INDUSTRY 4.0
everybody's doing it
Industry 4.0 is an overarching term for the most recent phase of industrial advancement, which integrates cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things into production line manufacturing. The term refers to the creation of “smart factories” with minimal human labour and internet-controlled machines which can “speak” to each other. Concepts such as “Big Data” play a prominent role in processing the vast amounts of information that would be produced by constant machine-to-machine communication.
What Even Is Industry 4.0?
April 21, 2016
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Industry 4.0 | In Quotes
We must deal quickly with the fusion of the online world and the world of industrial production. In Germany, we call it Industrie 4.0.
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
First things first – this [Industry 4.0] isn't a new technology. Nor is it a business discipline. It means machines using self-optimisation, self-configuration and even artificial intelligence to complete complex tasks.
Jamie Hinks, Techradar
The only success of Industry 4.0 is that it’s on everyone’s lips.
Ulrich Grillo, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
We may not have known it was called Industry 4.0, but we've been doing it for years.
Heinz Jörg Fuhrmann, CEO of Salzgitter
Whether you refer to it as Industry 4.0 (led by Germany), The Industrial Internet (led by the USA) or business as usual, it is impossible to avoid it.
Nathan Robinson, CEO of The Leadership Network
Industry 4.0 is more than just a flashy catchphrase. A confluence of trends and technologies promises to reshape the way things are made.
Cornelius Baur and Dominik Wee, McKinsey & Company
For most, however, these concepts feel quite distant from today’s reality where many plants have yet to fully adopt the automation technologies of Industry 3.0.
Adrian Jennings, Vice President of Manufacturing Strategy at Ubisense
In the Chinese context, Industry 4.0 takes a turn for the ambiguous, with a very small proportion of the country’s production lines even entering the Industry 3.0 phase of development.
With the Robotics Revolution in South China, and the implementation of the 13th Five-Year Plan beginning to get underway, it is expected that Industry 4.0 will become even more prominent in Chinese government jargon. What does this all mean? This is what some industry experts seem to think and some of the buzzwords to look out for in the next few years.
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Industry 4.0 | Buzzwords
The Internet of Things | 物联网
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept where physical objects or ‘things’ have built in technology that transfers and exchanges data over a network without human interaction.
Cloud Integration | 云端整合
Cloud Integration is the complex task of connecting, storing and using the data of every moving part in a business through a universal software service stored in a secure virtual network of servers (otherwise known as a cloud).
Big Data | 大数据
Big Data is the buzzword of the moment and it refers to complex data sets that are too large for our current software services to capture, analyse and make meaningful conclusions from.
Computer Aided Design | 计算机辅助设计
3D Printing or Additive Manufacturing is a process that starts with a computer aided design (CAD) and builds up layers of material into a solid three dimensional object.
Automated Processes | 自动化处理
An Autonomous Robot is a machine than can move, perform tasks and maintain itself without direct human interaction.
Virtual Reality | 虚拟现实
Where Virtual Reality shows users a simulated world, Augmented Reality is a real-time simulation of a real world environment enhanced by computer aided sounds, videos and graphics.
