On the way to a smart factory for single-family wooden house builders in Sweden

Vestin, Alexander; Säfsten, Kristina; Löfving, Malin

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.06.129

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“…They may thus not be mentioned as components of Industry 4.0. This further confirms that the single-family wooden house industry is beginning its transformation at a different level than several other industrial sectors (Eliasson, 2011; Vestin et al , 2018).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

“…Challenges in adapting to the components of Industry 4.0 have been identified in the single-family wooden house industry (Vestin et al , 2018; Popovic et al , 2019). Some of the reported challenges related to the culture and degree of willingness to adopt modern technology and working methods, to staff competence and to the manual transfer of information between systems.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At the same time, the single-family wooden house industry needs to innovate and improve its productivity, to meet future building demand (Boverket, 2016; Brege et al , 2017; Hemström et al , 2017; Palmgren et al , 2017). The single-family wooden house industry has historically been slow to engage in activities to increase its productivity, compared to other industries, and the industry is now falling behind in the use of machinery and automation equipment (Eliasson, 2011; Vestin et al , 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Single-family wooden house companies are slowly becoming industrialized (Vestin et al , 2018; Popovic et al , 2019). Yet, onsite craftsmanship methods are still used, to a large extent, in today’s single-family wooden house industry – even though the houses are usually built in a factory environment (Eliasson, 2011; Vestin et al , 2018). The current problem is that several practices from the onsite way of working are still dominant and productivity is low.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Smart factories for single-family wooden houses – a practitioner’s perspective

Vestin

Säfsten

Löfving

2020

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Purpose The meaning of Industry 4.0 has started to be outlined for the construction industry, but there is still limited knowledge on the implications for the single-family wooden house building industry. The purpose of this paper is to expand the understanding of what the fourth industrial revolution implies for the single-family wooden house industry. The paper contributes with practitioners’ view of the content and meaning of a smart single-family wooden house factory. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory multiple case study was carried out at two Swedish single-family wooden house builders, combined with a traditional literature review. Findings As a result of a multiple case studies, the content and meaning of a smart single-family wooden house factory was elaborated on. In total, 15 components of a smart single-family wooden house factory were identified, of which 8 corresponded to the components of Industry 4.0 as described in other sectors. Research limitations/implications The study can be expanded to also include multi-family wooden house builders and other branches of the offsite wooden building industry. Practical implications Managers in the house-building industry who want to improve and strive for a smart single-family wooden house factory can learn from this study, get an insight of what other companies consider as important and how it relates to Industry 4.0. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is a first attempt to understand what Industry 4.0 mean and how it can be accomplished for the single-family wooden house offsite manufacturing industry.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Smart factories for single-family wooden houses – a practitioner’s perspective

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2020

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“…Smart manufacturing saves time in the inner organizational order flow (Guo et al, 2019) and equally reduces delivery time due to just-in-time planning (Xia et al, 2021). Realized economies of scale reduce costs and increase business competitiveness (Vestin et al, 2018).…”

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Information and communication integration in smart factory design

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Kniežová

2022

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Strategic smart factory design is essential to utilize Industry 4.0 technologies in production environments effectively. Although a series of earlier reviews in the context of smart manufacturing have been published, so far none addresses smart factory design, i. e. the planning and operation of smart factories. This review provides an overview of recent research in the field by systematizing opportunities, risks and success factors of smart factory design as available from recent empirical studies (2018-2022). Businesses are informed how smart factory design should be approached and implemented to realize cost advantages and increase competitiveness. Academic research benefits of a classification of relevant issues and open research fields are outlined.

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