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SMART FACTORY FOR INDUSTRY 4.

ON THE WAY TO INDUSTRY 4.0

Today we are on the threshold of a new industrial revolution, the revolution by which digital
networks are related to operating values in the intelligent factory, and that includes everything from
the initial idea, through design, development and manufacture, to maintenance, service and
recycling. Industries 4.0 include horizontal integration of data flow between partners, suppliers and
customers, as well as vertical integration within the organizations frames - from development to final
product. It merges the virtual and the real world. The result is a system in which all processes are
fully integrated - system in information in real time frame. The speed and rate of changes in
consumer trends will be a significant driver of Industry 4.0.

Since the products are configured to respond to the preferences of individual users,
production must be more flexible and must be shorter.

The point is to create value for customers, and that means to involve them in the process
from the beginning. Of course, the companies that use the highly efficient mass production to
achieve economies of scale are in benefit, while at the same time they have the opportunity to offer
a high level of adaptation.

PRODUCTION FOR INDUSTRY 4.0

Production of new generation should be adjusted to changeable conditions and issues put
before it. Optimization of plant operations will be implemented by improving and speeding up
communications. Starting points are the solutions offered by a vision of "smart environment" for
production.

Based on this, in the book "Smart Factory", smart factory is defined as factory workers and
machinery related to the execution of their tasks.

People today are surrounded by a lot of things that we call smart things. Almost everyone
has a smart – phone, some people have smart homes, which are connected to smart grids. The
South Korean government in collaboration with local industry has seven initiated projects to build
smart cities.

Article:Juanary 2015

Author: Elvis Hozdic

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