How to Enable the Smart Factory of the Future?

In order to answer this question, we conducted a number of expert interviews among production managers, plant managers, heads of production-related IT, and C-level executives of European manufacturing companies. 

And, interestingly, when we asked the question about how mature they assess their plant operations in terms of being “smart” or digitally transformed towards an Industry 4.0 approach, most of our interview partners referred to the topic of automation level in their factories. So, the term “smart factories” or Industry 4.0 is very closely related to automation and the usage of robotics on the shop floor.

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