An ISM approach for the barrier analysis in implementing Industry 4.0 practices: Egyptian enterprises

Sahar Elbarky and Sarah Elgamal

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, 2023, vol. 16, issue 4, 337-364

Abstract: The aim of this research is to identify and model critical barriers to Industry 4.0 technology practices as a tool for sustainable supply chain in Egyptian enterprises. The opinions and perceptions of 159 enterprises' managers were surveyed, in which 18 critical barriers were identified using the questionnaire. By applying the ISM tool, the ranks and the degree of influence of each barrier for each technique of industry were achieved. It was observed that cost and lack of financial resources and fund programs always comes in the first rank, which means it is the most influencing barrier among all other barriers. The main implication of this research is providing a roadmap to decision-makers to facilitate Industry 4.0 implementation in a number of ways in Egyptian SMEs in various sectors.

Keywords: Industry 4.0; sustainable supply chain; barriers; ISM approach. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=133859 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijisma:v:16:y:2023:i:4:p:337-364

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Integrated Supply Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().