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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... are unsure about the implementation of Industry 4.0. "We have found that the majority of companies select production IT systems based on the trial-and-error principle instead of developing an overall strategy or balancing life cycle costs," says project manager Müller. The basic prerequisite for intelligently networked production is identified ...