The investigation of environmental sustainability on industry 4.0 readiness considering Malaysia cultural preference

Che Abd Razak, Nur Liyana Syahirah (2023) The investigation of environmental sustainability on industry 4.0 readiness considering Malaysia cultural preference. Project Report. Melaka, Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Greater manufacturing efficiency is made possible by the fourth industrial revolution, often known as Industry 4.0. This revolution will also have a substantial influence on the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of our society. However, adoption of Industry 4.0 is still very limited in developing nations. This research intends to analyse the dynamics of Industry 4.0 adoption in relation to fulfilling sustainability objectives. As a result, a complete strategy is offered to increase productivity and sustainability measures among SMEs via the digital revolution caused by Industry 4.0. A quantitative analysis was done using Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The study was based on a simple random sample. The findings reveal that IT resources, managerial leadership, collaboration, and external assistance all have a substantial impact on Industry 4.0 adoption and sustainability. On the other hand, the impact of the pressure from the market is negligible. Additionally, the implementation of Industry 4.0 will have a huge impact on the environment and sustainability. Lastly, Industry 4.0 adoption is the link between all of the success factors of Industry 4.0 and sustainability, except market pressure. This research expands the link between the success criteria and the adoption of Industry 4.0 to include sustainability, and it experimentally supports the mediating influence that Industry 4.0 adoption has between the success elements and sustainability. The findings of the research offer a contribution to the growing body of written material on Industry 4.0 and give useful insights for both policymakers and practitioners. This article provides a synopsis of the Hofstede model of national culture, which consists of six dimensions: power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity, long-term orientation/short-term orientation, and indulgence/restraint. It demonstrates the conceptual and research work that came before it and led up to it, as well as the research activities that came after it became a paradigm for comparing cultures and expanded on it after it had achieved that status. The article emphasises that dimensions depend on the degree of aggregation; it discusses the six fully separate dimensions revealed in the study on organisational cultures conducted by Hofstede et al. (2010). This should serve as a warning to avoid confusing individual value differences with other types of differences. The discussion comes to a close with a look forward at what the future of research into the many aspects of national cultures and the places where different nations stand in relation to those cultures may hold. As a result, a questionnaire is being distributed as part of this research in order to collect responses from users' perspectives on the significance of environmental sustainability on industry 4.0 preparedness via the lens of Malaysian cultural preferences. After that, the data that was gathered is subjected to an analysis and evaluation with the help of Smart-PLS.

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