Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Korea's Manufacturing Innovation 3.0
Korea's Manufacturing Innovation 3.0
■特別寄稿論文
Abstract : This study explains the current state of “Manufacture Innovation 3.0”, Korean strategy for the 4th
Industrial Revolution which focuses on Smart Factory. Since 2014, it has achieved some amazing results, but, still
needs to be improved to reflect the real SMEsʼ business environment. Hence, this study suggests the “Globalization
4.0 Initiative” as the new policy imperative of Korean government which induces Korean SMEs to participate in the
4th Industrial Revolution trends in global context.
Keywords : 4th Industrial Revolution, Manufacture Innovation 3.0, Korean SMEs, Smart Factory, Globalization 4.0
of upgrade of the initiative to promote Korean new technologies have influenced lots of changes
SMEʼs innovation efforts considering the global not only in industries but also in our lives.
trends of the 4th Industrial Revolution. According to prior research, the 4th Industri-
al Revolution has been coming naturally by fol-
2. Background of Manufacture Innovation
lowing several previous industrial developments.
3.0 Initiative
As seen in history, those industrial and tech-
2.1 Advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution Era nological revolutions have functioned as another
On January 20th, 2016, in Davos, Swiss, Klaus opportunity for development. It means that the
Schwab, the chairperson of World Economy Fo- 4th Industrial Revolution, eventually, will be real-
th
rum declared that we are in the era of 4 Indus- ity and exert strong influence on world econo-
th
trial Revolution. The 4 Industrial Revolution is my in the near future. It is considered that the
regarded as a new paradigm in manufacturing first player who establishes the standard for the
industry. Thatʼs because the general concept of manufacturing system can achieve the best
the 4th Industrial Revolution is about embedded competitiveness in world market. At this point,
technologies of ICT and Manufacturing indus- most countries should be prepared for this kind
tries which is the main concept of Germanyʼs of paradigm shift in the near future, and those
new strategy, “Industrie 4.0”, suggested in 2011 countermeasures should be appropriate for each
for the first time. domestic industrial status and circumstances.
However, ICT technologies including Big
Data, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and IoT (Inter- 2.2 Major Countries’ Strategies
net of Things) have been already applied in most Germany, which is the pioneer of the 4th In-
of industries and other fields beyond manufac- dustrial Revolution, has prepared long before for
ture industries where the CPS (Cyber-Physical this huge change. The German government sug-
System) is applied mainly. It means that these gested their own strategy in the name of “High
Tech Strategy 2020 Action Plan”, that is known
as “Industrie 4.0” more widely, in 2011.
German strategy is focusing on their manu-
facturing ecosystem where major corporations
and SMEs are cooperating by applying IoT and
CPS. They planned to establish the fundamental
revolution that connects factories, customers
and R&D organically. This strategy is called as
“Smart Factory” in other word.
In 2015, German government adopted the
upgraded version of “Industrie 4.0”, called “Plat-
Figure 1 Industry 1.0 to INDUSTRIE 4.0 form Industrie 4.0”. In that upgraded strategy,
Source : Eurasia Online News (2016), “Industrial Rev- they recognized and mentioned the necessity of
olution : Advancement in AI Herald Big Changes
collaboration of industry, institutes and universi-
in Production”, https://eurasia-news-online.com/
2016/09/21/4th-industrial-revolution/, (access date : ties under governmental supports.
2016.12.31) The final goal of Germanyʼs strategy is to
28
Table 1 German Upgraded Industry 4.0 Strategy Cloud and AI, named “Predix Platform”.
The Automatic Industrial Data system col-
Platform Industry 4.0
lects the data from production process, and
• Ministry of Economy, Cloud Algorithm connects the data. Then, after
Subject
• Ministry of Education analysis using AI system, the production system
• Collaboration of Industry, Institutes and can be optimized by sharing the data. Thus,
Governance Universities with Governmental USʼs Big Data system functions as core point to
Support
make the “Industrial Internet” be realized.
