Importância das oportunidades e barreiras para a implementação de sistemas supervisores em empresas com foco na indústria 4.0

Abstract

In the Industry 4.0 era, the environment faced by industries is increasingly competitive, thus, the improvement of manufacturing processes and increased productivity are objectives sought by companies, whether they are small, medium or large. In this scenario of need for improvements, the implementation of supervisory systems directed to Industry 4.0 stands out. These systems allow the identification of problems in real time, speeding up the corrective and productive processes, in addition to reducing downtime in the production board, reducing costs, and increasing the final quality of the product. In the scientific literature, despite the identification of research related to Industry 4.0 with the implementation of supervisory systems, no studies were found directed to evaluate the importance of opportunities and barriers for the implementation of the supervisory system in companies focused on Industry 4.0, denoting a research gap. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to study the importance of these opportunities and barriers. Specifically, we sought to evaluate in the field the degree of importance of the opportunities and barriers identified in theory. The method adopted was a sample survey, with the evaluation of 55 specialists, by applying a questionnaire as a research instrument. The results were validated through non-parametric statistical analysis of Kruskal-Wallis and Holm-Sidak, which proved that the knowledge of the degree of importance of the opportunities and barriers allows the identification of their relevance in the implementation of supervisory systems focused on Industry 4.0, thus obtaining the ranking of these opportunities and barriers as the final result of this study, contributing to the development of Technology Management and Innovation in Production Engineering.