Track: Industry 4.0 - Special Track

Abstract

The increasingly fierce competitiveness in the global economy, increasing productivity and reducing costs become increasingly relevant. Technological advancement can lead to optimization of productive resources by generating a larger amount of data, which through connectivity can be transformed into information, aiming to analyze the investment capacity and connectivity for the development of the automotive supply chain. The methodology used is exploratory, qualitative and quantitative. Sixty questionnaires were addressed, through a survey research, which were about the ability of investments, the importance of using technology for the industry 4.0 for connectivity between the chain of the automotive supplies industry, and which related gains and impediments to connectivity. In the data analysis was found that, for the Brazilian automotive industry, the level of investment made is still low, as well as the level of connectivity. For the next few years small investments are planned that can improve connectivity.