Industry 4.0 and the SME: a technology-focused review of the empirical literature

Alexandre Moeuf, Samir Lamouri (), Robert Pellerin (), Romain Eburdy () and Simon Tamayo ()
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Alexandre Moeuf: QUARTZ - Laboratoire QUARTZ - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - ENSEA - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications - SUPMECA - SUPMECA - Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris - EISTI - Ecole Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de l'Information
Samir Lamouri: Arts et Métiers ParisTech - HESAM - HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université
Robert Pellerin: EPM - École Polytechnique de Montréal
Simon Tamayo: Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, CAOR - Centre de Robotique - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

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Abstract: The concept of Industry 4.0 has many advantages for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in relation to other industrial management methods such as Just-In-Time or MRPII. Its adoption can be achieved through the use of many technologies. However, these technologies are not well mastered by SMEs. In order to identify the difficulties encountered by SMEs, this article presents an analysis of the exploitation of the different means of realization of the industry 4.0. From a scientific literature review, we show disparities in the exploitation of different technological group. Among the important elements, we note a sub-consideration of the data generated as a source of added value for SMEs, an under-exploitation of certain means of realization and a lack of expertise in SMEs that slows penetration of certain technological groups. The exploitation of the different technologies is often approached individually and targeted, which leads us to conclude that the concept of industry 4.0 is not approached from the angle of industrial management strategy.

Keywords: SME; Industry 40; Production Planning and Control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-10-11
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Published in 7th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management IESM, Oct 2017, Saarbrücken, Germany

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