Importance of Production Environments When Applying Industry 4.0 to Production Logistics - A Multiple Case Study

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10.2991/iwama-16.2016.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Industry 4.0; Production Logistics; Production Environment

Abstract

Manufacturing companies are now on the move towards the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0. It is driven by rapid technological developments and the need for industrial actors make oneself independent of high labor costs. Industry 4.0 concerns several aspects of industrial production, including production logistics. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what are the key elements of Industry 4.0 that are related to production logistics, and how the production environment influence the applicability of these elements. This is done through a multiple case study of four Norwegian manufacturing companies. The findings from the study indicate that the applicability of the elements of Industry 4.0 related to production logistics are dependent on the production environment.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Jo Wessel Strandhagen
AU  - Erlend Alfnes
AU  - Jan Ola Strandhagen
AU  - Natalia Swahn
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Importance of Production Environments When Applying Industry 4.0 to Production Logistics - A Multiple Case Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop of Advanced Manufacturing and Automation
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 241
EP  - 247
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iwama-16.2016.45
DO  - 10.2991/iwama-16.2016.45
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