The era of Industry 4.0 has three advanced technology characteristics, that is, a high degree of automation, a high degree of information and a high degree of networking. In general, automation is the characteristics of the industrial 2.0 era, and information is the characteristics of the industrial 3.0 era, in the era of Industry 4.0, automation and information will continue to develop deeply, forming a high degree of automation and high degree of information, while the era of Industry 4.0 will also be due to a variety of equipment and systems to achieve networking, with a high degree of networking characteristics, this is the era of Industry 4.0 Unique technical features.

We can use these three high-level technical characteristics to make Industry 4.0 judgments on enterprise practices.

First, let's look at highly automated criteria. Automation is the main technological innovation of the second industrial revolution, through the application of electrification, the realization of large-scale assembly line operation, which greatly releases the power of the machine, to avoid the constraints of human physical fitness and other constraints, so its productivity has risen significantly. In the era of Industry 4.0, automation will continue to develop and apply. From the perspective of technology development trend, automation will show the characteristics of intelligence, a large number of intelligent robot applications, will lead to automated production lines more flexible, can achieve a variety of product production, at the same time with the increase in the integration of automation equipment in the production and manufacturing site, to achieve the so-called high degree of automation, a large number of work will be mainly by automation equipment to achieve, which is unmanned chemical plants Appearance offers the possibility.

Secondly, it is a highly informationized criterion. We need to realize that the informationization of manufacturing enterprises can generally be realized through the operation management system and the production and manufacturing system. The former is mainly reflected in ERP, CRM and HRM systems, while the latter is mainly reflected in PLM(Product Life cycle) Management, product life cycle management), MES(Manufacturing Execution System) and DNC(Distributed numerical control) systems. Specifically speaking, the management information system through 苢 is mainly for the management of non-production site, while the manufacturing information system is mainly for the management of the core value creation process of products, such as product research and development, design, production and manufacturing.

Similar to automation, informatization will continue to develop in the era of Industry 4.0, which will mainly be characterized by a higher degree of integration. Some companies that provide smart factory or digital factory solutions combine ERP, PLM, MES And SCADA(Supervisory Control And Data) The integration of systems such as Acquisition (Data Acquisition and Monitoring Control System) into a complete solution, called a digital factory solution, is indeed a viable way. However, the high degree of information integration brings a difficulty, according to the specific needs of enterprises, suppliers also need to carry out certain customized development and optimization.

Finally, we look at the highly networked features of the Industry 4.0 era. This is a unique feature of the era of Industry 4.0 that industry 2.0 and 3.0 do not have, and it is also the result of the application of Internet technology in the field of manufacturing. It should be pointed out that, unlike the traditional consumer Internet technology that mainly serves the consumer field of TCP/IP protocol set as the core, the industrial field needs an industrial-grade Internet with different technical indicators, such as real-time, security and other specific technical indicators, which are some of the differences reflected in the highly networked era of Industry 4.0. To sum up, the era of Industry 4.0 has the basic characteristics of all industrial revolutions, that is, productivity and production relations will change, while the era of Industry 4.0 also has three advanced characteristics, of which highly networked reflects the penetration of Internet technology in the field of production and manufacturing, which is also the biggest technical feature of the era of Industry 4.0.

(Source: Automotive Manufacturing Network)