A Managerial Roadmap Development For Industry 4.0-Based Smart Manufacturing Enterprise Cross-Sector Study In Turkey
Creators: name: Gajo, Atheer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Industry 4.0
Smart factory (SF)
Smart Factory Technologies
Smart Factory Capabilities
Smart Factory Requirements
Smart Factory Business model
Framework
Maturity model
Smart Factory Roadmap

description: Digitalization and smartness surround us, ICT becomes an integral part of enterprises and human lifestyle and penetrates all aspects of life. Thus, the fourth industrial revolution dramatically reshapes technologies, business models, systems, structures, strategies, procedures, culture, industries, and competition conditions. In this context, enterprises face with a new set of requirements and are in need of conceptual frameworks, business models, assessment tools for measuring their maturity and readiness in multiple aspects, and roadmaps to guide them towards the smart factory.<br> To fill these literature gaps, this study first provides a comprehensive clustering of enabling technologies, design principles, features, key capabilities and requirements to cover knowledge availability, technological, managerial, organizational and human-related dimensions, based on a comprehensive literature review. Then, a business model and a multi-perspective conceptual framework for smart manufacturing organizations are developed. Afterwards, a multi-dimensional and weighted smart factory requirements maturity index is proposed and a practical assessment survey tool is developed, which are in compatibility with the requirements, business model and framework.<br> The field study is conducted via case study approach, and the assessment survey tool and the maturity index system developed is applied to investigate the current SF readiness and maturity in 8 case study companies operating in the Turkish automotive industry. The field study has shown the applicability and practicality of the survey tool and the scoring system developed to investigate the readiness and maturity levels of the enterprises. iii Findings show that 50% of surveyed companies suffer from immaturity and inability to meet the proposed SF's requirements, partially or completely, and positioned at the experienced-learner and intermediate levels. Remaining 50% of the surveyed companies demonstrated a significant maturity towards smart factories in particular individual dimensions, although they do not have full implementations and still expect to face with many hurdles in their smartness journey. When different dimensions are considered, it has been found that: a) knowledge availability regarding smart factories and industry 4.0 acceptably exists in the automotive sector, b) technological dimension showed lower readiness, and c) managerial, organizational and human-related dimensions appear sufficient for implementing and operating smart factories.<br> Based on the maturity analysis for the case companies, specific and individual suggestions are made to surveyed companies towards developing an integrated set of smart capabilities and meeting SF requirements. A generic roadmap to guide the enterprises in their smartness efforts is also provided.<br> Combined use of integrated and compatible set of requirements, business model, conceptual framework, maturity assessment and measurement tool, and the roadmap developed in this study facilitates a multidimensional and comprehensive view of the enterprises towards smooth transition to smart manufacturing organizations. Thus, the study offered an in-depth academic overview as a theoretical contribution and a practical systematic for enterprises seeking to adopt the smart factory.