Supplier assessment of airbus: readiness and willingness of industry 4.0

Abstract

At present, all sectors are learning about Industry 4.0. The Federal Government of Germany has announced to be a driving force for Germany's production. The announcement that the 4th Industrial Revolution has begun. Moving forward to Industry 4.0, it is necessary to study to understand how to develop the concept. As Airbus would like their suppliers to apply industry 4.0 on the workflow in order to improve its performance. So, supplier assessment regarding the readiness and willingness of industry 4.0 is required by starting in the Supplier Development Department of Airbus. The objectives of study are to explore the existing supplier assessment tools available in the market based on the new era of industry 4.0, to assess suppliers at all tiers for Airbus by using the industry 4.0 framework, and to provide recommendations to Airbus suppliers based on their readiness and willingness of industry 4.0. There are many assessment tools available in the market. Those tools were helping the team to develop a brand new tools that suitable for Airbus. Assessing the suppliers by the readiness and willingness of industry 4.0 at all tier will help Airbus to prepare the system and move on to the implementation stage.