The integration of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the concept Industry
4.0 represents one of its main challenges, as they play a vital part in industrial value chains …

Considering the worldwide evolutionary stage of Industry 4.0, this study wants to fill in a lack
of information and decision-making, trying to answer a question about the level of …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the existing models in the literature and analyze
whether they are suited for the SMEs' needs, as well as to propose the development of a …

Industry 4.0 has attracted the attention of manufacturing companies over the past ten years.
Despite efforts in research and knowledge transfer from research to practice, the introduction …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how digital technologies trigger changes in
the business process of manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how much the Italian manufacturing
companies are ready to be concretely involved in the so-called “Industry 4.0”(I4. 0) journey …

Abstract The Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) paradigm is considered one of the most trending topics in
the academic and industrial context, that involves emerging technologies that can make the …

The Industry 4.0 era has resulted in several opportunities and challenges for the
manufacturing industry and for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME); technologies …

Technological and scientific advances set out the expanding of new opportunities for
intelligent industries. The concept of Industry 4.0 is observed by expert groups as an …

Industry 4.0 provides new paradigms for the industrial management of SMEs. Supported by
a growing number of new technologies, this concept appears more flexible and less …