All posts tagged industry 4.0

The Industry 4.0 ‘Horse Is Out of the Barn’

Industry 4.0—incorporating the Internet of Things (IoT) into intelligent industrial machines—is set to transform the fulfillment process, greatly boosting visibility, efficiency and accuracy of shipments, and in turn, customer satisfaction and everyone’s bottom line. IoT is “a fait accompli,” says […]

Making the Move to Industry 4.0

The next generation models of the supply chain will be “successfully combining automation and digital technologies to drive superior performance,” according to MHI’s recently released 2017 Annual Industry Report titled “Next-Generation Supply Chains: Digital, On-Demand and Always-On,” developed in collaboration […]

Digital, Always-On Supply Chains Are the New Reality

by George W. Prest, Chief Executive Officer, MHI Anyone who attended ProMat 2017 experienced it. Technology is disrupting supply chains and transforming them into more digital, connected and intelligent models. And there is no end in site. Consumers are driving […]

Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0

By Carol Miller, MHI Vice President of Marketing and Communications While the term “Industry 4.0” is appearing more frequently both in mainstream media and on the minds of corporate leaders worldwide, its meaning—or its ultimate impact—aren’t well understood. To help […]

Industry 4.0 is changing supply chains

Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial revolution, is the current supply chain trend toward greater interconnectivity between automated equipment through data exchange to support intelligent, autonomous decision-making. It includes cyber-physical systems, automation, data analytics, the Internet of Things […]

AI and the Manufacturing Industry

Guest blog by MHI member OTTO Motors Betting of the Future Every day we read of evolving tech companies like Alphabet (Google) and Microsoft, staking their futures on AI. The face of software engineering is changing to proficiency in machine learning – […]

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