Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?

Purpose: Industry 4.0 represents a special challenge for businesses in general and for SMEs in particular. The study at hand will examine companies´ awareness, readiness and capability to meet this challenge taking into account the special role of SMEs Design/methodology/approach: The results of nin...

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Author: Sommer, Lutz
Format: article
Publication Date:2015
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/84671
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/84671
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Automation
Production control--Automation
Small business
Industry 4.0
SME
Digitalization
Internet of things
Producció -- Automatització
Automatització
Empreses petites i mitjanes -- Automatització
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
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spelling Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?Sommer, LutzAutomationProduction control--AutomationSmall businessIndustry 4.0SMEDigitalizationAutomationInternet of thingsProducció -- AutomatitzacióAutomatitzacióEmpreses petites i mitjanes -- AutomatitzacióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacionsPurpose: Industry 4.0 represents a special challenge for businesses in general and for SMEs in particular. The study at hand will examine companies´ awareness, readiness and capability to meet this challenge taking into account the special role of SMEs Design/methodology/approach: The results of nine studies dealing with this range of topics are examined in the framework of a systematic review and compared with regard to the objective of the study at hand. Findings: The review showed that, as a rule, there is an awareness concerning the relevance of the topic. The readiness and the capability to meet this challenge existin parts; however, they strongly depend on the enterprise size. The smaller SMEs are, the higher the risk that they will become victims instead of beneficiaries of this revolution. Originality/value: Considering different studies concerning Industry 4.0 the article gives an insight into the dependence of the Industry 4.0 readiness in reference to the company size. This deepens the knowledge in adaption deficits German SME still have and opens different approaches for further research and action plans.Peer ReviewedOmniaScience20152015-12-0120162016-03-17journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/84671reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unportedhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/846712026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
title Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
spellingShingle Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
Sommer, Lutz
Automation
Production control--Automation
Small business
Industry 4.0
SME
Digitalization
Automation
Internet of things
Producció -- Automatització
Automatització
Empreses petites i mitjanes -- Automatització
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
title_short Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
title_full Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
title_fullStr Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
title_full_unstemmed Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
title_sort Industrial revolution - Industry 4.0: are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sommer, Lutz
author Sommer, Lutz
author_facet Sommer, Lutz
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Automation
Production control--Automation
Small business
Industry 4.0
SME
Digitalization
Automation
Internet of things
Producció -- Automatització
Automatització
Empreses petites i mitjanes -- Automatització
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
topic Automation
Production control--Automation
Small business
Industry 4.0
SME
Digitalization
Automation
Internet of things
Producció -- Automatització
Automatització
Empreses petites i mitjanes -- Automatització
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
description Purpose: Industry 4.0 represents a special challenge for businesses in general and for SMEs in particular. The study at hand will examine companies´ awareness, readiness and capability to meet this challenge taking into account the special role of SMEs Design/methodology/approach: The results of nine studies dealing with this range of topics are examined in the framework of a systematic review and compared with regard to the objective of the study at hand. Findings: The review showed that, as a rule, there is an awareness concerning the relevance of the topic. The readiness and the capability to meet this challenge existin parts; however, they strongly depend on the enterprise size. The smaller SMEs are, the higher the risk that they will become victims instead of beneficiaries of this revolution. Originality/value: Considering different studies concerning Industry 4.0 the article gives an insight into the dependence of the Industry 4.0 readiness in reference to the company size. This deepens the knowledge in adaption deficits German SME still have and opens different approaches for further research and action plans.
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