness and design principles of Industry 4.0. The findings suggest that process-related objectives are more important than economic-related and environmentalrelated objectives when implementing industry 4.0. The results also show that “the knowledge of humans in technology and how to leverage it” and “improving the ability of machines and devices in connecting to the internet” are the most important factors for achieving all objective measures. Practitioners can use the apparent relationship between process related objectives and key technological dimensions for setting appropriate strategies and policies when moving towards Industry 4.0.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 10-13, December 2017, Singapore
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781538609477
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management -
Duration: 10 Dec 2017 → …

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Period10/12/17 → …

Keywords

  • industries
  • technological innovations

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