Edited book
Industry 4.0 for SMEs: Challenges, Opportunities and Requirements
Palgrave Macmillan
2020
Abstract
This open access book explores the concept of Industry 4.0, which presents a considerable challenge for the production and service sectors. While digitization initiatives are usually integrated into the central corporate strategy of larger companies, smaller firms often have problems putting Industry 4.0 paradigms into practice. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) possess neither the human nor financial resources to systematically investigate the potential and risks of introducing Industry 4.0. Addressing this obstacle, the international team of authors focuses on the development of smart manufacturing concepts, logistics solutions and managerial models specifically for SMEs. Aiming to provide methodological frameworks and pilot solutions for SMEs during their digital transformation, this innovative and timely book will be of great use to scholars researching technology management, digitization and small business, as well as practitioners within manufacturing companies. [Book Synopsis]
Details
- Title
- Industry 4.0 for SMEs: Challenges, Opportunities and Requirements
- Authors
- Dominik T Matt (Editor) - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, ItalyVladimir Modrak (Editor) - Technical University of Kosice, SlovakiaHelmut Zsifkovits (Editor) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-25425-4
- ISBN
- 9783030254247
- Copyright note
- Copyright © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2020. This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451608002621
- Output Type
- Edited book
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