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Practical Lessons for Engineers to adapt towards Industry 4.0 in Indian Engineering Industries

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  • Sony, Michael
  • Aithal, Sreeramana

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Industry 4.0 is the current buzzword in the modern organization. It promises to revolutionize the Industry with automation and computing technologies. Indian Engineering Industry is the largest segment among the Indian Industries having a huge export potential. Industry 4.0 is making inroads into this high potential Industry in a gradual manner. There are very few studies as to how should engineers adapt with the skills and ability requirements of knowledge society created due to the application of Industry 4.0. The main aim of this paper is to critically analyze the previous studies so that engineers can adapt to Industry 4.0. This study finds six dimensions engineers must adapt while working in Industry 4.0 environment. Though there have been numerous literature reviews on Industry 4.0, however this is the first study carried out on engineer adaptability for Industry 4.0 in the contextual domain of Indian Engineering Industries.

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  • Sony, Michael & Aithal, Sreeramana, 2020. "Practical Lessons for Engineers to adapt towards Industry 4.0 in Indian Engineering Industries," MPRA Paper 102874, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Sony, Michael & Aithal, Sreeramana, 2020. "Developing an Industry 4.0 Readiness Model for Indian Engineering Industries," MPRA Paper 102875, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Sony, Michael & Antony, Jiju & Mc Dermott, Olivia & Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, 2021. "An empirical examination of benefits, challenges, and critical success factors of industry 4.0 in manufacturing and service sector," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).

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    Keywords

    Industry 4.0; Cyber-Physical-Systems; Knowledge Society; Engineer Adaptability; Literature review;
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    JEL classification:

    • N7 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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