Assessing Industry 4.0 readiness in manufacturing: Evidence for the European Union
I Castelo-Branco, F Cruz-Jesus, T Oliveira - Computers in Industry, 2019 - Elsevier
Industry 4.0 is a concept that represents the adoption by industrial companies of techniques
and processes allowed by digitization, cloud computing, the internet of things and big data to
gain competitive advantages in domestic and global markets. Measuring how the
manufacturing sector is adopting Industry 4.0 is challenging, given that there is not a closed
definition of the term and that the collection of information is not specifically directed to
Industry 4.0 concepts. Recognizing these difficulties, the present study measures the …
and processes allowed by digitization, cloud computing, the internet of things and big data to
gain competitive advantages in domestic and global markets. Measuring how the
manufacturing sector is adopting Industry 4.0 is challenging, given that there is not a closed
definition of the term and that the collection of information is not specifically directed to
Industry 4.0 concepts. Recognizing these difficulties, the present study measures the …