Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The challenges brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution are at the center of development and organization in managing the value chain process involved in the manufacturing industry, which is fundamentally changing the concept of the enterprise, as cyber-production systems are destroying the boundaries between the real and the virtual world. In Albania, the concept of Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution is mostly unknown or known very little, though in ever-expanding global economies and more specifically in the new generation of entrepreneurs is becoming a necessity. The Adriatic and Ionian societies and economies are also affected by this transformation, which affects production, relationships between companies and the development of human capital. To face this, focusing on shipyard and nautical logistic supply chain, the search intends to develop an Industry 4.0 model to increase the competitiveness of shipyards. The results are based on Adriatic and Ionian region companies, human capital developers and public administrations. The companies involved share the same challenges for the shipping sector as they face the same transformations and their manufacturing systems must be more integrated. KEY WORDS: Fourth Industrial Revolution, Marine Industry, nautical logistic supply chain, Cyber Production Systems. ACADEMIC STUDIES IN HUMAN, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 242 INTRODUCTION S ince 2015 Albania government has started to include research and innovation policies as part of National Economic Reform Program- NERP, as it was reflected in the latest Decision of Council of Ministers Nr. 52 dated 27.01.2016, On the approval of National Economic Reform Program –NERP 2016-2018 (Council of Ministers of Albania, 2016). Its objective is to promote and support the social inclusion and sustainable employment program for young people by enhancing their active involvement both in the ICT entrepreneurship, as well as in creative, innovative and competitive actions through capacity building, partnership development and growth of entrepreneurial activity, start-ups and SMEs.
Source: EUROMEDITERRANEAN
Authors: Sonila NIKOLLA, Eni NASI
Language: English
Subfield: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7225329613