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Industry as a whole is on the brink of massive upheaval shaped by ever-increasing net-
working and the Internet. This development is so major and fundamental that many experts
are calling it a fourth industrial revolution, “Industry 4.0.” On the following pages, we want
to share our vision of the Factory 2020 with you.
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The real world and virtual world will merge.
This approach promises to lead to completely
new production methods and processes. The
new feature of this approach is that, not only do
machines and integrated systems communicate
with each other, but all systems are intelligently
linked through Industry 4.0, allowing them to
exchange information with the products to be
manufactured, virtually in real time. Machines
will be able to think for themselves and will
detect when specific materials need to be re-
plenished.
They will then autonomously report this demand
to other systems that will automatically trigger
order placement.
The principle of increased intelligent networking
delivers significant savings in costs, time and
efficiency for companies that adopt a consistent
approach. It is estimated that savings of approx-
imately 30 percent compared to conventional
production methods can be achieved.