Opportunities and Challenges of Embracing Smart Factory in South Africa

Pradhan, Anup; Agwa-Ejon, J. F.

doi:10.23919/picmet.2018.8481968

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“…Developing countries are faced with a critical shortage of professionals with the required Industry 4.0 skills set [13]. This makes it necessary to investigate closely the essential requirements for the skills in this digital economy, and to determine how these skills can be developed and incorporated into existing educational structures.…”

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An Investigation of Industry 4.0 Skills Requirements

Maisiri

Darwish

Dyk

2019

SAJIE

108

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The Industry 4.0 wave is built on technological advancement that is bringing about significant change. The impact of Industry 4.0 is being felt across all industries, including the education sector. During the 2019 State of the Nation address, the President of South Africa pointed out that the government was seeking to respond to the change in skills requirements. In this paper, a systematic literature review will be performed to investigate Industry 4.0 skills requirements in the engineering profession and the role of capability development in meeting Industry 4.0 requirements. An exploration of the impact of Industry 4.0 on technical institutions as opposed to academic institutions will also be discussed. This paper incorporates this exploratory investigation into detailed research on developing a skills development framework that seeks to bridge the gap between Industry 4.0 skills requirements and development in South Africa.

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confidence: 99%

An Investigation of Industry 4.0 Skills Requirements

Maisiri

Darwish

Dyk

2019

SAJIE

108

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“…In this regard, privacy issues are identified as a risk factor with I4.0 (Mora Sanchez, 2019;Pradhan and Agwa-Ejon, 2018). Revealing the mistakes, current status and health data of employees may go against their interests and lead to resistance to the use of technology in work environment (Kaasinen et al, 2019;Zimmermann et al, 2019).…”

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“…With the introduction of I4.0 technologies, new technical and soft skills will be required (Pejic-Bach et al, 2020;Schallock et al, 2018;Whysall et al, 2019). Technical skills include data analysis, data modelling, knowledge about cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things and robotised production, among others (Kumar et al, 2019;Pejic-Bach et al, 2020;Pradhan and Agwa-Ejon, 2018;Xing et al, 2019). Soft skills include the capacity of problem-solving, teamwork, proposing and implementing changes, adaptation and collaboration (Pejic-Bach et al, 2020;Schallock et al, 2018).…”

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“…The extensive collection of data from sensors, machines, devices and people creates the means to achieve transparency of information in production systems. Access to real-time information is possible, not only for the status of the machines but also that of employees (Pradhan and Agwa-Ejon, 2018). Different technologies contribute (Birkel et al, 2019;Zimmermann et al, 2019).…”

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“…To enhance safety robots might replace humans in, say, extreme work environments and physically demanding activities (Mora Sanchez, 2019). Other strong candidates for automation include repetitive tasks as this allows higher quality and production stability (Birkel et al, 2019;Pradhan and Agwa-Ejon, 2018). Various publications refer to employee fears that I4.0 technologies will take away their jobs (Eimontaite et al, 2019;Hahm, 2018;Horv ath and Szab o, 2019;Klumpp et al, 2019;Le Grand and Deneckere, 2019;Mora Sanchez, 2019;Pradhan and Agwa-Ejon, 2018).…”

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Dealing with resistance to the use of Industry 4.0 technologies in production disturbance management

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Ylipää

Gullander

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PurposeResistance is expected to emerge with the implementation and use of new technologies in production systems. This work focuses on identifying sources of resistance to the use of Industry 4.0 technologies when managing production disturbances and suitable managerial approaches to deal with them.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach was chosen in this research. The authors conducted a literature review and a series of interviews. Thirty-one papers from the literature review were analysed, and 16 people from five different companies were interviewed.FindingsThe authors identified five different sources of resistance and three managerial approaches to dealing with them. The sources of resistance were based on (1) feelings of over-supervision, (2) unclear values, (3) feelings of inadequacy, (4) concerns about loss of power and jobs and (5) work overload. The three approaches to dealing with resistance are (1) communication, (2) participation and (3) training.Originality/valueThis work identifies the sources and strategies to deal with resistance to the use of Industry 4.0 technologies in the management of production disturbances. The managerial literature in this area is limited, and to the authors's knowledge, the specific sources for resistance and strategies to deal with that in this topic have not been systematically investigated before.

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