INDUSTRY 4.0 READINESS IN THE THAI AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Authors

  • Nuchon Meechamna Burapha Universty

Keywords:

industry 4.0

Abstract

                The Industry 4.0 concept has been boon developed in the auto industry and taken on worldwide. This research aims to examined Thai automotive industry’s readiness for Industry 4.0. This is a quantitative research. The researcher used survey as a research tool and descriptive statistics to analyze the data. The sample was employees who work in automotive industry. The results showed that Thai automotive industry is comparatively prepared for implementing Industry 4.0 therefore it is undertaking horizontal and vertical system, workflow, process and operations integration.

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2019-05-13

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