Big Challenges of Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Industry 4.0

Abstract

In the paper, the problems of small manufacturing enterprises, which limit the pace of their development in the face of the current trend in the development of digital technologies were considered. The analysis of information solutions of world leaders involved in the development of Industry 4.0 in the field of open application development is presented. The development trends of Industry 4.0 for small enterprises are described. As a greater homogenization of information technology and software in various small manufacturing enterprises, it is proposed to use the approach developed in JavaMach Cluster, which based on a modular ERP system. A userfriendly interface that allows access to the internal databases of such manufactures is presented to create more homogeneous information technology and software for small machinery manufacturing enterprises. Justified assessment of the effectiveness of the graphical interface connected to the databases of small machinery manufacturing enterprises. The issues related to the formation of unified information flows in the workspace of the modern sector of the economy of small manufacturing enterprises. The basic principles of creating and using non-dissonant databases of such enterprises in the formation of virtual companies are identified. Using the example of an included in the ERP-system module of rolled metal choice, we demonstrated a way to solve the problems of small machinery manufacturing enterprises under the development of Industry 4.0.