Industrial Revolution 4.0
                     INDUSTRIAL 
REVOLUTION 
4.0
INTRODUCTION
• We are currently implementing the Fourth 
Industrial Revolution. This is characterised 
by the application of information and 
communication technologies to industry and 
is also known as "Industry 4.0".
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EXPANSION
• It builds on the developments of the Third 
Industrial Revolution. 
• Production systems that already have 
computer technology are expanded by a 
network connection and have a digital twin 
on the Internet so to speak.
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AUTOMATION
• This is the next step in production 
automation. The networking of all systems 
leads to "cyber-physical production 
systems" and therefore smart factories, in 
which production systems, components and 
people communicate via a network and 
production is nearly autonomous.
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INDUSTRY 4.0
• When these enablers come together, 
Industry 4.0 has the potential to deliver 
some incredible advances in factory 
environments. 
• Examples include machines which can 
predict failures and trigger maintenance 
processes autonomously or self-organized 
logistics which react to unexpected changes 
in production.
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DIGITALIZATION
• The digitalization of the manufacturing 
environment allows for more flexible 
methods of getting the right information to 
the right person at the right time.
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DIGITALIZATION OF 
MANUFACTURING
• Industry 4.0 is a game-changer, across 
industrial settings. 
• The digitalization of manufacturing will 
change the way that goods are made and 
distributed, and how products are serviced 
and refined. 
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 IMPACT ON BUSINESS
• On the supply side, many industries are 
seeing the introduction of new technologies 
that create entirely new ways of serving 
existing needs and significantly disrupt 
existing industry value chains.
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 IMPACT ON BUSINESS 
CONT.
• Disruption is flowing from agile, innovative 
competitors who, thanks to access to global 
digital platforms for research, development, 
marketing, sales, and distribution, can oust 
well-established incumbents faster than 
ever by improving the quality, speed, or 
price at which value is delivered.
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SHIFTS ON THE 
DEMAND SIDE
• Major shifts on the demand side are also 
occurring, as growing transparency, 
consumer engagement, and new patterns of 
consumer behavior force companies to 
adapt the way they design, market, and 
deliver products and services.
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EFFECTS ON FOURTH 
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
• On the whole, there are four main effects 
that the Fourth Industrial Revolution has on 
business—on customer expectations, on 
product enhancement, on collaborative 
innovation, and on organizational forms.
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