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.
... to leverage the potential of other areas of development - such as the automated production of personalized products. According to Fraunhofer, the development of inline process quality monitoring systems is a key component. At the same time, assistance systems can help employees to work ergonomically and make better decisions. Self-controlled operation and autonomous optimization are the top priorities. Many steps are necessary to achieve added value, especially for semi-automated or hybrid production systems for multi-variant production. "The aim is to ...