Assessment framework for Proof of Concept (PoC) in Industry 4.0 – an interoperability approach

ABSTRACT

Large companies have been incessantly pursuing cost reduction, increased performance, and agility in decision-making to meet customers’ demands quickly. This paper presents a framework that allows efficient and agile implementation of Proofs of Concept, based on multicriteria evaluation from interoperability perspectives. The proposed model is based on a three-dimensional structure (cube) characterizing phases related to (i) the creation of a referential model, (ii) the evaluation of organizational maturity (diagnostic phase), and (iii) the proposition of a functional model. One case of an application with a high impact on the supply chain and logistics was used to evaluate the framework.

KEYWORDS:

• Industry 4.0
• proof of concept
• interoperability
• multicriteria decision-making methods
• and assessment

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

The work was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico [424965/20186]; Fundação Araucária [40/2017].