“Industrie 4.0” – An export driver for Europe

Joe Kaeser, koncernchef för Siemens, resonerar kring den fjärde industriella revolutionen - även kallad industri 4.0 - som en motor för europeisk export i en artikel som publicerades igår på Huffingtonpost.de. Diskussionen kring industri 4.0 är extra aktuell i och med världens största årliga industrimässa, Hannovermässan, som pågår 7-11 april.

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The Hanover Fair, which has now opened its doors in Germany to hundreds of

thousands of visitors from all around the world, is a barometer of global economic
trends. This year, the fair is dominated by one topic: “Industrie 4.0”.
Today, we’re on the threshold of a new industrial revolution – a revolution in which
digital networks link value chains in intelligent factories and encompass everything from
the initial idea, the design, development and manufacture of products, all the way to
maintenance, services and recycling.

Like its three predecessors, this fourth industrial revolution – Industrie 4.0 – will usher in
a new era of manufacturing. The introduction of the steam engine in the 18 th century,
the introduction of the assembly line in car factories by Henry Ford a hundred years ago
and the introduction of IT and computer-controlled systems in the last decades of the
20 th century all fundamentally changed the working world. This revolution will be no less
transformative.

Industrie 4.0 involves the horizontal integration of data flows among partners, suppliers
and customers and the vertical integration within organizations – from development to
the finished product. It merges virtual and real worlds. The result will be a system in
which all processes are fully integrated – a system in which sensors and chips identify
and locate products and in which products know their own histories and current status.
And this network of machines, warehouse systems and production facilities will
exchange information in real time.

The speed of change in consumer trends will be a significant driver of Industrie 4.0. The
time between product generations is becoming shorter and shorter. Customer
preferences can change while the ships transporting the current generation of products
are still at sea. And this applies equally to running shoes, t-shirts, electronic devices like
smart phones and other products that are influenced by fashion and consumer
preferences.

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“Industrie 4.0” – An export driver for Europe

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