• Based on Existing Applying Strategies,
Core Tasks
• Subdivide into each practical field
Those two policies, “Made in China 2025” carry ahead the 4th Industrial Revolution strate-
and “Internet Plus”, especially, are the main gy with the technologies of IoT, Big Data, AI
strategy of China to prepare for the 4th Industri- and Robot. The AI and Robot are connected by
al Revolution. Chinaʼs advantages, their powerful developed sensors and that advanced technolo-
and strong government, are expected to func- gy can be applied in the manufacturing system.
tion as pressure as well as huge supports for Every year, there has been held “Robot In-
development. novation Initiative Conference,” which is held by
collaboration of Industry, University, Institutes
Table 2 Chinaʼs Policy Issues and more than 1,000 corporations. Robot tech-
Policy Core Strategy nology, another name “the Learning Robot”, as
core strategy of Japanʼs 4th Industrial Revolu-
10 Strategic Industry
Made in China 2025
Promotion including IT tion, is expected to improve the global competi-
Combination of Traditional tiveness of the manufacturing industry and en-
Internet Plus
Industry and Internet & IT hance efficiency of Japanʼs production system.
Startup and
Support Startup Ecosystem Singapore also launched their own strategy
Innovation
for the 4th Industrial Revolution by “Infocomm
21c New Silk Road
One Belt, One Road
with 60 countries Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)”. It
is not only focusing on Manufacturing Industry
Source : Hae-Ok Choi (2016), “The Connecting Facto-
but aiming to construct “Smart Nation”. By in-
ry : Made in 2025”, Science & Technology Policy ,
Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 20-25 stalling sensors across the country and sharing
the real time data, Singapore plans to build fu-
On the other hand, Japan established their ture city nation.
own strategy in the name of “Japan Rehabilita- These strategies of the major countries are
tion Strategy”. Japanese government also needs summarized in <Table 3>.
solutions for Japanʼs internal economic reforma-
tion. Thus, Japanʼs strategy includes measures 2.3 Status of Manufacturing Industry in Korea
for the 4th Industrial Revolution, and new poten- As mentioned above, the major countries
tial market creation, economic development, and have suggested their own countermeasures for
to promote consumption. the 4th Industrial Revolution, which are appro-
Especially, Japanese government decided to priate for each countryʼs internal and environ-
In 2011 Germany Platform Industry 4.0 (Upgraded in 2015) : Manufacture Industry Standard
In 2011 United States AMP 2.0 & GE’s Industry Internet (Upgraded in 2014) : using Data and Cloud
In 2013 Japan Japan Rehabilitation Strategy (Upgraded in 2016) : Learning Robot Strategy
In 2015 China Made in China 2025 & Internet Plus : Strong Government and Development
In 2015 Singapore Smart Nation Master Platform : Nation-wide Smart City using Sensors
mental status, in the way of emphasizing their following the trend of industrial development in
technical merits and advantages. They have Korea, as shown in <Table 4>.
recognized that the 4th Industrial Revolution has
already come and started to influence on our Table 4 Change of Innovation Paradigm in Korea
real lives.
Manufacturing Light Industry
Korean government has also suggested a
Innovation 1.0 = Import Substitution Strategy
strategy in 2014, termed “Manufacturing Inno-
vation 3.0”. Korea has been regarded as a leader Manufacturing Assembling Industry
of IT, which heads Korean government up to Innovation 2.0 = Catchup Strategy
follow the world trend hurriedly.
Manufacturing Converged New Industry
In fact, Korea has somehow remarkable his- Innovation 3.0 = Pacesetting Strategy
tory about economic and industrial development.
