Industry 4.0 will impact everyone and everything in the social, economic and political spheres. It will provide us with almost instantaneous information on most things, making us more informed and therefore more demanding.
It is a fact that the industrial world is in the midst of a significant revolution regarding the way products are manufactured, mainly due to the digitisation of the manufacturing process. The fourth industrial revolution, or simply Industry 4.0 (coined in 2011 by a German initiative of the federal government with universities and private companies), is currently occurring in manufacturing. We therefore need to take note of it and anticipate its potential impact on our developmental plans and prepare ourselves accordingly so that we are not left behind.
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