Matej Ftacnik - The Spot - Slovakia - Stanford Engineering - Feb 23 2015Burton Lee
Talk by Matej Ftacnik, Co-Founder - The Spot (SK), at Stanford on Feb 23 2015, in our session on 'Slovakia & Latvia :: Accelerators & Infographics Startups'.
Website: http://www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordEuropreneurs
Twitter: @Europreneurs
The technology industry is the most important export industry in Finland. Technology companies operate in international markets, attracting income to Finland that is paramount to maintaining the welfare state.
Digital Asia – ASEAN in ascendence. Team Finland Future Watch Report, May 2016Didar Kaitasalo
In Asia, three trends are driving digitalisation: mobile commerce, business intelligence and smart infrastructures. These will have a significant short- to midterm impact on companies and customers, and ways of doing business. See how digital transformation is shaping the future business landscape in Singapore, Vietnam and Philippines. Areas covered: Fintech: New lending models, mobile payments, blockchain
Matej Ftacnik - The Spot - Slovakia - Stanford Engineering - Feb 23 2015Burton Lee
Talk by Matej Ftacnik, Co-Founder - The Spot (SK), at Stanford on Feb 23 2015, in our session on 'Slovakia & Latvia :: Accelerators & Infographics Startups'.
Website: http://www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordEuropreneurs
Twitter: @Europreneurs
The technology industry is the most important export industry in Finland. Technology companies operate in international markets, attracting income to Finland that is paramount to maintaining the welfare state.
Digital Asia – ASEAN in ascendence. Team Finland Future Watch Report, May 2016Didar Kaitasalo
In Asia, three trends are driving digitalisation: mobile commerce, business intelligence and smart infrastructures. These will have a significant short- to midterm impact on companies and customers, and ways of doing business. See how digital transformation is shaping the future business landscape in Singapore, Vietnam and Philippines. Areas covered: Fintech: New lending models, mobile payments, blockchain
Announcement of interim report by the Information Economy Committee of the Industrial Structure Council
The Information Economy Committee of the Industrial Structure Council (chaired by Mr. Jun Murai, Professor, Fuculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University) compiled and released action plans on six priority areas and five cross-sectional policy challenges aiming at the creation of new industries linked to information technologies.
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2011/0811_01.html
ASEAN is increasingly becoming a vital economic force in Asia and a driver of global growth with a young, abundant workforce. Simultaneously, the region is witnessing significant productivity improvement in sectors such as manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and transportation.
ICT, R&D and Non-R&D intangible capital: complementary relations and industry...SPINTAN
Paper presented in the Third World KLEMS Conference Tokyo, Japan, May 19-20, 2014. It provides descriptive evidence on the dynamics and intensity of intangible investments in a sample of European countries in 1995-2010. It also assesses the impact of intangible capital on European industry productivity growth focusing on the contribution of ICT, R&D and Non R&D Intangibles.
Science, Innovation and the Economy: UK Challenges and OpportunitiesTera Allas
Presentation for Government Economic Service seminar in July 2014 on the role of science and innovation in economic growth and the UK's respective strengths and weaknesses
The Future of Digital Business Models in sub-Saharan Africa, Team Finland Fut...Team Finland Future Watch
From the perspective of the African future, digital business models have a vital role in influencing the development of African societies. For the first time African economies are able to create equal economic links with Western economies and are able to attract interest from all over the world. Growth numbers in digital market are staggering, although the future is not as straightforward as one could expect. Now it is great moment to look at what are the successful digital business models in Africa and how does the future looks like for African digitalization.
Europe 2014-2020: programme de recherche & innovation Horizon 2020UNITEC
Commission Européenne, présentations de la Délégation générale Société de l'Information à la délégation d'Aquitains conduite par AEC, 30 janvier 2012:
le programme horizon 2020, programme cadre européen pour la recherche et l’innovation, regroupe et remplacera à partir de 2014 2014 les actuels Programme Cadre de recherche (7e PCRD), Programme Cadre pour la Compétitivité et l'Innovation (CIP) et Institut Européen de Technologie (IET)
Keynote presentation on the launch of ASEAN Vision 2040, ERIA’s project in support of the Government of Thailand who is ASEAN Chair in 2019. The event was held in Jakarta on 30 August 2019 with the theme ‘Integration, Transformation and ASEAN Centrality’.
The presentation was made and delivered by Prof Fukunari Kimura, Chief Economist of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. Prof Kimura is also Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University.
http://www.eria.org/research/researcher_profiles/fukunari-kimura.html
Digitalisaatioesimerkkejä teollisuudelle. Team Finland Future Watch -raportti...Team Finland Future Watch
Digitalisaatioesimerkkejä teollisuudelle -raportti sisältää 8 case-kuvausta digitalisaation hyödyntämisestä teollisuuskontekstissa.
