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- MakaleYalnız künye2024The Elephant in the Room: New Skills and Work Dimensions of Turkish White Goods Industry Engineers in Industry 4.0 Era
Demirbag, Kubra Simsek; Yildirim, Nihan
While the emergence of the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) concept has heightened concerns about how digital transformation will affect employees, engineers who create, develop, and spread the I4.0 tools and technologies are ignored. Also, the industries with the highest digital maturity should be prioritized since they are the readiest ones for the I4.0 transformation. In this context, our focus is the engineers in the Turkish white goods industry, one of the three industries with the highest level of digital maturity in Turkey. We aim to determine the new skills expected from engineers and to uncover the impact of the perceived usage level of I4.0 technologies by engineers on the dimensions of engineering work. In this article, we conducted two separate surveys for engineers and managers and sought answers to four research questions using factor analysis and regression analysis. The results show that the new skills are divided into intrinsic motivation, technology, and data and information skills. At the same time, the perceived usage level of I4.0 technologies influences the social characteristics dimension of engineering work. We revealed that the sociability level of the engineers who use data analytics, artificial intelligence, simulation, and RFID/RTLS technologies while performing their jobs tends to decrease, while the sociability level of the engineers who use adaptive robots and additive manufacturing technologies gets higher.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2022Endüstri 4.0 ve verimlilik: türk beyaz eşya sektöründe keşfedici durum çalışması
Demirbag, Kubra Simsek; Yildirim, Nihan
Amaç: Türk beyaz eşya sektörünün önde gelen iki ana üreticisi ve bu üreticilerin tedarikçisi konumundaki bir yan sanayi şirketi için Endüstri 4.0'ın durumunu, uygulama örneklerini, dönüşüm sürecinde elde edilen avantajları/karşılaşılan zorlukları ve Endüstri 4.0’ın verimliliğe etkisini ortaya koymak amaçlanmaktadır. Yöntem: Yin (2002, 2017) tarafından önerildiği şekliyle keşfedici durum çalışması yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Kanıtlar ise yarı-yapılandırılmış mülakatlar, doğrudan gözlemler ve şirketlere yönelik online belgelerden elde edilmiştir. Bulgular: Türk beyaz eşya sektörü şirketleri Endüstri 4.0 dönüşümü için çaba sergilemekte ve dönüşümü zorunluluk olarak algılamaktadır. Şirketler, Endüstri 4.0’a özel bütçe ayırmakta ve en çok veri toplama/analitiğine önem vermektedir. Yapılan yatırımların ise kısa vadede dahi verimliliğe etkisi olumlu olmuştur. Özgünlük: Mevcut makale, dünyanın en büyük ikinci beyaz eşya üreticisi ve Türkiye'nin en yenilikçi ve en yüksek dijital olgunluğa sahip sektörlerinden biri olan beyaz eşya sektöründe Endüstri 4.0’ın durumunu vaka analiziyle ortaya koyan ilk akademik çalışma niteliğindedir.
- BildiriAçık Erişim2022Is COVID-19 Friend or Foe to Industry 4.0: Experiences of Turkish White Goods Suppliers
Demirbag, Kubra Simsek; Yildirim, Nihan
This study, in the two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, reveals the most focused issues by the Turkish white goods suppliers regarding Industry 4.0 and the challenges encountered while engaging in Industry 4.0 practices. The data were obtained through a questionnaire form participated by the managers of 36 different companies that are members of the Turkish White Goods Suppliers Association. The collected data were classified, and it was found that the most focused issues of the companies were technology investments, ERP and MES, data collection, business processes, investment plans, organizational transformation, occupational health and safety, and participation in Industry 4.0-related events, respectively. Moreover, the most common challenges companies face concerning Industry 4.0 are related to the not being able to come together, finance, technology providers, postponement of investment plans, and loss of employees. On the other hand, 16% of the participating companies stated that they did not encounter any difficulties.