Eight practical examples for the implementation of the Smart Factory.

An automotive supplier orchestrates the material flow of 70,000 parts with a smart transport system.

The application "socialProduction" turns machines into team members.

How Artificial Intelligence and Gamification empower a global, agile Industry 4.0 supply chain.

Prof. Dr. Holger Bonin, Research Director of the IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor), on the consequences of automation, superstars of digital structural change and the limits of virtuality.

Synchronized cooperation of design, procurement and assembly.

Can 30,000 assets be connected for condition-based maintenance?

A high-tech camera system enables predictive maintenance.

Designing intralogistics lean: Digitalization of Kanban-based value chains.

A factory visit to digitized heavy-duty cranes and smart parts presses.

Successful Projects by Industry 4.0 Thought Leaders

Digitalization offers opportunities for the forestry and packaging industry to sharpen its sustainability focus.

Trends and drivers of sustainable Waste management.

Best practice: How a pharmaceutical company successfully implements a comprehensive sustainability initiative.

ROI-EFESO's "Product Life Cycle" approach classifies sustainability targets for physical products, software or services in four phases.

Perspectives for industry on the sustainable design of value networks.

Premises and fields of action for the development of sustainability strategies in industry.

INVISIBLE FOOTPRINTS – paths to sustainable production

The translation of actual process problems into the analytics world, building horizontal data competencies and the ability to scale and industrialise use cases.