Manufacturing strategy 4.0: a framework to usher towards industry 4.0 implementation for digital transformation
Industrial Management & Data Systems
ISSN: 0263-5577
Article publication date: 1 November 2022
Issue publication date: 3 February 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The role of industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies for organizations to achieve a competitive advantage and mitigate disruptive emergency situations are well exhibited in literature. However, more light needs to be thrown into implementing I4.0 technologies to digitally transform organizations. This paper introduces a novel framework for formulating manufacturing strategy 4.0 (MS 4.0) that guides organizations to implement I4.0 successfully.
Design/methodology/approach
The experts working in I4.0 and technology management domains were interviewed to determine the definition, role and process for formulating MS 4.0. Text mining using VOSViewer© is performed on the experts' opinions to determine the key terms from the opinions through keyword analysis. The identified key terms are mapped together using the existing traditional manufacturing strategy formulation framework to develop the MS 4.0 framework. Finally, the proposed MS 4.0 framework is validated through a triangulation approach.
Findings
This study captured the role, definition and process to formulate MS 4.0 and proposed a framework to help practitioners implement I4.0 at manufacturing organizations to achieve competitiveness during normal and emergency situations.
Research limitations/implications
The proposed MS 4.0 framework can assist industry practitioners in formulating the strategy for implementing the I4.0 technology/gies to digitally transform their manufacturing firm to retain the maximum manufacturing output and become market competent in normal and emergency situations.
Originality/value
This study is the first of its kind in the body of knowledge to formulate a digital transformation strategy, i.e. MS 4.0, to implement I4.0 technologies through a manufacturing strategic lens.
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Acknowledgements
The authors express their sincerest gratitude to the anonymous reviewers, guest editors and EIC for their constant feedback on the improvement of the manuscript. The authors are immensely grateful to the experts for their continuous suggestions and active involvement that makes this work complete. Finally, the authors appreciate the support provided by the Digital Manufacturing Lab (DML), NITIE, Mumbai, for providing the facility to conduct this research.
Citation
Dohale, V., Verma, P., Gunasekaran, A. and Akarte, M. (2023), "Manufacturing strategy 4.0: a framework to usher towards industry 4.0 implementation for digital transformation", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 123 No. 1, pp. 10-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-12-2021-0790
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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