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The objective of this study is to assess awareness level towards Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology in Manufacturing Industry, a case of beverage industry in Ethiopia. The study used both closed-ended questions with single and multiple responses and open-ended questions to collect primary data from the respondents. The collected data analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) by using SPSS v27 software. The finding of this study shows that, Ambo Mineral water share company, Top water Ethiopia, and Gold water bottling and Non-alcoholic beverage industries knowledge regarding I4.0 concepts and its key technologies is insufficient. About 65 % of participant in this study indicate that not aware with I4.0 concepts. The study found that, the companies were not familiar with I4.0 technologies; artificial intelligence, Internet of things, cloud computing, big data, and robotics right now. Providing training for the employee, preparing work shop by collaborating with different stake holders, expert consultation are the way of I4.0 implementations. Top management commitment, linkage with technology provider and collaboration with research or technology institute also can improve I4.0 adoption. Conceptual frame work of critical success factor for I4.0 improvement was developed as future research work.
Key words: Industry 4.0, awareness level, manufacturing industry
| Topic Area | Design Optimization, Additive Manufacturing Technologies & Applications |
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