Envisioning Industry 4.0 to 5.0: the Brazilian glass workplace
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the impacts of Industry 4.0/5.0 (I4.0/5.0) on the glass manufacturing workplace. Specifically, it studied the workplace, which represents complex manufacturing lines of high variety and volume of products.
Design/methodology/approach
A case study based on semi-structured interviews was conducted with managers responsible for I4.0 implementation, and the responses were treated by content analysis.
Findings
Findings reinforce I5.0 aspects to be considered in terms of work organization. The interviewees highlight work and human factors as important for technology implementation, which includes workers tasks, skills, nature of work, human resources development, hiring process and organizations strategies. It was also found that knowledge sharing poses a huge challenge.
Originality/value
In lieu of gaps in the literature, this research further discusses management challenges to support digital transformation and impacts on workers and organizations.
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Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel – Brazil (CAP ES) under the Finance Code 001, and Grant CAPES-PRINT88887.310463/2018-00; and São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) under Grant Number 2021/10944-2.
Citation
Ribeiro, V.B., Melo, J.C., Muniz Jr., J., de Souza, F.B. and Canever, R.C. (2024), "Envisioning Industry 4.0 to 5.0: the Brazilian glass workplace", The Learning Organization, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-10-2023-0184
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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