International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM 2019)

摘要

Over the past few years, the growing and intensive development of information technology in the manufacturing industry has led to a significant change in the methods and tools supporting the factories of the future. The hot topics around Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, industrial internet and digital factory aim at the digital and organizational transformation of traditional factories and industrial systems. The success of such technologies and approaches will allow a gain in cost operations, productivity, generate added values for strategic investments as far as to increase their whole company competitiveness. However, this transformation is sweeping across multiple sectors, including logistics, transportation, maritime etc. As such, the boundaries of 4th Industrial Revolution may sometimes appear blurred and the overall scenario hard to analyze.