Systematic Analysis of IT Complexity Challenges Hindering the Implementation of Industrie 4.0 Roadmaps
- Management of information and the IT systems it is stored in becomes a crucial capability for the industry. However, companies are struggling with the management of the various requirements and frequent changes of technology. Thus, IT complexity has become a major challenge for companies. At the same time, especially manufacturing companies are striving to implement Industrie 4.0 concepts. Many of these even have developed an Industrie 4.0 roadmap including various projects to change the company. Companies can develop such roadmaps by applying the Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index that gives a broad view on necessary capabilities for Industrie 4.0. In our research, we analyzed data sets from over 10 manufacturing companies that have performed an Industrie 4.0 maturity assessment. Our hypothesis was that IT complexity challenges are hindering the implementation of Industrie 4.0 roadmaps significantly. We could prove this hypothesis at least for the companies analyzed and give insights on the specific challenges. Based on our analysis, we conclude our article by giving concrete recommendations on how to tackle IT complexity.
| Author: | Günther SchuhORCiDGND, Martin BleiderGND, Jörg HoffmannORCiDGND, Elaine Hartard, Philipp Heisenberger, Violett ZellerGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3312714.3312716 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4503-6235-1 |
| Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of the 2019 the 5th International Conference on e-Society, e-Learning and e-Technologies |
| Publisher: | ACM |
| Place of publication: | New York |
| Editor: | Michele Della Ventura |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2023/02/09 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2019/05/01 |
| Release Date: | 2023/02/09 |
| Tag: | Industrie 4.0; Maturity Index Digital transformation; IT complexity; IT organization; Manufacturing Companies |
| First Page: | 104 |
| Last Page: | 108 |
| FIR-Number: | SV7061 |
| Name of the conference: | ICSLT 2019 |
| place of the conference: | Wien |
| Date of the conference: | 01.05.2019 |
| Institute / Department: | FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften |
