Identifying the requirements of using the Industrial Internet of Things in the automotive supply chain

Subject Areas : Production Management

ali jantarani ¹ , Masoud Barati ² , Morteza Ghobakhloo ³ , Arash Shahin ⁴ , Mohammad Talari ⁵

1 - Department of Management, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
2 - 1- Department of management, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
3 - Associate professor, faculty of management, university of Tehran
4 - Department of Management,, Isfahan university
5 - Department of business management, Qom univeristy

Received: 2022-10-12 Accepted : 2023-01-21 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: Supply Chain, Requirements, Automotive Industry, Grounded Theory, Industrial Internet of Things,

Abstract :

Due to the Complication in the supply chain and in order to manage it better, companies consider new technologies as a potential factor to improve the performance of their supply chain. One of these emerging technologies is the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things, by affecting various parts of the supply chain management, increases efficiency and improves the performance of an organization. In this period of time, the automobile industry is forced to enter the fourth generation of the industry in order to achieve optimal productivity and production at the global level, and the gateway to Industry 4.0 is the Internet of Things. The purpose of this research is to identify the requirements of using the industrial Internet of Things in the supply chain of the automotive industry. In this regard, the current research has collected and analyzed data using a qualitative method and using the appearing approach (glazier) of classical Grounded Theory and interviews with automotive industry experts and academic experts in the years 2021-2022. Organizational, social (environmental), managerial, industrial, and economic (financial) factors were identified as requirements for using the Industrial Internet of Things in the supply chain of the automotive industry. The conceptual model of Industrial Internet of Things requirements in the supply chain of the automotive industry was drawn with 5 categories and 20 components.