Implementation and introduction barriers of industry 4.0 with canadian lean mature aerospace manufacturing companies

Abstract

The manufacturing process has dramatically altered during past years and lean is one of the methodologies that played an important role in alterations. Lean is a revolutionary methodology that emerged in the automotive industry. Lean companies succeed in decreasing costs by removing waste. Gradually, new methodologies became popular in different industrial sectors. Industry 4.0 is another innovative method that aims to drive the manufacturing process to the higher levels via using information technology. Nowadays, some companies combine lean and industry 4.0 to achieve higher level products. Canadian companies, especially aerospace companies are highly motivated to use new technologies, as it is apparent in the 2015 Activity Report of Aéro Montréal. In 2015, They aimed to implement new strategic and operational framework for doing projects to get aero Quebec aerospace sector to a higher level. Therefore, a number of aerospace manufacturing companies in Canada implement industry 4.0 and some of these companies adopt lean too. Firms face a vast domain of barriers before implementing industry 4.0 and during the process, such as high implementation cost, lack of facilities and proper approaches, and lack of knowledge about industry 4.0. This thesis aims to investigate the tendency to industry 4.0 among lean Canadian aerospace manufacturing companies. Also, the obstacles which companies face before and during the implementation of industry 4.0 will be evaluated.

Date	4 Jul 2022
Original language	American English
Awarding Institution	École de technologie supérieure
Supervisor	Yvan Beauregard (Supervisor)