Ten years of Industry 4.0 adoption: external and internal perspective in a systemic model towards Industry 5.0

Michela Piccarozzi, Cecilia Silvestri, Fabrizio Rossi, Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska and Giuseppe Ioppolo

European Journal of Innovation Management, 2024, vol. 28, issue 6, 2630-2660

Abstract: PurposeThis study aims to provide a systemic and integrated view of how Industry 4.0 and its enabling technologies affect companies' internal and external environments. It offers a comprehensive view of the contribution about ten years after the start of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.Design/methodology/approachThe study performs a systematic literature review based on Industry 4.0 management literature. Analyzing the results of the 308 final papers in the sample made it possible to build a theoretical model to explain the contribution of Industry 4.0 to the internal and external environment of the company.FindingsThe results highlight the contribution of Industry 4.0 to the processes and environment of the company by providing a systemic and integrated view, highlighting the most applied enabling technologies and their internal, external, and combined usefulness in business processes.Research limitations/implicationsFinally, the paper provides a broad view of the Industry 4.0 topic ten years after its origin through an extensive literature analysis that allows us to highlight the significant studies and the areas still under-researched by researchers and opens the debate on the Industry 5.0 scenario.Originality/valueThe model makes it possible to appreciate the role of Industry 4.0 and its enabling technologies in companies in a broad and systemic view and to understand, from a managerial point of view, the interactions, synergies, and possibilities within processes and the reflection on the external environment.

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Enablers technologies; Tools; Internal and external environment; Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-12-2023-1099

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