What is Industry 4.0?
Industry 4.0 is the application of technology to digitally transform how industrial companies operate. These technologies include the industrial IoT, automation and robotics, simulation, additive manufacturing, and analytics. Industry 4.0 is driven by a need to boost efficiency, become more agile to respond to market unpredictability, improve quality, and to enable new business models.
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Expert Insights on Industry 4.0
Get the latest industry thought leadership about how Industry 4.0 is reshaping manufacturing—and what you need to know to roll out a successful transformation
Digital transformation is reshaping all manufacturing industries. In the Manufacturing Leadership Journal (MLJ) and the Harvard Business Review (HBR) articles below, you’ll get access to thought leadership from leading experts on Industry 4.0.
From avoiding pilot purgatory to aligning digital transformation initiatives with executive agendas, thought leaders share first-hand observations of the benefits of specific approaches that can help unlock value.
You’ll also learn how to design a program that will organize people, processes, and technologies, prove value to illustrate real-world impact, scale value to create transformative waves, and ensure ongoing and future success with effective program governance.
Learn how to set yourself up for a successful digital transformation, move beyond the pilot stage, and achieve scale to unlock all the benefits of Industry 4.0!
Scale Industry 4.0
Timely and efficient scaling of pilot projects into production is key to maintaining the enterprise-level support needed to deliver meaningful financial impact via speed at scale.
Double-Digit Impact
Manufacturers who make financial impact the epicenter of their transformation achieve the greatest long-term impacts—such as double-digit improvements in cost savings, capacity, and asset efficiency.
Digital Performance Management
Optimizing the four P’s (products, processes, people, & places) through a digital performance management (DPM) system enables manufacturers to accelerate improvements with speed & at scale.
Industry 4.0 Explained
This wave of digital transformation is reshaping all manufacturing industries. It represents an intersection of machine automation, processes driven by real-time data, and technology-enabled workforces—brought together with enterprise-wide connectivity.
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