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Challenges in Implementation of Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing Sector
2021The advent of advanced technologies has driven the manufacturing industries towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution, termed as Industry 4.0 (I4). The breakthrough technologies of I4, such as artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of things (IoT) and robotics which have almost become ubiquitous, bridged the gap between physical and cyber world ...
Nikita Sinha, Amaresh Kumar
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The impacts of Industry 4.0: a descriptive survey in the Italian manufacturing sector
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2019Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how much the Italian manufacturing companies are ready to be concretely involved in the so-called “Industry 4.0” (I4.0) journey. In particular, this paper focuses on analyzing the knowledge and adoption levels of specific I4.0 enabling technologies, also considering how organizations are involved and
Ting Zheng +2 more
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An Inter-Industry Analysis of Diversification in the U.K. Manufacturing Sector
The Journal of Industrial Economics, 1975DIVERSIFIED enterprises' are of increasing economic significance in the U.K. manufacturing sector, both in terms of numbers and net output. For example, in I963 diversified manufacturing enterprises accounted for 70-74% of the net output of all enterprises employing IOO or more people in the manufacturing sector, although forming only 22 76% of all ...
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Women in Modern Industrial Sector: A Case of Electronic Manufacturing Industry
2019Competitiveness has helped increasing feminisation phenomenon globally because of cheap and flexible labour. However, the evidence are contrary in the context of Southeast Asia and Latin America because of altogether different reasons in two sets of regions of declining and rising feminisation of labour.
Balwant Singh Mehta +1 more
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Industrial Relations Climate in the Manufacturing Sector in Singapore
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1997The objective of this study is to assess the state of workplace industrial relations climate in the manufacturing sector in Singapore. Based on a survey of 73 manufacturing companies in Singapore and subsequent intensive study of eight of them, it was found that the overall labor-management relations in the industry were good and had improved over the ...
David Wan, Ong Chin Huat, Lim Huey Yuee
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Sectoral energy demand in Canadian manufacturing industries
Energy Economics, 1979Abstract Several studies have been undertaken which analyse the price elasticities of demand for energy in the aggregate manufacturing sectors of different countries. This paper investigates the impact of changing energy prices on factor demands in each of the many subsectors of manufacturing in Canada.
T.A. Cameron, S.L. Schwartz
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The Development of the Rubber Manufacturing Industrial Sector in Malaysia
The Planter, 2010The paper provides a brief economic history of the rubber products manufacturing industry from the 1920s to 2005 when the Second Industrial Master plan came to an end. Statistics on the development of the industry and economic data on the sector have been gathered from official sources and studies on the economic development of Malaysia.
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Development of China’s Manufacturing Sector: Industry Research
2017This chapter is divided into six sections: The first analyzes the development status of China’s manufacturing sector and evaluates new models. The second section covers the impact of innovations in science and technology on China’s manufacturing sector. The third section discusses energy efficiency in China’s manufacturing sector and its impact factors.
Jun Liu, Zhonghua Cheng, Nian Zhong
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Patterns of Industrial Dynamics in the Manufacturing Sector
2013This chapter investigates the industrial dynamics in Chinese manufacturing sector, where we find two common properties that also hold in many previous studies, namely the Gibrat's Law and a typical tent shape of growth rate distribution. We further connect the growth rate distribution with the average firm size in a sector and the industrial policy ...
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Industry 4.0: Roadmap for Applying Technologies in Shipbuilding and Manufacturing Sectors
2020 7th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), 2020Industry 4.0 revolution is destined to revolutionize the tasks that must be performed within companies and, in this context, new emerging technologies entail the needs for new professional skills. Therefore, it is necessary to think about how the workforce will be affected by the technological changes and how the skills of the workers will change in ...
Beatrice Di Pierro +3 more
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