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journal contribution
posted on 2019-11-04, 13:45 authored by Simon Micheler, Yee GohYee Goh, Niels LohseNiels LohseLatest developments in smart sensor and actuator technologies are expected to lead
to a revolution in future manufacturing systems’ abilities and efficiency, often
referred to as Industry 4.0. Smart technologies with higher degrees of autonomy
will be essential to achieve the next breakthrough in both agility and productivity.
However, the technologies will also bring substantial design and integration
challenges and novelty risks to manufacturing businesses. The aim of this paper is
to analyse the current landscape and to identify the challenges for introducing
smart technologies into manufacturing systems in Europe. Expert knowledge from
both industrial and academic practitioners in the field was extracted using an online
survey. Feedback from a workshop was used to triangulate and extend the survey
results. The findings indicate three main challenges for the ubiquitous
implementation of smart technologies in manufacturing are: i) the perceived risk
of novel technologies, ii) the complexity of integration, and iii) the consideration
of human factors. Recommendations are made based on these findings to transform
the landscape for smart manufacturing.
Funding
EP/I033467/ 1
H2020-FoF-2014 637178
Loughborough University [Wolfson studentship]
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
Production and Manufacturing ResearchVolume
7Issue
1Pages
503 - 528Publisher
Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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© 2019 The Author(s)Publisher statement
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Acceptance date
2019-10-18Publication date
2019-11-18ISSN
2169-3277Publisher version
Language
- en