Abstract
The fourth industrial revolution (I4.0) is expected to increase quality, efficiency, availability, sustainability, the reduction of costs, the demand for energy and environment, and mainly increase the level of occupational health and safety (OHS). New procedures or paradigms of this revolution deflect from already used standards and create an assumption for building the exceptionality of organizations. The main idea of the performed research was to assess how managers in the Slovak industry perceive the readiness of organizations for the implementation of I4.0. The aim of this study, applied in 53 companies, was to assess two areas: the integration level of complex safety into management systems; and the impact of digitalization on OHS. The applied methodology was based on a modified EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) exceptionality model. Answers were transformed into numeric figures using a so-called spider web diagram. In the conclusion of this article, there are described interesting differences in the two mentioned areas based on the perception of both top management and the estimation of the readiness degree of the Slovak organizations for I4.0 concept.
Highlights
Most developed industrial countries have, in the last decade, been intensively dealing with the arrival of the so called fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 (I4.0). It is a concept based on such elements as the industrial internet of things, cyber-physical systems, artificial intelligence etc. It seems that the timely capture of the onset of the mentioned industrial revolution is, for particular industrially oriented countries, of essential significance, from the point of view of their competitiveness [1,2]
The questioning scheme stemmed from a partly modified model aimed at the company efficiency measurement EFQM [21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28], as the objective of the study was to verify the assumptions of Slovak companies for Industry 4.0 implementation
It provides a manual on how to use the selected tools, processes, or principles so that they synergistically complement each other in order to ensure sustainable development of the organization and increase its profit
Summary
Most developed industrial countries have, in the last decade, been intensively dealing with the arrival of the so called fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 (I4.0) It is a concept based on such elements as the industrial internet of things, cyber-physical systems, artificial intelligence etc. In Slovakia, which is industrially oriented, this issue is dealt with by numerous experts from practice, academicians, and often, by politicians too. They come with various opinions, views, knowledge, and determination to implement Industry 4.0 into various areas of Slovak industry. What was interesting was that compared to 2017, 2018 increased the number of companies stated to deal with I4.0 by 14%
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