Supply chain resilience and industry 4.0: a evaluation of the Brazilian northeast automotive OEM scenario post COVID-19

COVID-19 outbreak has heavily impacted the manufacturing industry, including Brazilian Automotive Industry. The effects of COVID-19 created restrictions in several industry processes as supply chain. On the other hand, several industry 4.0 technologies is able to support the industry supply chain ac...

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Published in:	AI perspectives Vol. 3; no. 1
Main Authors:	Soares, Milton C., Ferreira, Cristiano V., Murari, Thiago B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer International Publishing 02-08-2021 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Automobile industry Coronaviruses COVID-19 Digitization Engineering Industry 4.0 Manufacturing engineering Post-Covid 19 challenges: AI technology and innovation (SIINTEC VI) Product quality Research Article Suppliers Supply chains Industry 4.0 Outbreak Resilience
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Summary:	COVID-19 outbreak has heavily impacted the manufacturing industry, including Brazilian Automotive Industry. The effects of COVID-19 created restrictions in several industry processes as supply chain. On the other hand, several industry 4.0 technologies is able to support the industry supply chain activities in the COVID 19 scenarios, as well it may contributed for the automotive industry recovery and it will define the next steps of this industry. A supply chain is a network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a specific product to the final buyer. Industry 4.0 is related to the technology development and the digitalization process that improve significantly productivity. Considering the automotive process, an important reference model is described in Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan, that is a manual that communicate the guidelines of the product quality planning and control plan for internal and external suppliers. In this scenario, this paper evaluated the current situation and the future outlook for the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in the automotive OEM post-pandemic scenario on the point of view of automotive specialists. The results of this research provide an overview of the current situation and the future outlook for the usage of Industry 4.0 technologies by the Brazilian Northeast automotive OEM, from the perspective of manufacturing engineering experts on APQP.
ISSN:	2523-398X 2523-398X
DOI:	10.1186/s42467-021-00010-1