Business Models for Industry 4.0

Sandra Grabowska is Assistant Professor at the Department of Production Engineering (Silesian University of Technology). She is the author and co-author of nearly 80 scientific publications. Her research focuses on business models, modern forms of management and Industry 4.0. She is active in managerial associations and as a consultant supporting enterprise improvement. Sebastian Saniuk is Professor at the University of Zielona Góra (Poland). He is a member of the Committee of Production Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2015. His research interests include issues related to production management, industrial engineering and logistics, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, particularly planning and control of production flow and modeling of production networks of small and medium enterprises, rapid prototyping and CSR in SMEs. The results of his research have been presented in over 270 national and international scientific publications including journals, monographs and conference proceedings of national and international conferences indexed in Web of Science and Scopus database. During his career, he has conducted research under several grants awarded and funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, The National Centre for Research and Development and the European Union.

• List of FiguresList of Tables IntroductionChapter IContemporary socioeconomic challenges for Business Models Intelligent society creating an Economy 4.0 Society 5.0 and Industry 4.0 Sustainable production versus Sustainable consumption Challenges of SME sector in the era of Economy 4.0 conceptChapter IIMegatrends of the Fourth Industrial Revolution determining changes in business models Technological environment - digitalization of industrial processes Business networks of cooperating enterprises of Industry 4.0 Customization of production and expectations of a modern customer - personalization Servitization of industrial productionChapter IIIThe Fourth Industrial Revolution as a new environment for business models Fourth Industrial Revolution - Industry 4.0 Smart Factories of the Future Network forms of cooperation between small and medium enterprisesChapter IVA concept for planning cyber-physical production networks Customer and manufacturer integration platform model Concept of network prototyping methodology The importance of collaboration and networking for the SME sector Chapter VThe concept of Business Model 4.0 Business model - theoretical approach Business models focused on the process of creating competitiveness, innovation and value Architecture of Business Model 4.0Chapter VIMeasures for Business Model 4.0 Balanced Scorecard for Business Model 4.0 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)ConclusionIndex