THE CROATIAN MODEL OF INNOVATIVE SMART ENTERPRISE FOR DIFFERENT SIZES OF ENTERPRISE

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1 Full professor, Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Split, Split, Croatia.

2 Teaching/research assistant, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Split, Split, Croatia.

3 Teaching/research assistant, Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Split, Croatia.

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ABSTRACT
This paper deals with the issue about models that will help Croatian companies to
bridge the gap between their current situation and that of the developed companies.
The paper presents research within the project Innovative Smart Enterprise.
The aim of project Innovative Smart Enterprise is to understand current state of
manufacturing enterprises in Croatia and to help them find a new path for
improvement. The focus is on new manufacturing technologies, integration of ICT
(Information and communication technologies) within processes and new
organizational concepts in production related to Industry 4.0.
Previous research was done to describe the current state of Croatian manufacturing
companies and an analysis was made to find out which basic lean methods Croatian
companies should acquire and use. A selection of six basic lean methods was made
and the foundation of generic HR-ISE (Croatian model of innovative smart enterprise)
model was defined. This paper presents models based on the generic HR-ISE
model. The data for research were collected from small, medium and large
companies through surveys. This research shows that surveyed companies in
Croatia are aware that they need new model for production system in order to stay
competitive. Through this research Croatian manufacturing companies have picture
of the current state and guidelines for improvement.

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