The fourth industrial 'revolution', may sound like an immediate shift or transformation, but Industry 4.0 began life in the 1990s, so why did it take the Covid-19 pandemic – 30 years later – to significantly boost its adoption?
According to the Manufacturing Digital Productivity Report from iBASEt, supported by the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), many manufacturing organisations (67%) implemented Industry 4.0 and smart factory technologies in response to the pandemic and social distancing rules – with 30% doing so for the first time. More than two-thirds (68%) said this made them more productive,…
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