Description
This dissertation aims to measure the fourth industrial revolution/digital transformation in the Portuguese metal-mechanic sector. To this end, based on the indicators developed by the European Commission's Digital Transformation Scoreboard 2017 and the properties of the composite indicator that constitutes the Multidimensional Poverty Index, we have created three composite indicators to measure the digital transformation of the sector. Two of the indicators measure factors facilitating the digital transformation of industry - the Digital Infrastructure Indicator (IID) and the Labor Force Digital Competency Indicator (ICDFL) - and the third measures the integration of digital technology in industry - the Indicator on the Integration of Digital Technology (IITD). The results of the questionnaire to CATIM's client sector companies show that these companies have the digital infrastructures necessary for the implementation of the fourth industrial revolution, are less well on the digital competencies of their workforce and clearly worse on integration of digital technology. For the sample as a whole, [IID; ICDFL; IITD] = [0.820; 0.580; 0.225]. Of the five groups of companies identified as having a greater integration of digital technology, two stand out in the three indicators considered: the group of companies with a turnover of 50 million or more, [IID; ICFL; IITD] = [0.925; 0.700; 0,773] and the group of companies of CAE 29 (manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers and components for motor vehicles), [IID; ICFL; IITD] = [0.925; 0.650; 0.587].| Period | 2 Jul 2019 |
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| Degree of Recognition | Master |