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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 1.0–3.0 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 today’s
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).
bodies—the 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