Planting seeds of digital innovation beyond The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Under the paradigm shift of Industry 4.0 digitalization, it is needed a strategic holistic vision to see the new growing forest, through the old trees
Under the paradigm shift of Industry 4.0 digitalization, it is needed a strategic holistic vision to see the new growing forest, through the old trees
With the confluence of social and business trends of Industry 4.0, and the emerging technologies (Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, 3D-Printing, Extended Reality, Autonomous Robots, Sensors, Mobile Smart Devices...), the value chain will become fully digital and globally integrated; from suppliers, factories to customers. Digitalization has started by the integration of information flows and the incremental digitalization of products and services supported by Internet of Things. Next will be the implementation of intelligent processes, fostered by Artificial Intelligence.
The global Supply Chain Management will play a key role in the new paradigm looking holistically beyond the existing organizational silos and functions. The decentralized and intelligent supply chain optimization in real time will involve both hyper-communication and big data to achieve the highest agility with sensitiveness and responsiveness for mass-customization. Every single device or object in the value chain may be intelligent and having its own IP address communicating with others; like products, parts, materials… but also containers, trucks, manufacturing devices, plus new human-machine interfaces and digital-to-physical transfers.
Everything may become an individual part of the Smart Supply Chain supported by IoT and AI. Companies need to change the way they do business, develop products and services, and design processes, by the full digitalization of the value chain.
The global Supply Chain Management will play a key role in the new paradigm looking holistically beyond the existing organizational silos and functions. The decentralized and intelligent supply chain optimization in real time will involve both hyper-communication and big data to achieve the highest agility with sensitiveness and responsiveness for mass-customization. Every single device or object in the value chain may be intelligent and having its own IP address communicating with others; like products, parts, materials… but also containers, trucks, manufacturing devices, plus new human-machine interfaces and digital-to-physical transfers.
Everything may become an individual part of the Smart Supply Chain supported by IoT and AI. Companies need to change the way they do business, develop products and services, and design processes, by the full digitalization of the value chain.