Esimerkkien tavoitteena on auttaa suomalaisia pk-teollisuusyrityksiä ymmärtämään digitalisaation tarjoamia mahdollisuuksia sekä antaa yrityksille uusia ideoita liiketoimintansa kehittämiseen.
Announcement of interim report by the Information Economy Committee of the Industrial Structure Council
The Information Economy Committee of the Industrial Structure Council (chaired by Mr. Jun Murai, Professor, Fuculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University) compiled and released action plans on six priority areas and five cross-sectional policy challenges aiming at the creation of new industries linked to information technologies.
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2011/0811_01.html
ASEAN is increasingly becoming a vital economic force in Asia and a driver of global growth with a young, abundant workforce. Simultaneously, the region is witnessing significant productivity improvement in sectors such as manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and transportation.
ICT, R&D and Non-R&D intangible capital: complementary relations and industry...SPINTAN
Paper presented in the Third World KLEMS Conference Tokyo, Japan, May 19-20, 2014. It provides descriptive evidence on the dynamics and intensity of intangible investments in a sample of European countries in 1995-2010. It also assesses the impact of intangible capital on European industry productivity growth focusing on the contribution of ICT, R&D and Non R&D Intangibles.
Science, Innovation and the Economy: UK Challenges and OpportunitiesTera Allas
Presentation for Government Economic Service seminar in July 2014 on the role of science and innovation in economic growth and the UK's respective strengths and weaknesses
The Future of Digital Business Models in sub-Saharan Africa, Team Finland Fut...Team Finland Future Watch
From the perspective of the African future, digital business models have a vital role in influencing the development of African societies. For the first time African economies are able to create equal economic links with Western economies and are able to attract interest from all over the world. Growth numbers in digital market are staggering, although the future is not as straightforward as one could expect. Now it is great moment to look at what are the successful digital business models in Africa and how does the future looks like for African digitalization.
Europe 2014-2020: programme de recherche & innovation Horizon 2020UNITEC
Commission Européenne, présentations de la Délégation générale Société de l'Information à la délégation d'Aquitains conduite par AEC, 30 janvier 2012:
le programme horizon 2020, programme cadre européen pour la recherche et l’innovation, regroupe et remplacera à partir de 2014 2014 les actuels Programme Cadre de recherche (7e PCRD), Programme Cadre pour la Compétitivité et l'Innovation (CIP) et Institut Européen de Technologie (IET)
Keynote presentation on the launch of ASEAN Vision 2040, ERIA’s project in support of the Government of Thailand who is ASEAN Chair in 2019. The event was held in Jakarta on 30 August 2019 with the theme ‘Integration, Transformation and ASEAN Centrality’.
The presentation was made and delivered by Prof Fukunari Kimura, Chief Economist of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. Prof Kimura is also Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University.
http://www.eria.org/research/researcher_profiles/fukunari-kimura.html
Digitalisaatioesimerkkejä teollisuudelle. Team Finland Future Watch -raportti...Team Finland Future Watch
Digitalisaatioesimerkkejä teollisuudelle -raportti sisältää 8 case-kuvausta digitalisaation hyödyntämisestä teollisuuskontekstissa.
Esimerkkien tavoitteena on auttaa suomalaisia pk-teollisuusyrityksiä ymmärtämään digitalisaation tarjoamia mahdollisuuksia sekä antaa yrityksille uusia ideoita liiketoimintansa kehittämiseen.
INDUSTRY 4.0 The new industrial revolution - Think Act 2014polenumerique33
Publication du cabinet Roland Berger "INDUSTRY 4.0 The new industrial revolution" - Think Act 2014
http://www.rolandberger.com/media/publications/2014-04-02-rbsc-pub-INDUSTRY_4_0_The_new_industrial_revolution.html
Acrolab Company Presentation 2011 - "Advanced Technology in Thermal Engineering"Acrolab Ltd.
Acrolab updated company presentation c2011
Technology and innovation will ultimately drive economic development. Acrolab as an R&D Mfg Centre seeks partners and programs where we can be an extension to your thermal engineering challenges. Energy moves projects forward and Acrolab Engineering can maximize the optimal thermal footprint of your new project. This is an open invitation from Acrolab to explore how thermal engineering can make a difference in your tooling and manufacturing processes.
Rhode Island innovates: A competitive strategy for the Ocean State
In the fall and winter of 2015–2016, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings worked in association with Battelle Technology Partnership Practice (now TEConomy Partners, LLC) and Monitor Deloitte to advance a new competitive strategy for the state of Rhode Island.
