STUDY OF THE DIGITIZATION LEVEL OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

Authors

  • Patrik Grznár University of Žilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Beáta Furmannová University of Žilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Vladimír Vavrík University of Žilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Natália Burganová University of Žilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Štefan Mozol University of Žilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Marián Stárek University of Žilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12955/pns.v2.149

Keywords:

digitalization, digital factory, virtual factory, smart factory, technologies, digitalization level, support tools

Abstract

Today, advances in ICT are exponential in nature, and many technologies are now being added from which businesses can benefit from their application in their processes. Digitization is a wide area that already finds active application in businesses processes. It helps create new possibilities in terms of improving process performance, responding more quickly to changes, or helping to reduce costs for different production areas. In general, digitization in an enterprise can be understood as having specific financial as well as personnel requirements. There are few levels of digitalization that we can achieve (document digitalization, digital factory, virtual factory, and smart factory). The research goal of the article is a detailed description and comparison of the individual digitization levels and their tools. The article contains two case studies in which the analysis of processes in the form of questionnaires defines the appropriateness of the level of digitization. Also, based on the analysis, it is possible to say each of the levels of digitization has a particular area of application depending on the nature of production. The main findings of the case studies are that irrelevant digitization is costly and personally demanding without achieving more significant results without analysis. Companies' more efficient operation can be achieved even if the company does not use the latest technological advances and what simple changes need to be incorporated.

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2021-10-24

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Grznár, P. ., Furmannová, B. ., Vavrík, V. ., Burganová, N. ., Mozol, Štefan ., & Stárek, M. . (2021). STUDY OF THE DIGITIZATION LEVEL OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES . Proceedings of CBU in Natural Sciences and ICT, 2, 27-33. https://doi.org/10.12955/pns.v2.149

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