Journal
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
Volume 29, Issue 12, Pages 1030-1043Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2018.1503355
Keywords
Industry 4; 0; maturity assessment; defence sector
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Firms do not currently fully appreciate the complex characteristics of Industry 4.0 and as a result are uncertain about what it represents for them. In this study, an assessment model is developed to measure the level of implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies, around three dimensions: Factory of the Future', People and Culture', and Strategy'. The Factory of the Future' is the main dimension and is composed of eight attributes: Additive Manufacturing, Cloud, Manufacturing Execution System, Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems, Big Data, Sensors, e-Value Chains, and Autonomous Robots. The study uses a defence manufacturing firm to develop, test and validate the model and report on 12 partners. We concluded that the focal firm has an Industry 4.0 maturity level of 59.35, above the sector average of 55.58. This research contributes by empirically developing a model and providing an analysis of major firms in the Defence supply network.
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