Ecology
Industrial production contributes to many environmental damage, such as: B. for global emphasis or for pollution. It is difficult to introduce yourself to a world in which industry and sustainable development are interconnected. But the digitization of industry (Industry 4.0) seems to open many treatments for such a scheme. For some years, many researchers have been creating a sustainable IT or "green computing". It is about reducing the ecological footprint of information and communication technology.
Politics
The development of production affects our societies, and more particularly to the political view of the world of work. The following trends are already here today:
- The work organization is always more flexible temporally and spacious.
- Work expires are increasingly digitized and freeze more of hierarchies and centralism.
- More and more routine tasks are digitized and automated. If it is above all the prospects for progress and disruption, which dominate the public debate so far.
The focus is on the question of whether the advance of digitization could condemn people who work in production operations for unemployment, but nothing is certain. It is important to know that, in contrast to the 1980s debates, it is no longer the decision between man and machine today, but rather to qualify the relationship between man and machine.
New professions
Despite the loss of many previous occupations, thanks to industry 4.0, some new professions arise, such as: Cybernetics, engineers for additive design, technicians for forward-looking maintenance, robot coaches or pilots for artificial intelligence. All of these profiles are quickly developed to manage both the new technologies that come through the Werkstore as well as the tons of data that will spread through the development of networked objects on the industry. The emergence of these professions is a great opportunity for the engineering and digital industry.
Education
In intelligent factories, the role of employees is significant. The control of the production chain in real time changes the content of the work. The work processes influence the working conditions.
Today, the following skills are particularly in demand: data management, data security, human-machine interaction, interface design, etc. The greatest challenge for companies is to train their employees and hire new employees. It is about finding the most appropriate approach so that the company is successful in modernization.
Economy
Companies must take great investments to integrate these new digital technologies. Therefore, the development of an industrial strategy and a digital plan is unprecedented for industries that want to make better investment decisions for acquisition and integration of new technologies.
The Concept of Industry 4.0 stands for a new way of organizing production agents: The aim is the establishment of so-called intelligent factories, which are capable of great adaptability in production and more efficient resource allocation to get faster, individual and cost-effective to react to the market. The step towards Industry 4.0 means getting the infrastructure and funds to be innovative and competitive to use business opportunities and thrive. Large companies have begun in recent years to change their business model.
Limits
In order to implement industry 4.0, no new factories have to be built. It is possible to set up you on existing factories. This is the revolution: we go from the existing one and convert it with new technologies. The factories are competitive because they become more powerful and safer by making both customized products as well as associated services.
Industry 4.0 first requires seamless cooperation with units that go far beyond the limits of the company. Thus, the standardization of common platforms and languages that allow the machines to measure the dialogue with each other, an important step. In social terms, many workers will lose their workplace as a result of automation. In fact, Industry 4.0 can allow companies to significantly expand their operational expiry without creating new workplaces.