Fraunhofer studyThe path to Industry 4.0 for SMEs
Intelligently networking production and thus increasing profitability - small and medium-sized enterprises often do not know how to approach this goal. The Fraunhofer IPA study 'Industry 4.0: Fields of development for SMEs' aims to provide a remedy.
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... standardized interfaces and networking platforms," concludes Felix Müller, project manager at Fraunhofer IPA. Other obstacles that stand in the way of a sharp increase in the number of product variants include poor planning, unclear customer requirements and the inadequate use of the existing production database. The survey also shows that SMEs ...