Open AccessTowards Industry 4.0: digital transformation of traditional safety shoes manufacturer in Thailand with a development of production tracking system
Author(s) -
Nuchjarin Intalar,
Kwanchanok Chumnumporn,
Chawalit Jeenanunta,
Apinun Tunpan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
engineering management in production and services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2543-912X
pISSN - 2543-6597
DOI - 10.2478/emj-2021-0033
Subject(s) - digital transformation , production (economics) , productivity , manufacturing engineering , industry 4.0 , key (lock) , interview , process management , conceptual model , manufacturing , transformation (genetics) , tracking (education) , engineering management , computer science , knowledge management , business , engineering , marketing , computer security , embedded system , world wide web , psychology , pedagogy , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , database , law , political science , economics , macroeconomics
There are many digital transformation challenges going forward towards Industry 4.0 in Thailand, especially for the traditional manufacturing firms that have been operating without digital technologies. The paper presents a case study of a safety shoe manufacturer, CPL Group Public Company Limited, adopting digital technologies to transform its production system of 40 years. It presents a conceptual design for production tracking based on IoT technologies for productivity improvement. This research uses inductive case study research design by interviewing executives and participating in the digital tracking development project using IoT sensors and image processing. The findings show the key success factors of digital transformation in manufacturing, strategies required for development, and the conceptual design of the production tracking system.