Determination of Significant Barriers Towards Ad-dressing the Industry 4.0 Implementation Prospects: A MCDM Technique-Based Approach

This article works at identifying and analyzing the major barriers to the deployment of the fourth industrial revolution, the I4.0 concept in Indian manufacturing sectors. An organized literature review has been carried out from several important online research databases, like Emerald Publication, Web of Science, Scopus, John Wiley, IEEE Explore, ASME, Taylor and Francis, SCIRP, Springer Open, and Science Direct to perform this study on I4.0 deployment. Applying the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique, following a thorough literature study to identify the various obstacles to I4.0 deployment, prioritizes these barriers. The contextual linkage between the various significant barriers to Industry 4.0 implementation was developed using the AHP technique after consulting a panel of specialists from both industry and academia. The findings of this study will aid to identify and categorize significant barriers, showing both the immediate and long-term impacts of each of these derived barriers on the implementation of I4.0. The outcome of this study will provide experts and policymakers with a thorough knowledge of the implementation prospects for Industry 4.0 and the various obstructions affecting its successful deployment. In this study, the five major barriers to Industry 4.0 deployment have been identified, and employing the AHP technique, hierarchical linkages are developed among these barriers striving towards successfully implementing the I4.0 concept.