Digital Maturity Assessment: An Empirical Study of Industry 4.0 Readiness in Morocco’s Industrial Sector

Abstract

In a structured survey of fifty industrial professionals covering hundreds of firms, a veritable crucible was employed tomeasure the readiness of Morocco’s industrials for Industry 4.0, comprising both large state-owned companies and small innovative firms belonging to multiple sectors and scattered across different geographic regions. Quantitative statistical techniques in combination with qualitative thematic inter pretation were employed to carry out mixed methods analysis. As a result, this research uncovers serious digital maturity disparities. The study shows that 46 percent of respondents regard their organizations as Digital Operation
Units multinationals exhibits 74 per cent internet adoption rate and national private enterprises only 32 (X2 = 8.47,p < 0.05). Three impeding factors include money deficit technical unskilled mass resistance to change. And whilethe snares abound 72% have hope for the unclear Digital
Conversion, that is the name of this epoch. The study offers actual findings which can be used by policymakers, policy experts and strategic planners in Morocco’s future industrial digital conversion.