Abstract
The fourth industrial revolution is mainly based on the Industrial Internet-of-Things (IoT), connectivity and cyber-physical systems, in which factories should reach important theoretical savings. In this paper, a transition procedure is proposed to transform a factory based on a ‘Make to Order’ (MTO) manufacturing process (comprised mainly of legacy machinery) into a smart factory level 2 (according to the Industry 4.0) fully aligned to its organisational strategic goals that allows to reach the theoretical savings but without the prohibitive cost of replacing legacy-based machinery by new one. This proposal was validated in a real case study during four months where operation efficiency was improved and the energy consumption, the projected costs and the percentage of human errors were reduced in 17%, 3% and 70%, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 441-451 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 4-5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 4 May 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- ISO 2200
- Industry 4.0
- internet of things