Interview protocol
| Topic | Main question | Possible follow-up question |
|---|---|---|
| I4.0 investment | How much did you invest in Industry 4.0 technologies? How much do you plan to invest in the future? | What is the rationale behind that choice? |
| Did you exploit some government incentives? If yes, which ones? | What are the achieved benefits? | |
| What was the role of incentives in investment decisions? | Have incentives led to investments that you would not have made otherwise? Have incentives moved up investments? | |
| What is the expected PBT of the investment? | How was it evaluated? | |
| What is the expected return of the investment? | How was it evaluated? | |
| What is the investment focus? What is its allocation (hardware, software, people…)? | What are the reasons behind that allocation? | |
| I4.0 technologies | On which technologies have you already invested? On which one have you planned to invest in the future? | Why did you choose that technology over the others? |
| What is the usage or application for the introduced technologies? | ||
| In which sequence were the technologies introduced? | Why? How that sequence will continue in the future? | |
| I.4.0 in the company | Which is/are the area(s) targeted by the investments (E.g. logistics, processing, assembly, product development, procurement …)? | Does the investment involve other entities such as customers and suppliers? |
| What is the reason behind the investment decision? | How did you identify the need for introducing I4.0 technologies? | |
| Which were the aimed results/benefits of the investment? | How has the initial plan evolved? Other benefits emerged? Are advantages higher or lower than expected? | |
| How has the implementation phase been managed? Have some external consultants been involved? | Which are the main complexities/criticalities of the project? | |
| What was the investment impact on people? How did the work tasks change? Did you introduce a training program? | How do you judge the impact of industry 4.0 on the employment level? | |
| Lean and I4.0 | What is the role played by Lean Production practices in this transformation? | What results would you have achieved with a lower Lean maturity level? |
| How are you managing Lean and 4.0 transformations? | Are they sequential or simultaneous? Do they have interactions? | |
| Do Lean and Industry 4.0 transformations follow the same logic or not? | Are they dependent or independent phenomena? | |
| How will Lean practices implementation evolve in the future? | Why? |
| Topic | Main question | Possible follow-up question |
|---|---|---|
| I4.0 investment | How much did you invest in Industry 4.0 technologies? How much do you plan to invest in the future? | What is the rationale behind that choice? |
| Did you exploit some government incentives? If yes, which ones? | What are the achieved benefits? | |
| What was the role of incentives in investment decisions? | Have incentives led to investments that you would not have made otherwise? Have incentives moved up investments? | |
| What is the expected PBT of the investment? | How was it evaluated? | |
| What is the expected return of the investment? | How was it evaluated? | |
| What is the investment focus? What is its allocation (hardware, software, people…)? | What are the reasons behind that allocation? | |
| I4.0 technologies | On which technologies have you already invested? On which one have you planned to invest in the future? | Why did you choose that technology over the others? |
| What is the usage or application for the introduced technologies? | ||
| In which sequence were the technologies introduced? | Why? How that sequence will continue in the future? | |
| I.4.0 in the company | Which is/are the area(s) targeted by the investments (E.g. logistics, processing, assembly, product development, procurement …)? | Does the investment involve other entities such as customers and suppliers? |
| What is the reason behind the investment decision? | How did you identify the need for introducing I4.0 technologies? | |
| Which were the aimed results/benefits of the investment? | How has the initial plan evolved? Other benefits emerged? Are advantages higher or lower than expected? | |
| How has the implementation phase been managed? Have some external consultants been involved? | Which are the main complexities/criticalities of the project? | |
| What was the investment impact on people? How did the work tasks change? Did you introduce a training program? | How do you judge the impact of industry 4.0 on the employment level? | |
| Lean and I4.0 | What is the role played by Lean Production practices in this transformation? | What results would you have achieved with a lower Lean maturity level? |
| How are you managing Lean and 4.0 transformations? | Are they sequential or simultaneous? Do they have interactions? | |
| Do Lean and Industry 4.0 transformations follow the same logic or not? | Are they dependent or independent phenomena? | |
| How will Lean practices implementation evolve in the future? | Why? |
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