Exploring: What changes the "Industry 4.0" brings to the world

Exploring: What changes the "Industry 4.0" brings to the world

Since mankind entered the industrial society, the development of science and technology has become faster and faster, and the cycle of upgrading social forms has become shorter and shorter. The wave of the third scientific and technological revolution has not been published for a hundred years. The waves of the fourth industrial revolution have been heard.

The names of countries in the fourth industrial revolution are very different. Germany defines it as "Industry 4.0", and EU countries share this concept. The United States then described it as "reindustrialization" or "industrial Internet." The Japanese name is "industrial intelligence." These different names all point to the same thing. Since this industrial revolution first originated in Germany, this book adopts the concept of "Industry 4.0".

The first industrial revolution marked by steam power applications (Industry 1.0) opened the way for mechanized production for the world. The Second Industrial Revolution (Industry 2.0) not only allowed humans to learn to use electricity, but also gave birth to streamlined production lines and large-scale standardized production. The third industrial revolution centered on electronic information technology (Industry 3.0), automated manufacturing technology emerged in the manufacturing industry. What is the new change that the industry 4.0 that has swept the world will bring to the world? First of all, Industry 4.0 will completely subvert the traditional manufacturing mode of production and business model.

Industry 4.0 will realize "universal integration" between the virtual world and the real world. Smart factory can realize the seamless connection between equipment and equipment, equipment and factories, and factories through data interaction technology, and real-time monitoring of production bases scattered around. The intelligent manufacturing system will realize large-scale and personalized production with both efficiency and flexibility, thereby reducing the cost of personalized products and shortening the time to market. Uncertainties in the manufacturing process will become "transparent." Enterprises will shift from reactive manufacturing to predictive manufacturing.

Second, Industry 4.0 will dramatically change people’s knowledge and technology innovations.

In the near future, people, machines and information will be linked together by the CPS information physical fusion system. The user innovation, open innovation, collaborative innovation, and mass innovation activities pursued by Innovation 2.0 are no longer confined to laboratories and production workshops. Instead, the labs and production workshops are seamlessly connected to the users. The boundaries between industries and industries will become increasingly blurred, and the industrial value chain will face the fate of restructuring. All sectors of society will gradually break through the traditional methods of collaboration and complete barrier-free collaboration at a higher level.

Finally, Industry 4.0 will bring a full range of smart life to humanity.

The Industry 4.0 era is characterized by personalization, humanization, networking, and intelligence. The smart factory becomes a “transparent factory” where consumers can participate in deep customization. Consumers can not only fully enjoy personalized consumption but also connect with machines and information to experience the entire production process and product life cycle. The smart factory will use all the resources in the industrial value chain to provide "DIY" personalized and low-cost personalized products for every user. In addition, people in the future will live in “smart cities”, take smart cars, receive navigation of intelligent transportation systems, purchase smart products, and enjoy humanized smart home life. If there is any demand that is not met, you can customize the smart factory order.

In essence, the upcoming fourth industrial revolution is an industrial upgrading led by smart manufacturing. Its core content is mainly smart manufacturing and smart factories. The current booming internet economy has the drawbacks of heavy marketing and light manufacturing. If we can not pay attention to the core content of the intelligent transformation of manufacturing, Internet companies may fall behind due to the restructuring of the industry chain.

The new round of industrial revolution sweeping across the globe has brought many unprecedented opportunities for the world and has also greatly impacted the traditional industries of various countries. In order to get rid of the shortcomings of the current economic development and create new economic growth points, developed countries have based their own national conditions and launched a distinctive Industry 4.0 strategy. From a long-term perspective, how to deal with this new industrial revolution will become a turning point in the development of destinies for countries in the coming decades. (Source: Hexun)

Exploring: What changes the "Industry 4.0" brings to the world