Relations between ERP and industry 4.0 model

Abstract

Industry 4.0 is new model of manufacturing systems automation, based on the concept of cyber-physical system (CPS), integrated with information and communication technologies that have been applied in advanced way (cloud computing, big data analytics and AI), and based on distributed control. This approach has becoming more flexible, responsive to customer demands, and product quality is without defects. On the other hand, planning and control manufacturing in this model must have a specific concept that defines it. Also, model (ERP) has its own development, and the subject of this paper is the analysis and synthesis of the follow two models: Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). The paper also provides a research model for the ERP model in SMEs developing the Industry 4.0 concept.