The thesis paper should follow an agreed plan. The following is a proposal of a plan to be discussed and finalized together before starting writing the essay.
1- Executive summary
2- Chapter 1: Theoretical framework (definitions, terminology, explanation of the subject/problematic, etc…)
3- Chapter 2: Problem statement. Description of the problem (what are the key success factors to deploy industry 4.0, what are the failures, what are the success stories, etc…). Check cases done by industries to learn from them or from their mistakes, preferably in France or Europe
4- Chapter 3: Preconception of hypotheses for the solutions. Based on the studies of the failures and successes, we should list, prioritise and test certain axis to guarantee a certain success in industry 4.0 transformation/deployment
5- Chapter 4: Field research: deploy and test the suggested solution (interview with professionals). In this chapter, a meeting/questionnaire should be prepared for me to conduct in order to test the proposed solutions of chapter 4
6- Conclusions and recommendations