2019
DOI: 10.1007/s40812-019-00119-9
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Fourth industrial revolution concepts in the automotive sector: performativity, work and employment

Abstract: In order to assess the possibility for a digital manufacturing revolution to take place in the automotive sector, the article reviews the historical evolution of automotive manufacturing technologies and organisations and analyses the impact on "fourth industrial revolution" concepts on their current transformations, taking into account in particular their consequences for employment and work. It shows that previous attempts of automating final assembly have failed because human based teamwork organizations ha… Show more

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“…As industry is the part of economy, considering economic criteria is needed for I4.0 development [16]. From a policy point of view, utilizing significant policies are needed for public funding and private investment in a technological industry and society [41]. The social and environmental requirements are the main factors of the sustainability which should be considered in I4.0 development to create sustainable value.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As industry is the part of economy, considering economic criteria is needed for I4.0 development [16]. From a policy point of view, utilizing significant policies are needed for public funding and private investment in a technological industry and society [41]. The social and environmental requirements are the main factors of the sustainability which should be considered in I4.0 development to create sustainable value.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most recent contributions have highlighted how the visions representing the impact of these technologies as 'disruptive' were largely overestimated and underlined the performative and rhetoric rather than the technical attributes of concepts such as 'Industry 4.0', 'digital revolution' etc., which currently represent more strategic-national-based plans (mainly for Germany, China and the U.S.) rather than actual trends of adoption (Pardi et al, 2020). Especially in the automotive sector, the human-based component inside factories still remains unavoidable (Pfeiffer, 2016), while the impact of new technologies appears so far to be limited and the prospects for future deployment unclear (Pardi, 2019).…”
Section: Theoretical Background: Lean Production and Industry 40mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the assembly phase the digitalisation of the production flow and the interconnection of machinery and equipment constitute the main innovation (Krzywdzinski, 2021;Cirillo, 2021). For this reason, although far from complete human replacement, new technologies exert significant influence on the work process (Pardi, 2019).…”
Section: Theoretical Background: Lean Production and Industry 40mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pardi [8] reviewed the evolution of automotive manufacturing technologies and organizations, and analyzed the impact of "4 th industrial revolution" concepts on their current transformations for employment and work, to assess the potential of digital manufacturing revolution (Industry 4.0) in automation sector.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%