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Table 2

Extent of data collection

Data sources	Case A	Case B	Case C	Case D	Case E	Case F	Case G
Industry 4.0 innovation strategy	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Digital maturity assessment	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Formal and informal data gathered from action research activities with the company focusing on their adoption of Industry 4.0 spanning	Four years with recurrent activities every second month	Four years with recurrent activities every second month	Eight months with recurrent activities every second week	Four years with recurrent activities every second month	Three months with recurrent activities every second week	11 months with recurrent activities every month	11 months with recurrent activities every second week
On-site visit with observations	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Presentations of past and future manufacturing innovations	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Semi-structured interview focusing on innovation approach with	COO and CEO	Quality and Project Manager and Business Development Manager Vice President of Supply Chain and Manufacturing	Production Manager	COO	Project Manager and Manufacturing Technology Development Maintenance Manager	Site Technology and Asset Manager	Production Manager and Plant Manager

Data sources	Case A	Case B	Case C	Case D	Case E	Case F	Case G
Industry 4.0 innovation strategy	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Digital maturity assessment	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Formal and informal data gathered from action research activities with the company focusing on their adoption of Industry 4.0 spanning	Four years with recurrent activities every second month	Four years with recurrent activities every second month	Eight months with recurrent activities every second week	Four years with recurrent activities every second month	Three months with recurrent activities every second week	11 months with recurrent activities every month	11 months with recurrent activities every second week
On-site visit with observations	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Presentations of past and future manufacturing innovations	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Semi-structured interview focusing on innovation approach with	COO and CEO	Quality and Project Manager and Business Development ManagerVice President of Supply Chain and Manufacturing	Production Manager	COO	Project Manager and Manufacturing Technology Development Maintenance Manager	Site Technology and Asset Manager	Production Manager and Plant Manager

Source(s): Authors’ own work