Evaluation of Key Challenges to Industry 4.0 in Indian Context: A DEMATEL Approach

The rapid development of information technology, analytics, computing capacity and hardware has led to increasing affinity towards the concept of Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 uses cyber-physical systems (CPS), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and cloud data sharing to develop intelligent manufacturing systems. The Indian industries under the patronage of national and local government initiatives like Make in India and Digital India are looking forwards to adopting best in class manufacturing infrastructure to support the changing industrial environment and utilize the immense opportunities ahead. For this purpose, Industry 4.0 will play a vital role in achieving manufacturing competitiveness. This paper is an attempt to evaluate the key challenges of Industry 4.0 in the Indian context. A decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) approach is used to establish relations between the key challenges.