Industry 4.0 and Decision Making

Abstract

Industry 4.0 is an ubiquitous term that suggests significant impacts on the productivity and flexibility of production systems. But to what extent do the various technologies associated with Industry 4.0 contribute to enhance autonomy of operational teams by helping them make better and faster decisions, particularly in the context of Lean production system? This paper proposes a model of different types of autonomy in the decision-making process, depending on whether or not the steps in the decision-making process are enhanced by technologies. This model will be tested afterwards in a use case implemented in a learning factory offering Lean management training before being tested in a real production unit.

Enhancing the Decision-Making Process through Industry 4.0 Technologies

“…A first version of the questionnaire was structured around the enhancement by Industry 4.0 technologies of the decision-making 4.0 model in an operational context (see Figure 1) proposed by Rosin et al [87].…”

“…A first version of the questionnaire was structured around the enhancement b Industry 4.0 technologies of the decision-making 4.0 model in an operational context (se Figure 1) proposed by Rosin et al [87]. The ten technology groups (see Figure 2) proposed by Danjou et al [27] were selecte to classify Industry 4.0 technologies.…”

“…Indeed, the authors have taken up and enriched th classification of Rüßmann et al [10], already very widely cited. In addition, similar to ou approach [72,87], they proposed an Industry 4.0 technology deployment model that build on the levels of capacity (monitoring, control, optimization, and autonomy) formulate by Porter et al [88]. The ten technology groups (see Figure 2) proposed by Danjou et al [27] were selected to classify Industry 4.0 technologies.…”