Somewhere along the line of industrial develop- Source : MOTIE(http://www.motie.go.kr)
ment, Korea achieved one of the most competi-
tive manufacturing technologies. Among the The appearance of embedded technologies
OECD countries, Korea has recorded that manu- with IT & SW (Information Technology and
facturing takes 30% share in GDP, higher than Software) and the newly developed technologies
that of Germany (23%), Japan (19%), and the such as 3D printing or Smart Factory using
USA (12%). CPS (Cyber Physical System) and AI (Artificial
However, with the advent of the “New Nor- Intelligence) is considered as shift into new
mal” era, Korea has experienced some changes manufacture industry paradigm. “Manufacture
and crisis such as lower competitiveness in Innovation 3.0” which is focusing on Smart Fac-
manufacturing industry and G2 (USA and Chi- tory strategy has been suggested for the pur-
na) countriesʼ new protectionism. pose of resolving the crisis in Korean manufac-
At this point, it is necessary for Korea to turing industry such as high cost production
th
recognize that the 4 Industrial Revolution can structure, increasing offshoring and decreasing
be another opportunity to take off again and competitiveness in high value-added products.
that Korea needs innovation especially in manu- This strategy comprised the governmental
facturing industry not to be get left behind in plan for disseminating Smart Factory system to
world competition. 10,000 SMEs by converging IT, SW, IoT and
CPS until 2020. For that purpose, 3 major manu-
3. Analysis of “MI 3.0 Initiative”
facturing SWs of Engineering, Design and the
3.1 Manufacturing Innovation Efforts in Korea embedded SW are planned to be developed. In
In June, 2014, the Korean government re- addition, “Manufacturing Innovation Commis-
leased the “Manufacture Innovation 3.0” strate- sion”, in the form of public and private partner-
gy which is designed by Korean Ministry of ship, would be established to prepare the follow-
Trade, Industry and Energy. They announced up measures. The commission was launched in
that this strategy is the upgraded version of July, 2014. Since then, has convened the annual
past innovation strategies, “Innovation 1.0” and meetings to refine the strategies and the follow-
“Innovation 2.0,” which had been suggested by up measures.
Koreaʼs Manufacturing Innovation 3.0 Initiative 31
Source : MOTIE(http://www.motie.go.kr)
32
cost reduction, reduced delivery time, diversifi- Smart Factory, there appeared some cases ap-
cation of products by flexible production pro- plying some other technologies such as Big Data
cess, increased efficiency in stock management, or AI. Besides, those technological changes influ-
energy reduction and creation of new market. ence not only on manufacturing industry but
Especially, the Smart Factory Bureauʼs survey, also on other industries like distribution, servic-
targeting 1,566 Smart Factory enterprises, ex- es and international trade. Here are some cases
plains that 51.4% of enterprises are considering of Korean major enterprises and SMEs.
the decreased rate of defective products as the 1) Major Enterprisesʼ Cases
most remarkable result from the Smart Factory In Korea, most of large corporations are the
system. main player for Manufacturing Innovation 3.0.
Besides, more SMEs start to recognize the Samsung SDS, SK C&C and LG CNS have re-
necessity of application of new technologies leased their own Smart Factory solutions. Sam-
such as Smart Factory system. According to the sung SDSʼs solution “Nexplant” is the data anal-
survey result, only 57% of SMEs answered the ysis platform to confirm the problems in
need of innovation at the first survey in Decem- production process applying AI and Big Data.
ber, 2014. More than 86% of SMEs, however, an- SK C&Cʼs and LG CNSʼs solutions are “Scala”
swered that the application of innovative tech- and “SMS (Sorter Management System)” those
nologies is necessary for the production are also data analysis system to manage the
efficiency, at the recent survey of May, 2016. production line and distribution information.
The more support projects from the private or- The most well-known case is “Coupangʼs In-
ganizations increases, the more SMEs partici- novation”. Coupang is a Korean social commerce
pate in Smart Factory projects. company operating a web marketplace and SNS
After reviewing the results, Korean govern- (Social Network Service), established in 2010.
ment intends to extend the application of new Since 2015, Coupang has been operating spe-
technologies such as Robots, 3D printing and cial delivery system, called “Rocket Delivery”.
