The New Industrial Era : Industry 4.0 & Bobst company case study
Uglovskaya, Ekaterina (2017)
Uglovskaya, Ekaterina
Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201703012801
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201703012801
Tiivistelmä
This thesis deals with the emerging concept of Industry 4.0, which refers to the fourth industrial revolution and means the major transformation of the manufacturing and the way processes and information flow are organized within companies.
The study was conducted based on the interest of the Bobst company with the purpose of estimating its potential within the changing industrial environment.
The thesis was divided into two parts – theoretical and practical, where secondary research and both qualitative and quantitative methods were used.
The theoretical part was devoted to collecting relevant and up-to-date information about the concept of Industry 4.0.
In the practical part, the survey in Bobst was conducted to obtain information about company’s interest, expectations and current actions within the concept. Based on the collected data and personal observations of the author, recommendations to the actions and potential development were given.
In conclusion, the primary research question was answered with the reference to obtained in the first and the second part knowledge. The results indicated that Bobst has already made some steps towards Industry 4.0 and company’s leading capabilities give it the ability to establish a data-driven organization of the future.
It is important to mention that although the study has reached its purpose, there were some limitations. First, due to the fact that the concept is quite new, there was a lack of different arguments about the topic, and also an overall number of available published and official materials was small. In addition, some aspects of the data about Bobst could not be presented in this study to protect company’s confidential information.
The study was conducted based on the interest of the Bobst company with the purpose of estimating its potential within the changing industrial environment.
The thesis was divided into two parts – theoretical and practical, where secondary research and both qualitative and quantitative methods were used.
The theoretical part was devoted to collecting relevant and up-to-date information about the concept of Industry 4.0.
In the practical part, the survey in Bobst was conducted to obtain information about company’s interest, expectations and current actions within the concept. Based on the collected data and personal observations of the author, recommendations to the actions and potential development were given.
In conclusion, the primary research question was answered with the reference to obtained in the first and the second part knowledge. The results indicated that Bobst has already made some steps towards Industry 4.0 and company’s leading capabilities give it the ability to establish a data-driven organization of the future.
It is important to mention that although the study has reached its purpose, there were some limitations. First, due to the fact that the concept is quite new, there was a lack of different arguments about the topic, and also an overall number of available published and official materials was small. In addition, some aspects of the data about Bobst could not be presented in this study to protect company’s confidential information.