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How many definitions of
Industry 4.0 exist?
Often, it can be difficult to understand what it actually means.
What do industry’s top experts think?
Industry 4.0 is the digital era in which we are now living. It’s about the emerging technologies such as AI and automation that will help organisations – regardless of location or sector – to be more efficient.
Dean McGlone, V1
The fourth industrial revolution reinvents what it means to be digital in the manufacturing industry. It brings to the forefront disruptive technologies – think robotics, machine learning, 3D printing, augmented and virtual reality – to transform industrial production.
Jon Wrennall, Advanced
Industry 4.0 is being referred to by some as the fourth revolution industrial revolution and I suspect this is not always helpful either. It sounds very sudden and is far from reassuring since dictionary definitions of ‘revolution’ include ‘forcible’ ‘dramatic ‘and ‘wide-reaching’
John Hannah, Tharsus
Why not give us your view? Submit your definition on
euau.to/industry4-0