ESS (Energy Storage System) and to implement The Rocket Delivery is a specially customized
more practical and financial support projects. delivery system. It means Coupang is not apply-
At the same time, Korean Ministry of Sci- ing the ordinary stock management system.
ence, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) also start The stocks for delivery are classified by each
the technical support projects to help Korean customer segmentsʼ database.
enterprises such as “Expansion of creative econ- After analyzing the customerʼs propensity to
omy with Startup Ecosystem,” “Field centered consume, that database of each market seg-
policy enforcement,” “Creation of new industry ments notify how to store and manage the stock
and new service with embedded and innovative lines. Then, automatic conveyor system classi-
technologies.” The “AI Project” announced in fies the products. Although it does not seem the
January, 2017, is the first support project re- products are stocked in order, it is, astonishing-
leased by MSIP. ly, much easier for delivery manager to find and
pack the products for each customer. Then, the
3.3 Application Cases of “MI 3.0” trained courier, called specially as “Coupang
Although the Korean strategy highlights the man”, delivers the products with customized
Koreaʼs Manufacturing Innovation 3.0 Initiative 33
first introduced in 2014 by Korean Ministry of Revolution is made properly, Korea can take the
Trade, Industry and Energy. opportunity to take off again.
According to the result report, most of par-
Acknowledgments
ticipators are satisfied with improved produc-
tion management and increased efficiency. Be- This research is partially supported by Chuo Univer-
sity Joint Research Grant.
sides, by comparing with the previous year,
more SMEs start to be interested in this innova- References
tion trend and recognize that the application of
Baek, Soo-Hyun (2016) “Smart Manufacturing, Preparing
new technologies is not optional but necessary.
for 4th Industrial Revolution”, Electronical World , Vol.
At this point, it seems that Korean govern- 65, No. 2, pp. 44-48.
ment faces the important moment to confirm Choi, Hae-Ok (2016) “The Connecting Factory : China
whether these current support projects are suf- Manufacture 2025”, Science & Technology Policy , Vol.
ficient to promote Korean SMEsʼ innovation ef- 26, No. 8, pp. 20-25.
Jung, Bong-Ju (2016) “The Change of Manufacture Para-
forts and whether the current strategy reflects
digm”, Industrial Engineering Magazine , Vol. 23, No. 1,
the status of SMEʼs business environment. pp. 18-23.
Still, there need more developments in SW Jung, Min-Kyu (2016) “Smart Factory, Inspection of Re-
industry and more supports for training human sults for the Past 2 Years and Promise to Take Off”,
resource. To apply Smart Factory system for MOTIE News Brief , October 19. pp. 1-13.
Kim, Sun-Kwon (2017) “Anticipative Footwork for 4th In-
SMEs, current support from the government is
dustrial Revolution by Supporting Researchers in Fu-
not enough. It means that much practical and
ture Promising Field”, MSIP News Brief , January 2,
feasible strategy should be developed that can pp. 1-8.
promote Korean SMEsʼ innovation efforts. Lee, Jae-Won (2016) “4th Industrial Revolution : The Major
In this context, we would like to suggest Countriesʼ Strategies”, International Economy Review ,
that the collaboration of government agencies, Vol. 24.
Lee, Jung-A and Kim, Young-Hoon (2014) “Industry 4.0
industries, and university can be helpful for im-
and Manufacturing Industry Creative Economy Strat-
proved policy initiative. By reflecting the char-
egy”, IT & Future Strategy Report , Vol. 2.
acteristics of Korean economy, which is highly Peter, C. E. and Marco, A (2013) “Industrial Internet :
dependent on international trade, innovative Pushing the Boundaries of Minds and Machines”,
policy model should be devised which comprise Technology, http://www.slideshare.net/marklittle
Manufacturing Innovation and Globalization. wood/ge-industrial-internet, (access date : 2016.9.15)
William, M. D. (2014) “Industry : Where we have been,
Thus, this study suggests the upgrade of
where we are going”, Germany Trade & Invest .
policy from “Manufacture Innovation 3.0” to http://www.gereports.com
“Globalization 4.0” that aims to improve the http://www.motie.go.kr
global competitiveness of Korean SMEs. http://www.msip.go.kr
As the worldʼs economy, industry and tech- http://www.weforum.org
http://www.whitehouse.gov
nology changed rapidly, Korea should partici-
pate in this world trend as one of the driving
forces. In these days, the new economic para-
digm comes to Korea as a crisis. However, when
the appropriate response to the 4th Industrial