Survey of production managers and experts sketches out a
vision for Industry 4.0
Fraunhofer IAO is laying the foundations for building the
4th industrial revolution. In its study entitled “Manufacturing Activities of
the Future – Industry 4.0”, some 600 production managers and over 20 top-class
experts sketch out a vision of work in tomorrow’s factories. You can download
the study for free from June 2013. An Industry 4.0 innovation network is
scheduled to be launched on July 2.
The Internet, mobile devices and smart objects are changing
the face of manufacturing, and experts agree that this fourth industrial
revolution – or “Industry 4.0”, as they are calling it – will have a profound
effect on the way we make things.