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n Germany, the term being done). This ob- followed by an extreme increase in pro-
Industrie 4.0 [1] is cur- Future scures the real and sound ductivity. The second industrial revolu-
rently prevalent in al- future visions behind In- tion began about 100 years later in the
navigation
most every industry-relat- dustrie 4.0. This column is slaughterhouses in Cincinnati, Ohio, and
ed fair, conference, or call
systems could intended to provide easy- found its climax with the production of
for public-funded projects. calculate an to-understand access to the Ford Model T in the United States.
First used at the Hanover optimal route the core ideas of Indust- The development of continuous pro-
Fair in 2011, the term, through traffic rie 4.0 and describes the duction lines based on both division of
raised numerous discus- for every car, basic industrial require- labor and the introduction of conveyor
sions, and the major ques- ments that need to be ful- belts resulted in another productivity
dependent on
tion is: is it a hit or hype? filled for its success. explosion. Third, in 1969, Modicon pre-
Even in politics, this term
its position, sented the first programmable logic con-
is used frequently with destination, and Industrie 1.03.0 troller that enabled digital programming
respect to German indus- other related The first three industrial of automation systems. The program-
try, and research efforts information, revolutions spanned al- ming paradigm still governs todays
relating to it are currently such as most 200 years. First, modern automation system engineering
supported by 200 million mechanical looms driven and leads to highly flexible and efficient
traffic jams.
from government-funding by steam engines in the automation systems (Figure 1).
bodiesthe German Fed- 1780s started a significant It is remarkable that Industrie 4.0
eral Ministry of Education and Research change. Fabric production left pri- announces an industrial revolution
and the German Federal Ministry of Eco- vate homes in favor of central factories, a priori. In that sense, the somewhat
nomic Affairs and Energy. The term In-
dustrie 4.0 refers to the fourth industrial
revolution and is often understood as
the application of the generic concept
Complexity, Productivity