What is the core of Industry 4.0?

Industry 4.0 has the following core features.

Interconnection: The core of Interconnected Industry 4.0 is connectivity, which closely links equipment, production lines, factories, suppliers, products and customers;

Data: Industry 4.0 connected product data, equipment data, research and development data, industrial chain data, operation data, management data, sales data and consumer data;

Integration: Industry 4.0 will form an intelligent network composed of ubiquitous sensors, embedded mid-range systems, intelligent control systems and communication facilities through CPS, which will interconnect people, people and machines, machines and services, thus achieving a high degree of integration in horizontal, vertical and end-to-end;

Innovation: The implementation of Industry 4.0 is the process of innovation and development of manufacturing industry. Innovations in manufacturing technology, products, models, formats and organizations will emerge one after another, from technological innovation to product innovation, model innovation, to mobile innovation, and finally to organizational innovation.

Transformation: For the traditional manufacturing industry in China, the transformation is actually from the traditional 2.0 and 3.0 factories to the 4.0 factories. In the whole production form, from mass production to personalized customization, the whole production process is more flexible, personalized and customized, which is a very important feature of Industry 4.0.

The core goal of China Industry 4.0 is defined as intelligent manufacturing, which extends from intelligent manufacturing to intelligent factory and intelligent logistics. In the future, enterprises will become data enterprises, innovative enterprises, integrated enterprises and rapidly changing enterprises.