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  • Industrial Engineering
  • Manufacturing Systems
  • Operations Management

Background:

  • The proliferation of smart manufacturing technologies necessitates strategic selection and implementation by businesses of all sizes.
  • Manufacturers require methods to assess their current state and readiness for adopting advanced manufacturing solutions.
  • Optimizing the benefits of new technologies often requires complementary improvements within the factory environment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel method for assessing a factory's readiness to implement smart manufacturing technologies.
  • To provide manufacturers with a tool to benchmark their current state against a reference model.
  • To enable the development of targeted plans for enhancing factory readiness.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a factory readiness assessment framework for smart manufacturing technologies.
  • Creation of reference models for comparison and benchmarking.
  • Validation analysis to correlate readiness assessment with operational performance metrics.

Main Results:

  • The proposed readiness levels offer a clear indication of a factory's current state in relation to smart manufacturing adoption.
  • The assessment method facilitates the identification of areas needing improvement to maximize technology benefits.
  • Validation analysis confirmed a positive correlation between the factory readiness assessment and operational performance.

Conclusions:

  • The developed readiness assessment is a valuable tool for manufacturers navigating the adoption of smart manufacturing.
  • Implementing the assessment can guide strategic planning and resource allocation for technology integration.
  • Readiness for smart manufacturing, as measured by the proposed method, is linked to enhanced operational outcomes.