Architectural Framework for Industry 4.0 Compliance Supply Chain System for Automotive Industry

Abstract

The vision of Industry 4.0 impacts the mechanism as well as its benefits to the supply chain system. The biggest challenge to achieve a robust, stable and efficient eco-system for Supply chain system is to have an architecture that initiates the framework for both the eco-system and predictive analysis. This paper proposes an architecture that can be realized on the cloud infrastructure considering a 360° view of the requirements. The three-core component of the architecture includes cloud, analytics and Internet of Things. The synchronization of these core components aims to achieve reliability in optimal latency. The proposed novel architecture of SCM exploits the potential of the cyber-physical system, big-data and predictive methods to minimize the demand -supply gap irrespective of uncertainty and unpredictable events. The model validation is done by Delphi method of validation and case studies of automotive sector. It was found to be acceptable and useful for adopting the architecture for synchronized supply chain system to Industry 4.0 as well as provisions many disruptive innovations, which is quite useful for both social and economic view point.