Application of an Industry 4.0 Assessment Model: A Case Study Application in Material Supply for Assembly

Abstract

: Material supply in production companies is currently facing numerous challenges. This paper therefore pursues the goal of analysing the potential of single Industry 4.0 concepts for the further development and efficiency optimization of material supply in assembly in an industrial case study. The determination of potentials in the context of the individual case study at an internationally active rail vehicle manufacturer is done by using a maturity level based Industry 4.0 assessment. Subsequent semi-structured interviews have been conducted to further explore the potential and feasibility of the identified Industry 4.0 measures for optimizing efficiency of material supply in assembly. This study represents an application oriented research for validation of a previously developed Industry 4.0 assessment model.