{"id":6534,"date":"2018-04-24T09:45:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T16:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-prod.qad.com\/blog\/?p=6534"},"modified":"2018-10-05T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T18:00:20","slug":"industry-40-what-you-should-know-while-at-explore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/industry-40-what-you-should-know-while-at-explore","title":{"rendered":"Industry 4.0: What You Should Know While at Explore!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6536&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Industry 4.0?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may be hearing a lot of buzz around Industry 4.0 and wondering what all the noise is about. The concept arose from a project commissioned by the German government in 2011 through 2013. The term, which is sometimes written as Industry 4.0, refers to the fourth wave of the Industrial Revolution. Technologies leading to digital transformation include industrial automation and robotics, big data analytics, additive manufacturing, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, MES solutions, nanotechnology, machine learning and digital twins. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Four Waves of The Industrial Revolution<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first wave of industrial transformation was driven by the widespread adoption of the steam engine, which was used to power machinery and equipment in factories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second wave was driven by the common availability of electricity, which helped to propel the move to mass production in factories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third wave was driven by the adoption of computerized systems such as MRP\/ERP for inventory planning and costing. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fourth wave, Industry 4.0, continues the digital transformation initiated in the third wave, but its technologies represent a near complete recasting of manufacturing models with a factory floor focus.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Impact of Industry 4.0 on IoT<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connected devices that communicate about their status or service and maintenance requirements are everywhere. The Internet of Things (IoT) now consists of many billions of connected devices and every estimate of the future number of devices is quickly outpaced by the reality. Have a look at our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/factivity.com\/landing-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">white paper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Understanding the Internet of things for Manufacturing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud Computing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cloud has enabled companies to adopt technology faster than they would have if they had to acquire and install new hardware and technology in house. Not only are business systems such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/cloud-erp\">ERP available in the cloud<\/a>, but Industry 4.0 infrastructure technologies such as IoT as a service and 3D printer farms for production are readily available. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/factivity.com\/cloud-based-mes-software\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about factory floor solutions in the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additive Manufacturing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additive manufacturing, the technical name for 3D printing, has reached the point where it is often competitive with traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/manufacturing-erp\">manufacturing<\/a> for production quantities. New materials, including metals, biological materials and food have allowed the variety of products that can be 3D printed to burgeon and printers have increased in size to the point where they can effectively print modular housing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industrial Automation and Robotics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturing equipment and machinery now report production automatically to connected MES solutions, replenish materials as required and notify production supervisors or maintenance teams when the process approaches predefined quality parameter thresholds. Robots create parts with an unprecedented degree of consistency and they can perform operations safely in hazardous environments or conditions that are impossible for human workers &#8211; if workers were provided with things like <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.storemasta.com.au\/examples-corrosive-substances-ph-levels\">storemasta<\/a> storage solutions to contain dangerous chemicals and substances, their work environments would be made more safe for them to operate within. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, scrap and rework&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6536&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text] What is Industry 4.0? You may be hearing a lot of buzz around Industry 4.0 and wondering what all the noise is about. The concept arose from a project commissioned by the German government in 2011 through 2013. 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