Industry 4.0 Readiness: a new framework for maturity evaluation based on a bibliometric study of scientific articles from 2001 to 2020

Abstract

This article presents the scientific production over the last two decades concerning the terms Industry 4.0 and Maturity and introduces a conceptual framework for maturity evaluation based on the concept of industry 4.0 readiness. A bibliometric study based on the keywords Industry 4.0 and Maturity is conducted and main journals, authors, countries, and trends of maturity models are analyzed. Based on the analysis, a framework for measuring maturity to evaluate a company’s readiness for Industry 4.0 is introduced. The assessment enables companies to systematically increase the quality of their transformation by providing insights about their readiness level. The theoretical model suggests that the evaluation, when carried out with the detailed model, has the potential to allow companies to systematically increase the quality of their transformation by providing information on their level of readiness

Alternate abstract:

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar la producción científica de las dos últimas décadas en relación con los términos Industria 4.0 y Madurez e introducir un nuevo concepto de madurez. Se realiza un estudio bibliométrico basado en las palabras clave Industria 4.0 y Madurez y se analizan las principales revistas, autores, países y tendencias de modelos de madurez. Sobre la base del análisis, se introduce un nuevo concepto para medir la madurez para evaluar la preparación de una empresa para la Industria 4.0. La evaluación permite a las empresas aumentar sistemáticamente la calidad de su transformación al proporcionar información sobre su nivel de preparación.