Assessment of industry 4.0 on manufacturing enterprises: Demographic perspective

Industry 4.0, described as the new and advanced way of digitalization of the industries, that undoubtedly affects both businesses and the competitive environment. The preparations of the businesses to adapt this new era is vitally important in terms of competitiveness. In this perspective; this research study is aimed to examine the impact level of Industry 4.0 according to the demographic changes of manufacturing enterprises. The survey technique was used as a data collection tool and 387 valid surveys were obtained from the employees of the industrial enterprises in the city of Konya in Turkey. Theoretical model and hypotheses were tested by descriptive statistics and ANOVA tests applied for comparison of demographic differences