This slideshow summary of the project’s final conclusions finds that Rhode Island possesses unique assets for building an advanced economy that works for all but stands weakened by the decline of its core “advanced industries.” Given that erosion, the slideshow asserts that five advanced industry and two “opportunity industry” growth areas hold out solid potential for growth in the Ocean State and recommends that Rhode Island should embark on a three-part strategy to strengthen its advanced industries and improve its statewide platform for growth.
A Web based Co-creation and Open Innovation platform for businessErik Micheelsen
Updated 30 Nov 2012! 2nd generation platform - now you can design your own Real-Time Collaborative web based platform.
The Idea is simply to combine new web based technologies with well proven innovation methods, mixed with exciting graphics, movies and dynamic tools, into the worlds first Co-Creation platform
http://www.leonardo-energy.org/webinar/horizon-2020-sme-instrument
The SME instrument supports close-to-the-market innovation within small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and is part of the Horizon2020 framework program for Research and Innovation. The instrument targets highly innovative SMEs with a clear commercial ambition and potential.
The webinar explains which type of projects and applicants should consider applying and focuses on what makes a good project for the SME-instrument. During the webinar, also the application and evaluation process will be addressed and the webinar will conclude with some take home messages for future applicants.
Imaging beyond the visible - An Overview of Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) Techno...Allied Vision
Find out how Short-wave Infrared camera technology can benefit machine vision and industrial applications including semiconductor inspection, photovoltaics, glass inspection and plastic sorting (hyperspectral imaging). This presentation also discusses the differences between SWIR and CCD/CMOS cameras.
Mark Little, GE
As GE’s Chief Technology Officer and Leader of GE’s nine Global Research Centers, Mark Little embraced the Lean Startup methodology to improve business outcomes. Mark will describe specific examples where he helped the organization use Lean Startup to help drive speed and innovation with cross functional teams across GE.
Internet of Things is not a new thing, we have been doing this for centuries. An example is time. Time (in simplest terms) represent the state of the Earth giving its position in the solar system.
The time evolved from observation (sundial), measurement, use of electricity and use of the Internet (Apple watch) and created use huge device business, caused the industrial revolution and advanced the civilization.
Given the advancement in the technology, IoT can bring hundreds if not thousands of state information on the Earth to the people and businesses. This would cause the next industrial revolution and potentially advances the civilization in short time. This makes IoT either a threat or a cash cow for businesses.
This presentation is my keynote at the Keysight Technologies KMI 2015.
Etude PwC et Strategy& sur l'Industrie 4.0 (mars 2015)PwC France
http://bit.ly/PwC-Industrie40
Selon l’étude « Industry 4.0 » réalisée par PwC et Strategy&, quatre entreprises interrogées sur cinq auront numérisé leur chaîne de valeur d'ici 2020. L’Industrie 4.0, communément appelée l’« Internet des objets », devrait en effet être la cible des investissements des entreprises européennes au cours des cinq prochaines années. L’industrie européenne prévoit d’investir 140 milliards d’euros par an d’ici 2020, pour un gain total de chiffre d’affaires estimé à 110 milliards d’euros annuels.
Méthodologie
PwC et Stratégy& ont conduit conjointement cette étude avec le soutien de Siemens, l’association d’ingénieurs VDMA et le média Produktion. Ont été interrogées 235 entreprises allemandes, issues de 5 secteurs industriels : technologies de l’information et de la communication, télécommunications, mécanique, automobile, électronique et industries manufacturières (chimie, pétrochimie, pharmacie, alimentaire, sucre, papier, verre, acier et ciment).
In-Company Project - IESE Executive MBA 2021. The goal of this project was to analyze the status quo and mid-term outlook of the German manufacturing industry in terms of its digital transformation and in particular Industry 4.0 adoption, within the framework of the VDMA Industry 4.0 production toolbox. Given the amount of literature already in circulation on this topic, it was a top priority for the project team to speak directly with digitalization experts from the manufacturing industry to gain first-hand insights into the strategic drivers, challenges, and enablers of moving forward Industry 4.0. initiatives – thus allowing for both a qualitive and quantitative review.
Industry 4.0: from Factory to Smactory
It is August the 18th of 2014 when a German government official press ‘post’ on an update called: "Zukunftsprojekt Industrie 4.0”, not knowing that this Industry number will complete transform the way we traditionally did business. Where business transformation in prior times mostly affected individual entities of businesses, this transformation affects the whole business eco-system. The announcement, posted on the “Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung ” or, in English, the:”Federal ministry of education and Research” quoted the following key message:
“The future project Industry 4.0 aims to enable the German industry in a position to be ready for the future of production. Industrial production will be characterized by strong personalization of products under the conditions of high flexibilised (high-volume) production, the extensive integration of customers and business partners in business and value creation processes and the coupling of production and quality services.”
