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“INDUSTRY 4.0 CHECKUP”: WE’LL PREPARE YOU FOR EVOLUTION!
1 On site personal interviews
are the basis of our Indus try 4.0
CheckUp.
Step by Step to Industry 4.0
On site inspections and personal inter views
are the basis of our structured approach
and development of solutions in our “In-
dustry 4.0 CheckUp”. We establish logical
relationships in the conceptual framework
of Industry 4.0 for you and make them
comprehensible to you. Based on our
analysis of your capability to introduce and
implement technologies for networked
manufacturing, we deliver:
– a complete analyses of the driving forces
in a cross-section of your company,
– a list of actions for concrete implemen-
tation,
– various options for action including
predictions of success,
– a Capability Maturity Model and a cost-
benefit analysis of actions, and
– decision support for potential invest-
ments.
Research and industry are agreed on the
aims of Industry 4.0. Yet, contrary to what
this suggests, a variety of issues and related
challenges, e.g. complexity, big data, secu-
rity, etc., preclude a revolution at the push
of a button. Act now or miss the opportu-
nity to digitize your value chain.
Evolution Instead of Revolution
Evolution following a phase model promises
more success than the heralded revolution.
Analysis and determination of your com-
pany’s progress in the stages of integrating
Industry 4.0 are the foundation for identify-
ing concrete actions. Awareness raising and
qualification actions and solution concepts
in detailed questions, which build upon the
former, are equally integral to turning the vi-
sion of Industry 4.0 into reality. What stage of
Industry 4.0 has your company reached? Our
“Industry 4.0 CheckUp” gives us the answer.
Fraunhofer Institute for
Factory Operation and
Automation IFF
Prof. Michael Schenk
Sandtorstrasse 22
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
Contact
Logistics and Factory Systems
Holger Seidel
Phone +49 391 4090-123
Fax +49 391 4090-93-123
www.iff.fraunhofer.de/en
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Benefits of the “Industry 4.0 CheckUp”
Our checkup will enable you to overcome
the first hurdles on the way to Industry 4.0:
– We will rate your company in terms
of the standards and requirements of
Industry 4.0.
– You will identify potential increases of
efficiency and reductions of expendi-
tures.
– Together with us, you will consider every
aspect of the “factory of the future”
adapted specifically to your company.
– You will maintain your innovativeness as
a competitive edge.
The “Industry 4.0 CheckUp” is completed
by an experienced team of technology and
process engineers. Among other things,
they utilize proven methods that have been
modified for the requirements and needs of
Industry 4.0:
– Technology scouting
– Cost-benefit analyses
– SWOT analyses
– Scenario techniques
– Database toolsets
Manageable Costs – Field Tested
Our analyses take one to three months, de-
pending on your company’s size and com-
plexity. A departmental and cross-sectional
analysis delivers a meaningful assessment
of your company’s capability maturity.
2 Industry 4.0 in practice.
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