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SMEs in Failed Transition Towards Industry 4.0: A case study of a Czech SME

PFEIFER, M.R.

Originální název

SMEs in Failed Transition Towards Industry 4.0: A case study of a Czech SME

Typ

článek v časopise - ostatní, Jost

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

With upcoming new smart technologies, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have to deal with the implementation of industry 4.0 and smart principles. Being known for their constraints in human, technical, and financial resources, SMEs may struggle in the transition phase during introducing industry 4.0. A case study from the Czech Republic should shed some light on the opportunities and issues of the introduction of industry 4.0 in an SME in practice. With an initial plan to target the introduction of industry 4.0 in six steps, the company and its transition project had been overseen in the course of four years, in which the company was able to achieve the first steps of the project successfully. However, the core of industry 4.0 principles was overthrown due to missing expertise and resources. Sum-up meetings and expert interviews in the company created the picture that the company and its workers did not fully understand the core of industry 4.0 due to this missing expertise. This company overrated its abilities, and as a result, the company confirmed that the self-set initial project was out of its research and out of its interest. This paper suggests that SMEs do not only struggle with the resources, but also with the expertise and the management support in terms of difficulties concerning new technologies. With the threat to go into a failed transition, SMEs may need to acquire external expertise in order to be prepared for the upcoming challenges.

Klíčová slova

Industry 4.0, Case study, Czech Republic, Transition, Failure, Smart

Autoři

PFEIFER, M.R.

Vydáno

28. 10. 2021

Nakladatel

IBIMA Publishing

Místo

Pennsylvania, United States of America

ISSN

2166-0743

Periodikum

Journal of Innovation and Business Best Practice

Ročník

2021

Číslo

1

Stát

Spojené státy americké

Strany od

1

Strany do

16

Strany počet

16

URL

https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JIBBP/2021/707843/

Plný text v Digitální knihovně

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/203083

BibTex

@article{BUT173236,
  author="Marcel Rolf {Pfeifer}",
  title="SMEs in Failed Transition Towards Industry 4.0: A case study of a Czech SME",
  journal="Journal of Innovation and Business Best Practice",
  year="2021",
  volume="2021",
  number="1",
  pages="1--16",
  doi="10.5171/2021.707843",
  issn="2166-0743",
  url="https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JIBBP/2021/707843/"
}