The ECO Maturity Model – A human-centered Industry 4.0 maturity model

The currently unfolding digital transformation has a monumental impact on the globalized world of the 21st century. Especially for manufacturing companies, the fourth industrial revolution provokes fundamental changes but also carries significant potentials. Consequently, businesses begin to exploit the inherent benefits of Industry 4.0 more and more. The thereby induced developments and advances are primarily technology-driven but have substantial implications for employees and industrial workers. As a result, the corporate ecosystem (collection of organizations in a company) must evolve to provide an adequate setting for the workforce of the future to operate effectively and efficiently.