Since the 2011, when the term “industry 4.0” was first coined, there a lot of curiosity around the topic, and many studies were done. This thesis presents the results of a multiple regression analysis, used to understand the linkage between the degree of digitalization of a company, with the degree of adoption of the lean tools and three contextual factors, which are size, age and type of production (process or discrete), furthermore a second objective of the research is to find the impact of this hypothetical correlation on the operational performances. The research started with the analysis of the existing literature. The focus of the first part is to find the single correlation between the adoption of technologies characterizing the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) and the adoption of practices and tools typical of the lean production; the focus is the shop floor. According to the papers analyzed there is a correlation between the two, thus the second part of the text is about the testing of this lying assumption and, furthermore, the testing of the impact of the contextual factors. This test is based on the analysis of a survey sent to “lean managers” (people who are at least middle-manger and who have a certificate which prove their knowledge of the subject) who work in a manufacturing company. The result of the research is a clear correlation between the degree of digitalization of the company and its size and degree of leanness. Furthermore, the analysis also measured the impact of each technology on each tool in a qualitative way, thus understanding which technology has the greatest impact. In the end, the research aims to cluster the companies according to their level of digitalization and leanness, showing that the companies which are leaner and more digital are also the one with best performances.
Dal 2011, quando il termine "industria 4.0" è stato coniato per la prima volta, c'era molta curiosità sull'argomento e molti studi sono stati fatti. Questa tesi presenta i risultati di un'analisi di regressione multipla, con il grado di adozione degli strumenti lean e di tre fattori contestuali, che sono dimensioni, età e tipo di produzione (processo o discreto), inoltre un secondo obiettivo della ricerca è quello di trovare l'impatto di questa ipotetica correlazione sulla performance operativa. La ricerca è iniziata con l'analisi della letteratura esistente. La quarta parte della quarta parte del quarto secolo nel quarto secolo, la quarta fase del quarto secolo, il quarto secolo e la seconda metà della rivoluzione industriale (Industria 4.0). l'attenzione è rivolta all'officina. Secondo i giornali, c'è una correlazione tra i due, e quindi la seconda parte del testo riguarda il test di questo problema. Chi sta lavorando all'analisi di un "lean manager" (persone che sono almeno middle-manger e che hanno un certificato che mette alla prova la loro conoscenza della materia). Il risultato della ricerca è una chiara correlazione tra il grado di digitalizzazione dell'azienda e le sue dimensioni e il grado di snellezza. Inoltre, l'analisi ha anche misurato l'impatto della tecnologia su ciascuno strumento in modo qualitativo, capendo quindi quale tecnologia ha il maggiore impatto. Alla fine, la ricerca punta al livello di digitalizzazione e snellezza, dimostrando che le aziende sono più snelle e più digitali.
The digitalization of lean tools in the Industry 4.0 era and its effect on performances : a survey of the state of the art in Italy
PONE, GIUSEPPE;CURTI, FRANCESCO
2017/2018
Abstract
Since the 2011, when the term “industry 4.0” was first coined, there a lot of curiosity around the topic, and many studies were done. This thesis presents the results of a multiple regression analysis, used to understand the linkage between the degree of digitalization of a company, with the degree of adoption of the lean tools and three contextual factors, which are size, age and type of production (process or discrete), furthermore a second objective of the research is to find the impact of this hypothetical correlation on the operational performances. The research started with the analysis of the existing literature. The focus of the first part is to find the single correlation between the adoption of technologies characterizing the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) and the adoption of practices and tools typical of the lean production; the focus is the shop floor. According to the papers analyzed there is a correlation between the two, thus the second part of the text is about the testing of this lying assumption and, furthermore, the testing of the impact of the contextual factors. This test is based on the analysis of a survey sent to “lean managers” (people who are at least middle-manger and who have a certificate which prove their knowledge of the subject) who work in a manufacturing company. The result of the research is a clear correlation between the degree of digitalization of the company and its size and degree of leanness. Furthermore, the analysis also measured the impact of each technology on each tool in a qualitative way, thus understanding which technology has the greatest impact. In the end, the research aims to cluster the companies according to their level of digitalization and leanness, showing that the companies which are leaner and more digital are also the one with best performances.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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