Industry 4.0
Guide for SMEs
Data glasses, tablets and headsets are revolutionizing everyday working life in production - scientists at IPH and IPRI are convinced of this. That is why they want to support small and medium-sized companies in the introduction of interactive assistance systems.
Scientists from the Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH) and the International Performance Research Institute (IPRI) want to develop a guide to Industry 4.0 in the joint research project '4.0-Ready'. They want to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to quickly gain an overview of interactive assistance systems: What technologies are already available on the market, what advantages do they offer in production, what are the costs?
Support with the introduction
Above all, however, the researchers want to support companies with the introduction. "Some companies are already very advanced in terms of digitalization and can easily introduce new technologies. Others still have some catching up to do - we want to show them step by step how they can integrate interactive assistance systems into production," says Stefan Willeke, who heads the research project at IPH. Over the next two years, the scientists therefore want to develop a method with which a company can check whether it is ready for the introduction of technologies such as smart glasses. The aim is to assess whether the technical requirements in the form of data interfaces, WLAN or special hardware are in place, whether employees accept the digital assistants and whether work processes are already digitally organized. All this data is used to determine the so-called maturity level. If it is high enough, nothing stands in the way of the introduction - otherwise, measures are suggested with which the company can increase its maturity level and ultimately introduce interactive assistance systems.
The scientists are still looking for partners for the current "4.0-Ready" research project, in particular manufacturers of interactive assistance systems.
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