A critical review of smart manufacturing & Industry 4.0 maturity models: Implications for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
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For resource-constrained SMEs, streamlined and flexible maturity models provide actionable roadmaps while avoiding the diagnostic overload common in enterprise-scale frameworks.
“For resource-constrained SMEs, streamlined and flexible maturity models provide actionable roadmaps while avoiding the diagnostic overload common in enterprise-scale frameworks (Schumacher et al., 2016;Mittal et al., 2018;Gökalp & Martinez, 2021).”
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- Authors
- Mittal, S., Khan, M. A., Romero, D., & Wuest, T.
- Affiliations
- West Virginia University (US)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (MX)
- Corresponding author
- Wuest, Thorsten
- Venue
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-10
- Volume
- 49
- Pages
- 194-214
- ISSN
- 0278-6125 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2898989224
- Cited by
- 1,121
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 140 · 2025: 138 · 2024: 160 · 2023: 177 · 2022: 181 · 2021: 162 · 2020: 115 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 67.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Digital Transformation in Industry
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- Keywords
- smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, maturity model, small and medium-sized enterprises, digital readiness assessment, digitization, organizational change, manufacturing SMEs
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