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Management of the Plattform Industrie 4.0 at the Hannover Messe 2018

Plattform Industrie 4.0 reaches milestones in standardization and international cooperation

Taking important steps on the way to interoperability, making progress with global IT security approaches, assessing competition law and GTC law, transferring knowledge into different fields of application and strengthening cooperation with partners from China, Europe and the US – the Plattform Industrie 4.0 and its partners have achieved some sturdy results in the last twelve months. Data economy, organisation and qualification are on its agenda in 2018.
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Joint Architecture Alignment and Interoperability White Paper

The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™) and Plattform Industrie 4.0 announced the publication of a joint whitepaper − Architecture Alignment and Interoperability – which details the mapping and alignment between the two leading industrial internet of things (IIoT) reference architecture models, the Industrial Internet Reference Architecture (IIRA) and the Reference Architecture Model for Industrie 4.0 (RAMI 4.0), published by the two organizations respectively.
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Map of German Industrie 4.0 use cases also available in English

The map shows the locations where Industrie 4.0 is already in practical use in Germany - each pin indicting one use case.

OUTLOOK

Plattform Industrie 4.0 is the largest Industrie 4.0 network

With over 250 participants from more than 100 organisations, Plattform Industrie 4.0 is the largest and most diverse Industrie 4.0 network worldwide. Even at this early stage, Plattform Industrie 4.0 in its current form is a model for many other countries.

COOPERATION

International Cooperation

In numerous bilateral and mulitlateral cooperations the federal government and the Plattform Industrie 4.0 discuss trendsetting questions. We form the international debate on digital transformation to tackle the chances and challenges of digitalisation across borders and together.

USE CASES

Map of German use cases available in English

Over 300 practical German examples demonstrate that innovative processes for linking plant equipment, IT systems and business models more closely are already being developed and implemented by companies and research institutions. This collection will continue to grow steadily in the course of Plattform Industrie 4.0’s work.

INFORMATION

Industrie 4.0

Industrie 4.0 combines production methods with state-of-the-art information and communication technology. The driving force behind this development is the rapidly increasing digitisation of the economy and society. It is changing the future of manufacturing and work in Germany: In the tradition of the steam engine, the production line, electronics and IT, smart factories are now determining the fourth industrial revolution.

MAN Diesel & Turbo SE: Application of smart glasses in storage

Greif-Velox Maschinenfabrik GmbH: Intelligent and networked product handling

PrintoLUX GmbH: Production of industrially used labels based on digital printing

Online Library

The online library of the Plattform Industrie 4.0 is a constantly growing collection of knowledge of all topics of Industrie 4.0. It contains all the work of the working groups of the platform, but also strategy papers of the Federal Government and studies of our partners.

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