<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dante-Gabryell Monson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 8:17 PM<br>Subject: Smart Manufacturing ? - Industry 4.0 ( Wikipedia )<br>To: "<a href="mailto:econowmix@googlegroups.com">econowmix@googlegroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:econowmix@googlegroups.com">econowmix@googlegroups.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">Towards further automation ? ... <br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0</a><br><br><p><b>Industry 4.0</b> is a project in the high-tech strategy of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_government" title="German government" target="_blank">German government</a>, which promotes the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Revolution" title="Digital Revolution" target="_blank">computerization</a> of the manufacturing industry.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0#cite_note-1" target="_blank"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> The goal is the intelligent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory" title="Factory" target="_blank">factory</a> (Smart Factory), which is characterized by adaptability, resource efficiency and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergonomics" title="Ergonomics" target="_blank">ergonomics</a> as well as the integration of customers and business partners in business and value processes.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0#cite_note-2" target="_blank"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> <sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0#cite_note-3" target="_blank"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> Technological basis are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-physical_system" title="Cyber-physical system" target="_blank">cyber-physical systems</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things" title="Internet of Things" target="_blank">Internet of Things</a>.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0#cite_note-4" target="_blank"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p><p><sup><span>...</span></sup></p>Some examples for Industry 4.0 are machines that predict failures and
trigger maintenance processes autonomously or self-organized logistics
that react to unexpected changes in the production.</div>
</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan" target="_blank">http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div>
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