@inproceedings{c1e5bbad19494478bfb35110f4bda277,
title = "Prioritizing Technology-Enabled Production Improvements in SMEs: An Interpretive Structural Model",
abstract = "Small and medium-sized manufacturers struggle to identify concrete opportunities for digitalization. This research focuses on identifying the most common technology-enabled production improvement opportunities and their contextual relationship through Interpretive Structural Modelling. The research is a qualitative multiple case study conducted in five Danish companies of between 30 and 150 employees. The paper finds that digitalizing dispatching processes and increasing the degree of automation in the material transformation processes should be the primary focus in early stages of SME digitalization. The findings provide indication how companies should prioritize improvement opportunity initiatives. The contribution to academia consists of making clear suggestions on how to proceed from digital maturity assessments.",
keywords = "digitalisation, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Production improvement, SME",
author = "{Kallehauge Larsen}, Sofie and Michele Colli and Hansen, {Andreas Kornmaaler} and Verena Stingl",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023) and the 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2023), Bologna, Italy, June 2023 ; Conference date: 20-06-2023 Through 23-06-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-34821-1_35",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-031-34820-4",
series = "Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "321--329",
editor = "Galizia, {Francesco Gabriele} and Marco Bortolini",
booktitle = "Production Processes and Product Evolution in the Age of Disruption",
address = "United States",
}