After the first use of the Industry 4.0 label at the Hannover Fair in 2011, the interest for the
topic among managers and policy-makers has grown exponentially. Besides Germany …

Purpose: Industry 4.0 represents a special challenge for businesses in general and for
SMEs in particular. The study at hand will examine companies awareness, readiness and …

Purpose Industry 4.0 is assumed to yield extensive industry-spanning opportunities.
However, exploiting these opportunities requires a targeted implementation of Industry 4.0 …

Despite the potential of Industry 4.0 and the increasing interest from the manufacturing
industry, the adoption of Industry 4.0 is still lacking behind in SMEs in the manufacturing …

Since the term Industry 4.0 was first mentioned at the Hannover Messe in 2011 (BMBF
2012), 10 years have passed. The accompanying Fourth Industrial Revolution has almost …

Abstract Industry 4.0, an initiative from Germany, has become a globally adopted term in the
past decade. Many countries have introduced similar strategic initiatives, and a considerable …

SMEs have important role in the German economy, because of their number and because of
the large share of the workforce involved. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) …

This open access book addresses the practical challenges that Industry 4.0 presents for
SMEs. While large companies are already responding to the changes resulting from the …

Literature mentions a number of challenges faced by industrial enterprises trying to
implement Industrie 4.0. The study presented in this paper shows that not all challenges are …

Abstract Industry 4.0, known as the fourth technological transformation towards digital-
physical systems in manufacturing, creates a disruptive impact on industries. Manufacturing …