Digitalisation and automation in the Nordic manufacturing sector : status, potentials and barriers / Iris Group.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

IRIS Group.

Series:

TemaNord ; 2015:578.

TemaNord, 0908-6692 ; 2015:578

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing industries--Scandinavia.

Manufacturing industries.

Manufacturing industries--Scandinavia--Automation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, [Denmark] : Nordic Council of Ministers, 2015.

Contents:

Cover; Colophon; Contents; Preface; 1. Summary and perspectives; 1.1 The state of Nordic manufacturing; 1.2 Structure and transformation of Nordic manufacturing; 1.3 Digitalisation and "reindustrialisation"; 1.4 Barriers to further digitalisation and automation; 1.5 Current Policy initiatives in the Nordic countries; 1.6 Future perspectives; 2. Background - Manufacturing and digitalisation at a glance; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Deindustrialisation and why manufacturing matters; 2.3 Industry 4.0 - digitalisation and automation as drivers for growth and competitiveness in Manufacturing

2.4 The Nordic countries and industry 4.03. Structure and changes in Nordic manufacturing; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Development in employment and productivity; 3.3 Sectoral specialisation ; 3.4 Regional distribution of manufacturing activities; 3.5 Firm distribution; 3.6 Structural changes in the Nordic manufacturing sector; 3.7 Summary; 4. Digitalisation and automation in Nordic manufacturing ; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A general typology for digitalisation in manufacturing; 4.3 Level of digitalisation in Nordic industries; 4.4 Perspectives and potentials; 4.5 Summary

5. Barriers to further digitalisation and automation in the manufacturing sector5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Three levels of digitalisation and automation; 5.3 Prevalent barriers among the target groups; 5.4 Summary; 6. Policies facilitating automation and digitalisation; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Policies in Denmark; 6.3 Policies in Finland; 6.4 Policies in Iceland; 6.5 Policies in Norway; 6.6 Policies in Sweden; 6.7 Policies in UK; 6.8 Policies in Germany; 6.9 Summary and discussion; Literature

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 11, 2016).

ISBN:

92-893-4422-9

92-893-4408-3

OCLC:

933295828