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<p>The aim of the paper was to evaluate the current situation of Industry 4.0 in logistics in the machinery and equipment industry in Slovakia. The intention of the paper was to fill a research gap in the form of identification and analysis of the studied issue in the selected industry in Slovakia. The identification and analysis of the subject issue were conducted in 57 enterprises in the machinery and equipment industry in Slovakia. The results of the investigated issues were interpreted through descriptive and inferential statistics. The research instrument was a questionnaire, which involved a construction of several types of questions. The results of the testing showed that enterprises with different numbers of employees perceive, implement and use Industry 4.0 technologies in logistics. Also, based on the statistical hypothesis testing, it was confirmed that big data and the Internet of Things are the most used of the Industry 4.0 technologies in the selected logistics processes. The connection between Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 will be an increasingly dominant theme as the Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a change that almost every enterprise in the world is going through or will go through.</p>
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The aim of the paper was to evaluate the current situation of Industry 4.0 in logistics in the machinery and equipment industry in Slovakia. The intention of the paper was to fill a research gap in the form of identification and analysis of the studied issue in the selected industry in Slovakia. The identification and analysis of the subject issue were conducted in 57 enterprises in the machinery and equipment industry in Slovakia. The results of the investigated issues were interpreted through descriptive and inferential statistics. The research instrument was a questionnaire, which involved a construction of several types of questions. The results of the testing showed that enterprises with different numbers of employees perceive, implement and use Industry 4.0 technologies in logistics. Also, based on the statistical hypothesis testing, it was confirmed that big data and the Internet of Things are the most used of the Industry 4.0 technologies in the selected logistics processes. The connection between Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 will be an increasingly dominant theme as the Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a change that almost every enterprise in the world is going through or will go through.

Current Perspectives on Development of Industry 4.0 in Logistics of Machinery and Equipment Industry in Slovakia

Faculty of Business Management, Department of Production Management and Logistics

LOGI – Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics

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The aim of the paper was to evaluate the current situation of Industry 4.0 in logistics in the machinery and equipment industry in Slovakia. The intention of...

Current Perspectives on Development of Industry 4.0 in Logistics of Machinery and Equipment Industry in Slovakia

Published Online: May 12, 2022

Page range: 25 - 36

Received: Oct 18, 2021

Accepted: Jan 12, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2022-0003

Keywords
Digitization, Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, Logistics 4.0

© 2022 Patrik Richnák, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Current Perspectives on Development of Industry 4.0 in Logistics of Machinery and Equipment Industry in Slovakia

Published Online: May 12, 2022

Page range: 25 - 36

Received: Oct 18, 2021

Accepted: Jan 12, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2022-0003

KeywordsDigitization, Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, Logistics 4.0

© 2022 Patrik Richnák, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Digitization, Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, Logistics 4.0