Strategic Roadmap Toward I4.0: A Model Based on Maturity and Readiness Analysis

<p><span>Modern distributed manufacturing is having an essential role in the world economy. Agility, flexibility, and responsiveness distinguishs an innovation-driven business ecosystem, mainly anchored in cloud-based environments. Therefore, manufacturing firms demand an structured roadmap to lead their way toward Industry 4.0, impacting their supply chains, operations, and business models. Naturally, dificulties will raise strong dpending how far they are from a modern ditributed model adherent to I4.0 and their readiness to start a digital transformation roadmap. Therefore, maturity and readiness analysis is essential to evaluate the impact of a sound design process toward I4.0 and to anticipate obstacles and possible return. This work proposes a design framework based on a web-based distributed cloud manufacturing approach to suport a roadmap to I4.0, relying on maturity and readiness analysis, focusing on specific building blocks as rationales.</span>&nbsp;</p>