What industry 4.0 means for just-in-sequence supply in automotive industry?

Abstract

The available and future solutions for the digital transformation and use of exponential technologies indicate revolutionary changes in the whole supply chain of manufacturing and service processes. The vertical networking of smart manufacturing systems and the horizontal integration of value-making chains led to a new supply paradigm based on hyperconnected global logistics systems. The goal of the paper is to identify challenges of just-in-sequence supply in the automotive industry from the aspect of Industry 4.0 solutions. The authors introduce readers in both the Industry 4.0 paradigm as well as the just-in-sequence supply. Defining the conception of cyber physical logistics systems (CPLS) authors describe the I4.0 solutions based relations between just-in-sequence supply and Reference Architecture Model Industry 4.0 (RAMI 4.0). The main goal is to define challenges and impacts of Industry 4.0 paradigm on just-in-sequence supply.