1st Edition

Business Models for Industry 4.0 Concepts and Challenges in SME Organizations

By Sandra Grabowska, Sebastian Saniuk Copyright 2023
154 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

154 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

154 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Utilizing Industry 4.0 technologies is essential to meet consumer expectations of personalized products and services but not without obstacles and challenges. This book provides comprehensive knowledge on the operating conditions and challenges of small- and medium-sized enterprises operating in the era of Industry 4.0 and proposes a Business Model 4.0 concept. The authors provide insights on... Read more

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Introduction

Chapter I

Contemporary socioeconomic challenges for Business Models

  • Intelligent society creating an Economy 4.0
  • Society 5.0 and Industry 4.0
  • Sustainable production versus Sustainable consumption
  • Challenges of SME sector in the era of Economy 4.0 concept

Chapter II

Megatrends of the Fourth Industrial Revolution determining changes in business models

  • Technological environment - digitalization of industrial processes
  • Business networks of cooperating enterprises of Industry 4.0
  • Customization of production and expectations of a modern customer - personalization
  • Servitization of industrial production

Chapter III

The Fourth Industrial Revolution as a new environment for business models

  • Fourth Industrial Revolution - Industry 4.0
  • Smart Factories of the Future
  • Network forms of cooperation between small and medium enterprises

Chapter IV

A concept for planning cyber-physical production networks

  • Customer and manufacturer integration platform model
  • Concept of network prototyping methodology
  • The importance of collaboration and networking for the SME sector

Chapter V

The concept of Business Model 4.0

  • Business model - theoretical approach
  • Business models focused on the process of creating competitiveness, innovation and value
  • Architecture of Business Model 4.0

Chapter VI

Measures for Business Model 4.0

  • Balanced Scorecard for Business Model 4.0
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Conclusion

Index

Biography

Sandra Grabowska is Assistant Professor at the Department of Production Engineering (Silesian University of Technology). She is the author and co-author of nearly 80 scientific publications. Her research focuses on business models, modern forms of management and Industry 4.0. She is active in managerial associations and as a consultant supporting enterprise improvement.

Sebastian Saniuk is Professor at the University of Zielona Góra (Poland). He is a member of the Committee of Production Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2015. His research interests include issues related to production management, industrial engineering and logistics, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, particularly planning and control of production flow and modeling of production networks of small and medium enterprises, rapid prototyping and CSR in SMEs. The results of his research have been presented in over 270 national and international scientific publications including journals, monographs and conference proceedings of national and international conferences indexed in Web of Science and Scopus database. During his career, he has conducted research under several grants awarded and funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, The National Centre for Research and Development and the European Union.