Shadowing Industry 4.0: an empirical study of digitalisation in a German/Italian automotive firm

Q2 Engineering
Sara Caria, Francesco Garibaldo, Matteo Rinaldini
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In line with the recent debate, the general aim of this paper is to explore the interplay of human intervention and digital technologies in lean production. In particular, we present an empirical analysis of how digitalisation is introduced into a lean system within a German owned firm located in the Italian 'motor valley', where technological innovation is theoretically inspired by the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) approach. The analysis of this single-case study brought to light that production is becoming more and more digital-intensive, but it appears to be informed by a digital shadow rather than a digital twin paradigm. Indeed, workers appear to hold a steady control over the work process, although digital self-configuring systems are beginning to be introduced. At the same time, the analysis identifies two elements allowing to maintain the balance between automation and human intervention: on one hand, the type and market positioning of the product, which leaves a wide scope for profit and, on the other hand, the important role played by trade union at company level in influencing the way digitalisation is introduced.
影子工业4.0:德国/意大利汽车公司数字化的实证研究
与最近的争论一致,本文的总体目的是探讨精益生产中人为干预和数字技术的相互作用。特别是,我们对位于意大利“汽车谷”的一家德国公司如何将数字化引入精益系统进行了实证分析,该公司的技术创新理论上受到工业4.0 (I4.0)方法的启发。对这一单一案例研究的分析表明,生产正变得越来越数字化,但它似乎是由数字阴影而不是数字孪生范式所决定的。事实上,工人们似乎对工作过程有着稳定的控制,尽管数字自配置系统已经开始被引入。与此同时,该分析确定了两个因素,可以保持自动化和人为干预之间的平衡:一方面,产品的类型和市场定位,这为利润留下了广阔的空间;另一方面,工会在公司层面上发挥重要作用,影响数字化的引入方式。
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期刊介绍: IJATM is a vehicle to provide a refereed and authoritative source of information in the field of automotive technology, automotive management and related disciplines.
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