Smart production becomes the norm in a world where intelligent ICT-based machines, systems and networks are capable of independently exchanging and responding to information to manage industrial production processes. “We are in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we are in the Industry 4.0 era, an era that will change the overall paradigm that has been leading the industries till this moment”. In effect, Industry 4.0 is aimed at smart products, procedures and processes; a key element of Industry 4.0 is therefore the smart factory, that supports the fast-growing complexity and efficiency in production. However, this trend is still in its infancy in some manufacturing companies and industrial sectors, but in others, the transformation to Industry 4.0 is already well under way. The presented work is directed to investigate the main differences between the situation described by the literature and the real application in the manufacturing context; the research follows three research objectives and methodologies: 1) The first investigates the main features of a smart factory through an accurate literature review; the aim is to highlight and deepen the pillars of the Forth Industrial Revolution, trying to understand the main benefits and applications of these new digital technologies; 2) The second is directed to the deepening of the current industrial situation to discover how much the digital technologies are concretely applied in the real context, through industrial experts’ interviews; 3) The third compares the two previous situations trying to highlight the main discrepancy between them and to understand how this research can support companies in the closing of the main gap identified. The work contributes in spreading light about industrial perceptions and perspectives of industry about the Smart Manufacturing digital transformation especially compared to what literature says about its benefits, risks, barriers and applications. It also contributes to the closing of the main gap identified, the one related to the ontologies with the creation of a theoretical and practical support for companies to become familiar with this topic.
La produzione intelligente (smart production) è diventata la norma in un mondo dove le macchine, i sistemi e le reti sono basate su tecnologie di informazione e comunicazione e sono in grado di scambiarsi informazioni indipendentemente e di esaminarle in moda da gestire al meglio i processi di produzione. “Siamo nel bel mezzo della Quarta Rivoluzione Industriale, siamo nell’era dell’Industria 4.0, un’era che cambierà completamente il paradigma che ha guidato le aziende fino a questo momento”. Effettivamente, l’Industria 4.0 è orientata verso prodotti, procedure e processi intelligenti; un elemento chiave è perciò l’industria intelligente (smart factory), la quale supporta la veloce crescita di complessità ed efficienza nella produzione. Tuttavia, questo nuovo trend è in una fase iniziale sia in alcune aziende manifatturiere sia in qualche settore industriale; allo stesso tempo, ci sono aziende in cui la trasformazione verso l’Industria 4.0 è già in corso. Il lavoro presentato è indirizzato ad approfondire le maggiori differenze tra la situazione descritta dalla letteratura e la reale applicazione nel contesto manifatturiero; la ricerca segue tre obiettivi e metodologie: 1) Il primo ricerca le principali caratteristiche di un’azienda intelligente tramite un’accurata analisi della letteratura; l’obiettivo è di sottolineare e approfondire le colonne portanti della Quarta Rivoluzione Industriale, cercando di capire, per ogni nuova tecnologia, quali sono i maggiori benefici e applicazioni; 2) Il secondo obiettivo è lo studio della corrente situazione industriale tramite l’analisi di interviste sottoposte ad esperti, per apprendere quanto le tecnologie tipiche dell’Industria 4.0 sono applicate in un contesto reale; 3) Il terzo è la comparazione tra le due precedenti situazioni; lo scopo è di mettere in luce le maggiori differenze tra le due e di capire come questo lavoro di ricerca può supportare le aziende nella chiusura del più importante gap. Questo lavoro contribuisce alla conoscenza sulle prospettive e percezioni industriali rispetto alla manifattura intelligente, con particolare riguardo rispetto a quello che la letteratura scrive sui benefici, rischi, barriere e applicazioni. Contribuisce anche a colmare la maggiore discrepanza identificata, ovvero quella riguardante le ontologie, tramite la creazione di un teorico e pratico supporto alle aziende per aiutarle a diventare familiari con questa tecnologia.
Industry 4.0 : an industrial road mapping for the digital transformation
CABRINI, BEATRICE
2016/2017
Abstract
Smart production becomes the norm in a world where intelligent ICT-based machines, systems and networks are capable of independently exchanging and responding to information to manage industrial production processes. “We are in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we are in the Industry 4.0 era, an era that will change the overall paradigm that has been leading the industries till this moment”. In effect, Industry 4.0 is aimed at smart products, procedures and processes; a key element of Industry 4.0 is therefore the smart factory, that supports the fast-growing complexity and efficiency in production. However, this trend is still in its infancy in some manufacturing companies and industrial sectors, but in others, the transformation to Industry 4.0 is already well under way. The presented work is directed to investigate the main differences between the situation described by the literature and the real application in the manufacturing context; the research follows three research objectives and methodologies: 1) The first investigates the main features of a smart factory through an accurate literature review; the aim is to highlight and deepen the pillars of the Forth Industrial Revolution, trying to understand the main benefits and applications of these new digital technologies; 2) The second is directed to the deepening of the current industrial situation to discover how much the digital technologies are concretely applied in the real context, through industrial experts’ interviews; 3) The third compares the two previous situations trying to highlight the main discrepancy between them and to understand how this research can support companies in the closing of the main gap identified. The work contributes in spreading light about industrial perceptions and perspectives of industry about the Smart Manufacturing digital transformation especially compared to what literature says about its benefits, risks, barriers and applications. It also contributes to the closing of the main gap identified, the one related to the ontologies with the creation of a theoretical and practical support for companies to become familiar with this topic.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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