For many companies, Industry 4.0 is still the “next thing” they should focus on—or the trend they are currently adopting their strategy to. It reflects the fourth industrial revolution triggered and ...

Conceptually, the progression from Industry 4.0 to 5.0 reflects an ongoing evolution toward smarter, more connected and more human-centric systems that drive innovation and resilience. ERP and supply ...

Picture it: A pristine, white warehouse where smooth, shiny robots silently move boxes and assemble products, all while a few lab-coated experts tap on tablets as they observe the fully automated, ...

Industry 4.0 has transformed manufacturing, connecting machines, automating processes, and changing how factories think and operate. But its success has revealed a new constraint: compute. As ...

Industry 4.0 is a paradigm shift in organizing and managing industrial businesses. Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing. What do these terms mean? Can they be used interchangeably or not? It is nearly ...

The ISA95 (IEC 62264) standards have an important place in the Industry 4.0 smart factories of the future. The key is an extended ISA95 activity model. From their inception 20 years ago, the ISA95 ...

Industry 4.0 is characterized by interoperability (such as IIoT), information transparency (digital plant models: virtual copy of physical world), technical support (the ability of cyber-physical ...

Centred on advanced robotics and automation, new modes of human-machine interaction, vast troves of data, and increased connectivity, Industry 4.0 is modernising manufacturing and boosting industrial ...

StarPlus Energy employee Jeffrey Pointe demonstrates an electro-pneumatics machine that was set up at Ivy Tech Community College in Kokomo to help train workers. (IBJ photos/Eric Learned) Indiana ...

In the era of Industry 4.0, manufacturing is no longer defined solely by mechanical precision; it’s now driven by data, connectivity, and intelligence. Yet downtime remains one of the most persistent ...