3. What is Industry 4.0?
We are now slowly moving past the third industrial
revolution and are advancing into Industry 4.0.
Unlike the more drastic changes from between the
previous industrial revolutions, however, Industry
4.0 simply takes the automation and machinery
from the third and makes it better. How? Through
smart systems using data and machine learning; the
Internet of Things (IoT) and AI.
4. The third industrial revolution already benefits a lot
from the use of computers and automation,
creating more efficiency in most industries.
Industry 4.0 comes into the picture with the
introduction of connectivity between these
machineries. This will allow for even more
advanced automation, to the point where factories
can run well without any human – a smart factory,
essentially. And no, we’re not yet at the level of
Skynet from the Terminator series.
5. In a nutshell, Industry 4.0 is a “smart”
industry that can operate efficiently with less
human-error by being connected. Picture
running an entire factory remotely with only a
few persons (it’s a bit of an exaggeration).
6. Challenges of Industry 4.0
Malaysia
Our nation is slowly advancing towards Industry 4.0. The
Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
tabled the the National Policy for Industry 4.0 to help advance
the countries’ businesses and factories. This will ideally help
the local industries to increase productivity, efficiency, quality,
and to also develop new skills and talent with the people.
According to MITI, Malaysia is currently somewhere in
between Industry 2.0, which is mass production of items, and
Industry 3.0, automation. It is a slow process that is facing
many challenges such as the lack of awareness and
understanding of Industry 4.0 and also the lack of standards
and skillsets.
7. PAIRWORK
With technological advances, jobs with these three qualities
are most likely to be automated:
repetitive
based on rules
involve limited or well-defined physicality
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8. Trends of the future: 2025 and
beyond
10% of people will be wearing clothes connected to the internet
80% will have unlimited (sponsored) backup space in the cloud
There will be one trillion sensors connected to the internet
80% of the world’s population will have Internet presence
The first automobile entirely produced with a 3D printer
90% of world’s population will own a smart phone
90% of world’s population will have internet access
10% of all vehicles on the roads will be driverless
More than 50% of home appliances will be connected to internet
More rides will be made on shared cars than on private cars
Source: World Economic Forum 2015