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Industry 4.0: Lessons Learned from the German Industry

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Operations Management for Social Good (POMS 2018)

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Interest in Industry 4.0 has grown significantly in both academic and industrial societies. However, there are still many challenges and barriers to move from concept to reality. This paper addresses this research-practice gap by analysing the development of Industry 4.0 within the German industry highlighting the main lessons learned.

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  1. University of Applied Sciences Esslingen, Göppingen, Germany

    Hannes Winkler

  2. Pontífica Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Luiz Felipe Scavarda

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  2. Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Medellin (UNAL-Medellin), Medellín, Colombia

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Winkler, H., Scavarda, L.F. (2020). Industry 4.0: Lessons Learned from the German Industry. In: Leiras, A., González-Calderón, C., de Brito Junior, I., Villa, S., Yoshizaki, H. (eds) Operations Management for Social Good. POMS 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23816-2_53

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