THE MODEL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER’S POTENTIAL IN BUILDING-MATERIAL INDUSTRY FOR INDUSTRY 4.0

Abstract

This research’s objectives are 1) to study the components of competency development of manager in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0 2) to develop the competency model of manager in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0 3) to prepare the manual for the model development manager’s competency in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0. The methodology of the research is the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative research was conducted by in-depth interviews with 10 experts, and a focus group public discussion to examine and assess the consistency of the model development manager’s potential in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0 and the content of the manual for the model development manager’s competency in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0 by 14 experts. The quantitative research was conducted with managers, including supervisors, department managers, engineers, division managers, directors, and senior engineers who are responsible for managing the plants in the building-material industry. There were 433 research respondents. The research tools consisted of an interview form and a questionnaire. The analysis of the data from the questionnaire used Exploratory Factor Analysis as the inference statistics

The research showed that the model development manager’s competency in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0 consists of the following main components and sub-components: The Manager Competency core component consists of 3 sub-components, as follows; The no.1 core component of Industry 4.0 knowledge comprised 3 sub-components which were 1) Knowledge of IoT, Big-Data, Cyber-physical Systems, Visualization, AI. , Cloud 2) Knowledge of Industry 4.0 assessment guidelines, and 3) Knowledge of digital system application for organizational communication development. The no.2 core component of factory and innovation management skill comprised 4 sub-components which were 1) Capacity of assignment and employee development throughout the organization 2) Expertise on production and maintenance 3) Capacity of data analysis and product design with smart technology, and 4) Capacity of compliance with cyber threat prevention guidelines. The no.3 core component of leadership characteristics comprised 3 sub-components which were 1) Decisive initiation on ideas, actions and creative changes 2) Readiness to catch up with changes and 3) Capacity of teamwork performance. The manual for the model development manager’s competency in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0 contains the guidelines for each component and success indicators.

Expert assessment showed that the model development manager’s competency  in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0 that has been developed is appropriate with scored 86% on appropriateness. And the manual for the model development manager’s competency in the building-material industry for Industry 4.0 reached the “most agreed” level on appropriateness for the actual use, with the average score at 4.76 out of 5.