Evaluation of the influence parameters of Industry 4.0 and their impact on the Quebec manufacturing SMEs: The first findings

Gamache, S., Abdul-Nour, G. et Baril, C. (2020). Evaluation of the influence parameters of Industry 4.0 and their impact on the Quebec manufacturing SMEs: The first findings. Cogent Engineering, 7 (1). ISSN 2331-1916 DOI 10.1080/23311916.2020.1771818

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The digitalization of industries is at the heart of today’s global economy. However, there seems to be confusion about the most effective methods for initiating this transformation, and even more so for the manufacturing Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME). In a context of labor shortages, globalization and access to goods, services and skills everywhere and at any time thanks to the Internet, the need to stand out from the competition becomes a crucial issue. This research attempts to evaluate and identify the most effective ways to facilitate the digitalization in a context of manufacturing SMEs. Thanks to the measure of the digital performance and an 80-hour experience-based methodology using a questionnaire and field interviews, the determining factors of influence of the digital transformation could be raised. This paper uses a model of digital performance and hypothesis testing to try to identify the business practices and the 4.0 technologies that have the greatest effect on the performance of manufacturing SMEs. The results then intents to guide the efforts both in academia and in the field concerning digitalization of SMEs. © 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	INRPME decision analysis Industry 4.0 manufacturing management multi-criteria decision making performance analysis
Date de dépôt:	02 févr. 2022 14:59
Dernière modification:	02 févr. 2022 14:59
Version du document déposé:	Version officielle de l'éditeur
URI:	https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/9929

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