Development of a localized production model for the automotive industry, built into the concept of industry 4.0 in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Awadh Aljuaid (), Syed Athar Masood, Javed Ahmed Khan Tipu and Imran Shah
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Abdullah Awadh Aljuaid: International Islamic University
Syed Athar Masood: International Islamic University
Javed Ahmed Khan Tipu: International Islamic University
Imran Shah: National University of Science and Technology

Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 2023, vol. 4, issue 13 (124), 101-113

Abstract: Saudi Arabia vision-2030 is mainly focused on industrialization to reduce reliance on oil revenue. Localized Manufacturing (LM) concept, which has gained its importance worldwide in this fast-changing technological world to meet customers’ unique needs of 21st century. Now-a-days, manufacturing industry is shifting from standard product development to customized product development keeping in view the growing unique customer-’s needs. The research objective of this research was to maximize LM Application in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to meet unique customers’ needs. Automobile industry was selected to apply Industry 4.0 technologies i.e., 3D Printing/Additive manufacturing. The specifications, fulfilling the customer’s unique needs have been incorporated to manufacture the desired part by 3D printing/additive manufacturing. Data was collected from Saudi automobiles customers regarding their unique needs on a particular automobile part. Using the Product Design and Development methodology by Ulrich et al data was collected, analysed and as a result of data analysis, a model for maximization of localized manufacturing was developed for implementation of LM technique. Results shows that using Industry 4.0 concept, customers’ unique needs can be satisfied and fulfilled in less time and it will be more economical as compared to standard/conventional manufacturing/production methods. Based on the results of this research a model for maximization of localized manufacturing is developed utilizing Industry 4.0 technique

Keywords: Localized Manufacturing; Industry 4.0; Saudi Arabia Auto Industry; Automotive Spare Parts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.15587/1729-4061.2023.282297

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