Maturity level of industry 4.0 strategies implementation in UK infrastructure sector

Industry 4.0 can provide a lot of opportunities for companies in various fields, however for companies to gain full benefit from Industry 4.0 solutions, the implementation of these technologies needs to be done in a manner where the full benefits are gained by the companies. Concerning Industry 4.0 strategies, a maturity model (MM) can be considered as a tool to describe and assess organisations’ processes concerning the environment, economy, and society, in addition, this allows them to better compare the best practices within their organisation and externally with competitors. It is argued that in terms of smart technology, there is a gap between MM and project management where a MM can allow organisations to assess the different levels of efficiency, project management, organisational management, and improvement of processes to enable the overcoming of their weaknesses allowing the promotion of smart transformation. The methodology of this research was undertaken through a pragmatic approach as the study is of a nature that has not been explored before. Secondary data was collected through a systematic literature review using the PICO model and primary data was collected following a qualitative methodology to study the objectives of the research. A purposive sampling method was selected for this research and further in the research snowball sampling was adopted due to the sensitive nature of the study. Semi structured interviews were chosen as the data collection method. Overall, the UK infrastructure sector is medium in terms of levels of implementation, despite there being six main technologies identified;(1) BIM, (2) 3D models, (3) Big Data, (4) Drones, (5) GIS and (6) Point clouds and Digital Survey, to have been implemented, more industry 4.0 agendas could positively impact the industry such as Artificial Intelligence, however from this study only one large organisation has started to invest in the technology. This study adopts the Maturity Model too allow the understanding on what level organisations in the UK infrastructure are in terms of industry 4.0 strategies implementation. This can allow the understanding of what plans to put in place to gain a higher level of maturity within this field.

Citation

Jallow, H., Renukappa, S., Suresh, S., Georgakis, P. & Stride N. (2024) Maturity level of industry 4.0 strategies implementation in UK infrastructure sector. Paper presented at Achieving transformation for greater good: Societal, organisational and personal barriers and enablers, 38th British Academy of Management Conference, 2 – 6 September 2024, Nottingham Trent University, U.K

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Conference contribution

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en

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This is an accepted manuscript of a paper presented at Achieving transformation for greater good: Societal, organisational and personal barriers and enablers, 38th British Academy of Management Conference, 2 – 6 September 2024, Nottingham Trent University, U.K. The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.

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