Adoption and diffusion of industry 4.0: critical analytical study

Ibrahiem M. M. El Emary, A. V. Senthil Kumar

Business organisations are presently in an era of transformation. This is a transformational requirement from traditional state to automated state. Industry 4.0 adoption and this adoption guided by diffusion is the soul of this review paper. It is a summarised presentation of various works on Industry 4.0 which synthesis the obligations of corporate in varied spectrums of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Earlier literature levy its focus on varied aspects of system science implementations, sustainable development goals in adoption of Industry 4.0, strategical framework and other allied areas of automation. While diffusion has taken as one among the strategical framework of Industry 4.0 adoption. Overall analysis of this study reveals adoption of Industry 4.0 is need of the hour and all the organisations already started to travel on this pathway with different and varied strategies however proper care has to be given to the circular economy aspect and when the decision of diffusion comes into picture, employees training and skill set improvement has to give importance. 

Advanced Studies: Euro-Tbilisi Mathematical Journal, Vol. 16,  supplement issue 2 (2023), pp. 201-207