Industry 4.0: A Technological-Oriented Definition Based on Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review
Industry 4.0 was introduced in 2011 and since then has been perceived in multiple ways such as a vision, a paradigm, a scenario or as a digital revolution in production and service organizations. Even though Industry 4.0 is associated with great improvements for companies, there is still a lack of a...
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| description | Industry 4.0 was introduced in 2011 and since then has been perceived in multiple ways such as a vision, a paradigm, a scenario or as a digital revolution in production and service organizations. Even though Industry 4.0 is associated with great improvements for companies, there is still a lack of a uniform definition of the term Industry 4.0, especially when it comes to the transfer of knowledge from theoretical research to the implementation in organizations, which leads to confusion and disaffirmation. The lack of a clear structure and a holistic definition of the research topic Industry 4.0 inhibits the development of new business areas and new research approaches. To target this fundamental gap, a methodology is developed and the 338 most relevant publications are analyzed in the database of ScienceDirect starting from 2015. Based on those publications, the field of Industry 4.0 is structured. A consistent and comprehensive definition for Industry 4.0 is introduced by using a bibliometric analysis. Therefore, existing descriptions are decomposed into word fragments and analyzed. It is shown that this novel approach to find a definition for the term “Industry 4.0” does not yet exist. The aim is to provide a purely objective definition based on a statistical evaluation, without restricting the selection of publications to a specific research or business area. Based on those data, a new and ubiquitous definition of Industry 4.0 is formed, discussed and validated on practical examples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ff253330687453a878914fba8ce178e2023-10-02T05:04:37ZengElsevierJournal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity2199-85312021-02-017686810.3390/joitmc7010068Industry 4.0: A Technological-Oriented Definition Based on Bibliometric Analysis and Literature ReviewMario Rupp0Max Schneckenburger1Markus Merkel2Rainer Börret3David K. Harrison4Institute for Virtual Product Development, Aalen University, 73430 Aalen, GermanyCentre of Optical Technologies, Aalen University, 73430 Aalen, GermanyInstitute for Virtual Product Development, Aalen University, 73430 Aalen, GermanyCentre of Optical Technologies, Aalen University, 73430 Aalen, GermanySchool of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA, UKIndustry 4.0 was introduced in 2011 and since then has been perceived in multiple ways such as a vision, a paradigm, a scenario or as a digital revolution in production and service organizations. Even though Industry 4.0 is associated with great improvements for companies, there is still a lack of a uniform definition of the term Industry 4.0, especially when it comes to the transfer of knowledge from theoretical research to the implementation in organizations, which leads to confusion and disaffirmation. The lack of a clear structure and a holistic definition of the research topic Industry 4.0 inhibits the development of new business areas and new research approaches. To target this fundamental gap, a methodology is developed and the 338 most relevant publications are analyzed in the database of ScienceDirect starting from 2015. Based on those publications, the field of Industry 4.0 is structured. A consistent and comprehensive definition for Industry 4.0 is introduced by using a bibliometric analysis. Therefore, existing descriptions are decomposed into word fragments and analyzed. It is shown that this novel approach to find a definition for the term “Industry 4.0” does not yet exist. The aim is to provide a purely objective definition based on a statistical evaluation, without restricting the selection of publications to a specific research or business area. Based on those data, a new and ubiquitous definition of Industry 4.0 is formed, discussed and validated on practical examples.https://www.mdpi.com/2199-8531/7/1/68bibliometric analysisdefinitiontechnologyIndustrie 4.0literature review |
| spellingShingle | Mario Rupp Max Schneckenburger Markus Merkel Rainer Börret David K. Harrison Industry 4.0: A Technological-Oriented Definition Based on Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity bibliometric analysis definition technology Industrie 4.0 literature review |
| title | Industry 4.0: A Technological-Oriented Definition Based on Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review |
| title_full | Industry 4.0: A Technological-Oriented Definition Based on Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review |
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| title_short | Industry 4.0: A Technological-Oriented Definition Based on Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review |
| title_sort | industry 4 0 a technological oriented definition based on bibliometric analysis and literature review |
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