Evidências da indústria 4.0 no setor eletrônico brasileiro: um estudo multicasos a partir da literatura

Abstract

Nowadays, with the increasing industrial and technological evolution, has been happening what is being understood as a Fourth Industrial Revolution, called Industry 4.0 (I4.0). This term portrays digitization and interoperability in the global industrial sector, arousing development interests in the public and private sectors. From this scenario, the present work aims to characterize this new industrial paradigm, addressing its concepts, principles and technological pillars, to later carry out a multiple case study, presenting use cases of technologies related to I4.0 in the Brazilian electro-electronic sector, aiming at portray the advances of Brazilian organizations in this context. Therefore, a systematic literature review was performed to select bibliographies, building two bibliographic portfolios: one for the theoretical characterization stage and one for the case stage. Then, a bibliometric analysis and a content analysis of the documents in the theoretical portfolio were performed to verify the alignment of the research with the theme, helping in the accomplishment of the subsequent stage of case research. Finally, a multiple case study with 5 selected cases was presented, presenting applications of I4.0 technologies in the areas of machine manufacturing, operation and monitoring of hydroelectric plants, education and regulation of the electric sector, in which, from this study, can understand “how” and “where” the benefits and technologies of I4.0 are used in different application areas. Future research may investigate I4.0 use cases in southwestern Paraná, aiming to portray the real situation of companies and organizations about what and how they use I4.0, presenting suggestions for an effective implementation of the concepts and technologies of this new industrial revolution.