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“INDUSTRY 4.0 CHECKUP”: WE’LL PREPARE YOU FOR EVOLUTION!

1 On site personal interviews

are the basis of our Indus try 4.0

CheckUp.

Step by Step to Industry 4.0

On site inspections and personal inter views

are the basis of our structured approach

and development of solutions in our “In-

dustry 4.0 CheckUp”. We establish logical

relationships in the conceptual framework

of Industry 4.0 for you and make them

comprehensible to you. Based on our

analysis of your capability to introduce and

implement technologies for networked

manufacturing, we deliver:

– a complete analyses of the driving forces

in a cross-section of your company,

– a list of actions for concrete implemen-

tation,

– various options for action including

predictions of success,

– a Capability Maturity Model and a cost-

benefit analysis of actions, and

– decision support for potential invest-

ments.

Research and industry are agreed on the

aims of Industry 4.0. Yet, contrary to what

this suggests, a variety of issues and related

challenges, e.g. complexity, big data, secu-

rity, etc., preclude a revolution at the push

of a button. Act now or miss the opportu-

nity to digitize your value chain.

Evolution Instead of Revolution

Evolution following a phase model promises

more success than the heralded revolution.

Analysis and determination of your com-

pany’s progress in the stages of integrating

Industry 4.0 are the foundation for identify-

ing concrete actions. Awareness raising and

qualification actions and solution concepts

in detailed questions, which build upon the

former, are equally integral to turning the vi-

sion of Industry 4.0 into reality. What stage of

Industry 4.0 has your company reached? Our

“Industry 4.0 CheckUp” gives us the answer.

Fraunhofer Institute for

Factory Operation and

Automation IFF

Prof. Michael Schenk

Sandtorstrasse 22

39106 Magdeburg

Germany

Contact

Logistics and Factory Systems

Holger Seidel

Phone +49 391 4090-123

Fax +49 391 4090-93-123

holger.seidel@iff.fraunhofer.de

www.iff.fraunhofer.de/en

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Benefits of the “Industry 4.0 CheckUp”

Our checkup will enable you to overcome

the first hurdles on the way to Industry 4.0:

– We will rate your company in terms

of the standards and requirements of

Industry 4.0.

– You will identify potential increases of

efficiency and reductions of expendi-

tures.

– Together with us, you will consider every

aspect of the “factory of the future”

adapted specifically to your company.

– You will maintain your innovativeness as

a competitive edge.

The “Industry 4.0 CheckUp” is completed

by an experienced team of technology and

process engineers. Among other things,

they utilize proven methods that have been

modified for the requirements and needs of

Industry 4.0:

– Technology scouting

– Cost-benefit analyses

– SWOT analyses

– Scenario techniques

– Database toolsets

Manageable Costs – Field Tested

Our analyses take one to three months, de-

pending on your company’s size and com-

plexity. A departmental and cross-sectional

analysis delivers a meaningful assessment

of your company’s capability maturity.

2 Industry 4.0 in practice.

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