Barriers in Adoption of Internet of Things in Manufacturing Industries

Abstract

The research topic of this study is the factors that can influence the adoption of IoT in newlinemanufacturing companies in and around Mumbai. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the developing newlinenetwork of connected smart devices using internet protocols. Its gaining popularity in different newlineindustries due to many advantages. However, there are several reservations in the adoption like any newlinenew technology face at the initial stage. newlineThe literature study on the adoption of technologies and different technology adoption models newlineproposed by several authors explored many reasons which hamper the adoption of technologies. newlineSeveral authors have explored that adoption of the IoT will be delayed if security issues are not newlineaddressed. Some authors have argued that users often ignore security and privacy over convenience. newlineSimilarly, authors have revealed other factors that can influence the adoption of technologies like newlineperformance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, and newlinecompetition, etc. The authors have addressed these factors and presented findings that support the newlineinfluence of these factors on the adoption of technologies. Some literature does not support the newlineinfluence. newlineAs IoT has several benefits for the manufacturing industry, the purpose of this study is to explore newlineimportant factors that can influence adoption. These factors are studied by different authors for newlinedifferent technologies adoption and this research will give a unified view for manufacturing newlineorganisations. This research was constructed to explore important factors that can influence the newlineadoption of IoT in manufacturing industries in and around Mumbai. The Unified Theory of newlineAcceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) was used to define three constructs for this study newline2 newlinethat are performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and facilitating conditions. Security awareness newlinewas added as an additional construct to fulfil the requirement of this study.