Industry 4.0 has been a popular topic of conversation as industries and individual companies look to unlock the potential offered by automation. But the reality of Industry 4.0 has not fully arrived yet. The pressing question therefore is, what will it take to get there, and what will industrial settings look like when that time arrives?
For industrial communications, this looks like pure, seamless data transfer, regardless of communications protocol, location or device. However, it may be a decade or two before this is typical in most industrial settings.
While many manufacturers are excited about what Industry 4.0 represents, change can still be slow. Evolving technology in your plant can be slow and expensive, and the decision to upgrade can be daunting until the financial or technological pressure becomes overwhelming.
Download our TechBriefs.com whitepaper, “Unlocking Industry 4.0 for Industrial Communications and Control Platforms,” to learn more about the benefits of Industry 4.0 and the challenges to overcome in order to fully realize it.
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