PREPARATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INDUSTRY 4.0 IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES OF METAL INDUSTRY

Changing market conditions, the emergence of new technologies and new solutions make it necessary to introduce changes in enterprises. One of the changes that enterprises have to face is Revolution 4.0, also known as industry 4.0. It is more difficult in enterprises of the metallurgical industry due to the specificity of production and technology, but also old technological equipment, no employees, no base for foreign employees. The main goal of this paper is to evaluate SMEs from the metal industry in terms of their ability to overcome the barriers they face during implementation of Industry 4.0 assumptions and principles. In the research the current state of the metallurgical enterprises from the SME sector and the problems they have to face taking into account the assumption of the Industry 4.0.