{"id":17729,"date":"2017-01-11T13:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.cybus.io\/7-things-you-should-know-about-industry-4-0-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T20:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:49:19","slug":"7-things-you-should-know-about-industry-4-0-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cybus.io\/en\/7-things-you-should-know-about-industry-4-0-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Things you should know about Industry 4.0 in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whether or not you are in manufacturing, those things are essential to know if you want to join the Industry 4.0 debate in the upcoming 12 months.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First off, you have surely heard about the fourth industrial revolution during the last two years at many different occasions (just like those hundreds of IoT events around the globe<\/a>). The debate about what Industry 4.0 actually is and what it is able to provide is getting broader and broader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But all in all the whole topic is orbiting around certain pillars of manufacturing, digitization and organizational strategies. Some changes are already on their (sometimes long and hard) way, some changes are about to pop up in near future. We summarized \u200a\u2014\u200ain our opinion\u200a\u2014\u200athe top seven key-drivers in industrial manufacturing for the next twelve months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The relevance of the actual architecture of device networks increases<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

System architects had an easy life with the prototypes and pilots of the last years. Although the IIC and RAMI always pleaded for caring about all stakeholders in the complexity of an IoT System, the friendly environment of tradeshows and innovation labs didn\u2019t ask for high security standards, data governance solutions, deployment concepts, SLAs, QoS\u2026 But if you want to make your Industrial IoT-Project a serious, scaling business in 2017 you can no longer ignore these complexities. You have to expect much more in depth discussions about the infrastructure and\u200a\u2014\u200aprepare for it\u200a\u2014\u200athe pros and cons of Cloud technology, local networks, and a much more precise definition of required specifications regarding technological and legal frameworks. In 2017, the debate will not move around topics whether Industry 4.0 is a good or a bad thing, but much more HOW Industry 4.0 will be realized in a most effective way that is compliant with everyone who is affected. Check out this well written, informative article from IoT Analytics<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. IoT Platforms will be much more in focus<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The tools are getting better! (Yeah) And much more complex (uhh). Therefore, like in every growth market at a certain stage, there will be the momentum of consolidation. At a later stage this will include companies. At a technological development stage this will happen regarding tools, software and standards. This is where the role of platforms is gaining relevance. Platforms, in a way of supplements, can be grouped in three categories: cloud-based, connected, driven by data. Tools of the same category with different purposes (analytics, data retrieval, data management, visualization, security etc.) can be combined to a platform in the end. This allows application-ready ecosystems for industrial users. Which leads us straight to our number three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. The required skillset of industry 4.0 workers is expanding<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By that, it will not be sufficient anymore to simply hire an IT-guy or a good team of engineers. Companies start looking for particular IoT talents. Workers and experts, who are familiar with the data side of business, but at the same time have the technical and technological skill set to redesign machine shops, implement tools and applications and\u200a\u2014\u200amost important\u200a\u2014\u200aunderstand and make sense of all the industrial data. The profession called \u201cdata scientist\u201d will further diversify and bring up industrial data science experts, who know how to deal with shop floor processes and machine protocols. So, HR and universities: prepare for new challenges here! Read more on this in the current Industrial Analytics Report on Page 45<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Applications will be much more diversified<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Remember our wheel of Industry 4.0 services? (See below) Well, all those different Industry 4.0 services for a smart manufacturing shop floor require particular services, software tools and applications. Growing requirements and expectations in industry will naturally lead to a growing market of specified and diversified applications.<\/p>\n\n\n

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5. Data Security becomes an essential condition for Industry 4.0 products and services<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is not a free to choose option. 2016 has clearly shown how security breaches in IoT devices can endanger the whole internet. Who wants his product to hit the headlines as the source of the next underground hacker attack? The EU has finalized and passed the General Data Protection Regulation (\u201cGDPR\u201d) which will take effect at May 25, 2018. This regulation will impact all IoT technologies, their users and suppliers in various ways. Major denouements will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n