A Systems View Across Time and Space
Inhibitor ID | Organisational inhibitor |
 o1 | Lack of clear digital operations vision/strategy |
 o2 | Unsuitable organisational structure or missing key functional areas |
 o3 | Lack of leadership from top management |
 o4 | Lack of digital culture and training |
 o5 | Lack of in-house expertise or skills |
 o6 | Lack of capabilities in data analytics |
 o7 | Lack of integration between physical product development and software development |
 oNA | Not applicable |
Inhibitor ID | Business inhibitor |
 b1 | Insufficient information to predict demand and revenues, resulting in high uncertainty |
 b2 | Weak value proposition of IoT applications and resulting low customer demand |
 b3 | Difficulty in identifying market opportunities |
 b4 | Insufficient information to predict costs or required investment |
 b5 | Issues related to monetisation under current business model |
 b6 | Issues related to collaboration with suppliers or partners on digital solutions |
 b7 | Issues related to choosing level of vertical integration for IoT applications |
 bNA | Not applicable |
Inhibitor ID | Technological inhibitor |
 t1 | Availability of basic infrastructure technologies |
 t2 | Difficulties related to selecting enabling technologies to realise IoT applications |
 t3 | Difficulties related to interoperability with internal or external systems |
 t4 | Need for standardised identification and addressing protocols |
 t5 | Internet scalability to handle increase in traffic and requests |
 t6 | Issues related to physical product design measures to prevent unauthorised data access |
 t7 | Issues related to software measures to prevent unauthorised data access |
 t8 | Insufficient tools to manage user authentication process |
 t9 | Difficulties related to integration of digital components into physical product |
 t10 | Access to tools and database to handle big data |
 tNA | Not applicable |
Inhibitor ID | Industrial inhibitor |
 i1 | Undefined regulations and laws around customer privacy and data collection |
 i2 | Undefined regulations and laws around the use and sharing of data |
 i3 | Lack of comprehensive and widely accepted service intermediaries |
 i4 | Lack of certification to improve trust among customers and industry participants |
 i5 | Potential loss of intellectual property |
 iNA | Not applicable |