Impact of Industry 4.

0 on
Automobile Industry
 Journey of Industrial Revolutions

1st
Mechanization through water and steam power 2nd 3rd
Mass production and assembly lines using
electricity

Adoption of computers and automation

Industry 4.0 -
Connectedness
Smart Technologies System
integration Cloud
Simulatio computing
n
Internet
of Things
Additive
Manufacturi
ng
Industry
4.0
Autonomo
us robotics

Big data
Cybersec
Artificial
Intelligence
urity
Automobiles and
Industry 4.0
• Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Machine utilization module
• Engine volume prediction based on analytics
• Maintenance module for uptime improvement
• Smart energy management
• Predictive quality management
• Digital Factory Simulation softwares
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Digital factory
• Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
 • BMW plans to expand production
facilities in South Carolina for $ 1
Billion

Big Plans • Audi had made investment of $1.3

billion for smart factory in Mexico

• Harley-Davidson – reduced production

cycle from 21 Days to 6 hours.
Smart Factory: Mercedes-
Benz way
Customer
Digitalization of needs and
the entire value demands
chain remains guiding
principle

Future need -
Merging of real networking of
and digital man, machine
processes and industrial
processes
 Greater flexibility

●
Fast response to fluctuating market demands
●
Changing individual customer demand

Greater efficiency

Objective of ●

●
Constant inventory control
Controlling facilities from anywhere

Smart Greater speed

Factory ●
Shorter innovation cycles

Attractive working environment

●
Increased interaction between man and machine
●
New operating interfaces

Smart logistics
Related Innovative
Procedures
3D Printing/ Additive Manufacturing
• Prototyping
• Protective covers
• Tools
Machine Learning
• Lightweight robots
Production Data Cloud
• World wide availability of data
 One of the largest in
the world

Industry 4.0
Expected to become
for Indian 3rd largest
Automotive automative market
by volume
Industry
Indian customers
demanding
connected features
 Integration of
contractors into the
supply chain

Mega Trends Excess to data -

cyber-security
and Issues threats

Big data, cloud

management and
analytics
management