Disposition of Moroccan SME Manufacturers to Industry 4.0 with the Implementation of ERP as a First Step

In a world where the companies are constantly faced with changing consumptions patterns, they must continually adapt their business practices and improve their responsiveness, the flow of information has become more important and varied, the communication technologies changed the speed of diffusion, complexity and ease of access. Data has become a concept of value creation, Data analysis, Data mining turned out to be a major asset related to survival of the organization. Industry 4.0 is now a new reality of the modern economy, the traditional philosophy of manufacturing systems will change, including Enterprise Resources Planning systems, the emerging technologies also called modern technologies which refer to Internet of Things, wireless sensor networks, Big Data are being introduced into the manufacturing environment which initiate a fourth industrial revolution. The implementation of this concept has further consequences for management and jobs. The purpose of the current research is to highlight the relation between I4.0 and ERP and to analyze the readiness of the Moroccan industrials.