Industry 4.0 for small companies? Is that possible?
Admittedly, in the 10-man company, where "Franz" knows exactly who in the company has to do each task, the question of Industry 4.0 does not seem to be necessary at first sight. The fact is, however, that the small companies, as a supplier, are an important piece of puzzles in the large gearbox, consisting of many other companies. It supplies companies with 500 or even 1000 employees. The small company is an integral part of higher-level productions. Since the large companies
Connection between Industry 4.0 and "Game of Thrones"
"Game of Thrones" is very famous in the United States and a TV series where there is a lot of blood and wars. A few students from the University of Technology in Munich not only calculated who is going to die next. They also proved with their method how Industry 4.0 is going to change everything in the future. Precise prediction with Data Mining Will Industry 4.0 be a revolution of the industry or just a little evolution? According to the work of a few students from the Unive
Current study: Professional training for Industry 4.0
The industry is changing. The Digitalization as well as parts of the Information and Communication as well as Media Technology is changing the production and the relationship between men and machine. Keywords are Industry 4.0 or Smart Factory. This development changes the educational demand. A project of the Austrian University St. Pölten researches about the current demand of the appropriate educational opportunities in Austria and compares these to the requirements of the c
Industry 4.0 for students
The fourth industrial revolution does not only optimize and change the manufacturing. It also will change the new, self-thinking factories of tomorrow. Professionals will be needed who are able to understand and control the new developing processes. To teach todays professionals for tomorrows working world, the Universities in Sigmaringen, Germany establishes an "Industry 4.0" Master Concept beginning this winter semester. "Competence center Master Industry 4.0" The real and
Industry 4.0: Does the European Union has the necessary infrastructure?
Guenther Oettinger is the EU commissioner for digital economy and society. At the beginning of the trade fair in Hannover the Broadcasting News Channel n-tv interviewed him regarding Industry 4.0. There he talked about the fact if the EU has the necessary infrastructure for the beginning of the new digital age and what is been done so that Europe can deal with all upcoming requirements of Industry 4.0. The necessity of data transportation is raising by a multiple For the EU c
Data Scientists: New occupational field for Industry 4.0
"Machine-to-machine software developer", "Data Scientists" or Human-Machine Interaction Designer" - thanks to Industry 4.0 there are currently many new creative occupations out there. The completely networked, self-thinking factories of the future create completely new professions. Interdisciplinary abilities and especially imagination are requested to know what to do with the new won data of the networked fabric to optimize all processes efficiently. Companies looking desper
Industry 4.0 survey: middle-sized businesses still have their doubts
Generally it is necessary and wise, but the fear is the investment costs and the lack of professional staff. These are the results of a current survey from the consulting company Ernst & Young in corporation with Bitkom research regarding "The introduction of Industry 4.0 in small middle-sized businesses". The fear of digitization With one fact every interviewed company agrees: Industry 4.0 is very wise and necessary to have for the future, it comes with a high flexibility in
Interview: Which expectations do AutoID user have currently from the industry?
Now a days end users don’t have time or any budget for complicated and expensive solutions to integrate AutoID technology into their own system environment. Tools for the automatic data capturing should be immediately operational and instantly profitable. These are experiences of PANMOBILs Marketing Manager Stefan Leske. In the interview he reports on what the AutoID market needs to concentrate on. You are in a daily basis dealing with customers and decision makers of the Aut
11th meeting of the AIM research group “System integration” at PANMOBIL
On the 21st of January 2015, the research group “System integration” of the organization automatic identification, data capturing and mobile data communication (AIM-D) met at the AutoID developer in cologne. As a main goal it has been decided to simplify the integration of AutoID hardware in existing applications and to create an interoperability in between the communication of the individual function levels.The research group agreed on: that now a days the automatic identifi
PANMOBIL talks Lua
Programming without any special knowledge! Lua is an easy to learn script language to further develop and maintain programs. All PANMOBIL AutoID – tools are now Lua compatible and therefore are even easier to link to your own system environment – completely without any assignment of expensive software development houses. Therefore PANMOBIL continues with its tradition, develop technology which can be adjusted and expended by the user without any special IT knowledge. “Windows
