Industry 4.0 Readiness Assessment

Bernhard Axmann,Harmoko Harmoko

doi:10.31803/tg-20200523195016

Abstract

This research aims to establish an assessment tool for assessing the readiness of small and medium enterprises (SME) in industry 4.0. The assessment of the current and future status is crucial for companies to decide on the right strategy and actions on the road to a digital company. First will be compared existing tools such as: IMPULS (VDMA), PwC and Uni-Warwick. On that basis, a tool for SME will be introduce. The tool has 12 categories: data sharing, data storage, data quality, data processing, product design and development, smart material planning, smart production, smart maintenance, smart logistic, IT security, machines readiness and communication between machines. Those categories are grouped into three: data, software and hardware. Each category has five levels of readiness (from 1 to 5), with particular criteria that refer to literature studies and expert’s opinion.

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Several assessment tools have been created by researchers from university, consultant company, and government institution
The tools can help companies to measure, how ready they are in facing industry 4.0
Each assessment tool has different dimensions of measurement, it depends on the focus and object of research

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Several assessment tools have been created by researchers from university, consultant company, and government institution. The tools can help companies to measure, how ready they are in facing industry 4.0. Each assessment tool has different dimensions of measurement, it depends on the focus and object of research. With the new assessment tool, SME can assess their current position and determine step or future target in industry 4.0. Start to develop of manual maintenance planning. The using of sensors for monitoring critical components and introduction of KPI. IV data and for maintenance planning (predictive maintenance). Connecting the maintenance software with the ERP software.

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