Business

Scope (computer science)

Economies of scale

Mathematics

Biology

Statistics

Epistemology

Manufacturing engineering

Macroeconomics

Engineering

Marketing

Philosophy

Manufacturing

Embedded system

Economics

Ecology

Process management

Programming language

Geometry

Economies of scope

Industry 4.0

Quality (philosophy)

Production (economics)

Computer science

Flexibility (engineering)

Advanced manufacturing

Product (mathematics)

Computer-integrated manufacturing

Competition (biology)

Production Planning & Control

Increasing global competition on product quality and production costs, and the need for flexibility in production petition for transformed production processes which enable high level of connectivity and integration between business processes and systems. Much of the conventional computer- integrated efforts and advanced manufacturing technologies are limited in scope and restricted to only some organisational areas. Such limited scope, which stems from limited connectivity and integration between manufacturing and enterprise systems, confines the achievement of full potential of these systems within manufacturing. Industry 4.0, characterised by computing developments, can create a platform for addressing integration challenge through enabling comprehensive connectivity. Hence, this paper, through following deductive research paradigm and using systems theory as the theoretical base, aims to investigate recent academic research and industrial reports in the area of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing to provide detailed insights on execution of Industry 4.0, and to propose a theoretical framework for operationalisation of Industry 4.0 in manufacturing.

A critical investigation of Industry 4.0 in manufacturing: theoretical operationalisation framework