Industry 4.0, where disruption meets the manufacturing industry
According the Cambridge Online Dictionary is revolution something that is: ‘a very important change in the way that people do things’ or ‘one complete circular movement of something’. That Industry 4.0 is a industrial revolution is an understatement. Industry 4.0 is a big disruption in the economy & the way we (will) do business in the future. Before deep dive directly into Industry 4.0 let us have a closer look to the road towards it...
Industrial revolutions are momentous events. By most reckonings, there have been only three. The first was triggered in the 1700s by the commercial steam engine and the mechanical loom. The harnessing of electricity and mass production sparked the second, around the start of the 20th century. The computer set the third in motion after World War II.
It might seem too soon to proclaim that the fourth industrial revolution, spurred by interconnected digital technology, has begun. But Henning Kagermann, the head of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech), did exactly that in 2011, when he used the term Industrie 4.0 to describe a proposed government-sponsored industrial initiative.
When you look closely at the rapid pace of digitization in industry today, the name doesn’t seem hyperbolic at all. It is a signal of sweeping change that is rapidly transforming many companies and may catch others by surprise.
A chamada Indústria 4.0 é uma das fronteiras da mudança tecnológica no mundo. A Alemanha é um dos países mais dinâmicos nesse processo. A própria expressão "Indústria 4.0" foi cunhada naquele país, onde ela representa, mais do que palavras, uma estratégia nacional. Para abordar os desafios que a Indústria 4.0 coloca para a Alemanha e também para o Brasil, a Fundação FHC recebe o chefe global de tecnologia e inovação da Siemens, Norbert Luetke-Entrup.
NORBERT LÜTKE-ENTRUP
Mestre e PhD em Física pela Universidade de Bonn (Alemanha) e pela Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris), é chefe do Departamento de Tecnologia Corporativa e Gestão da Inovação do Grupo Siemens. Atuou como consultor, líder de projeto e vice-presidente na sede da Siemens Management Consulting (SMC) em Munique, entre 2000 a 2008, e como vice-presidente administrativo do escritório da empresa em Pequim (China).
The presentation considers where we are today in manufacturing and how we may come to be a futuristic manufacturing nation and your potential role in fulfilling the dream.
Cyber Physical Production Systems (CPPS) represent the Key Enabling Technology at the basis of the fourth Industrial Revolution of Industry 4.0.
BEinCPPS I4MS Phase II project aims at spreading the presence of CPPS-based industrial experiments to all the Regions of Europe, starting from 5 champion experiments located in advanced Vanguard EU regions. BEinCPPS provides a CPS/IOT Open Platform on top of which application developers could base innovative services e.g. in the field of production planning, resources management, logistics optimisation.
BEinCPPS Open Call 1 targets the development, testing and experimentation of innovative IT applications experiments, which, based on CPPS technology, could significantly enhance the impact of CPPS into the Manufacturing Industry and SMEs / Mid Caps in particular. Open APIs and datasets coming from the project's 5 experimental facilities will form an IT infrastructure for a realistic testing and experimentation of the new applications. A second wave of Open Calls will afterwards replicate the first wave best practices to additional regions in EU, facilitated by the presence of Regional Digital Manufacturing Innovation Hubs.
Similar to Team Finland Future Watch Report for SMEs: Advanced Manufacturing ecosystems, initiatives and case studies in Germany (20)
Future Watch summary: Future growth opportunities in global biobanks marketTeam Finland Future Watch
This Future Watch report compares the current status of forerunning biobanks in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, UK and USA, analyze the needs and views of key biobank customer segments as well as offer key recommendations for Finnish biobank to gain a larger footprint in the biobank market.
The presentation is a summary presentation from a study Situational Awareness Solutions which collects together use cases for situational awareness capabilities and prioritizes these in context of user perception and readiness, availability and accessibility of technology, ease and likelihood of adoption, as well as regulations and competing substitutes. Finally it analyzes the relevance of assessed use cases to United States, Germany and Japan. The application areas discussed cover, amongst other, ecology and environment, disaster management, logistics and transport as well as critical infrastructure management.
Recent technology developments in the information technology space have opened new horizons for the maritime industry. "Digital ports" refers to application of digital technologies of digital technologies such as machine learning, data analytics, visualization, cloud and advanced wireless communications technology to the Port Ecosystem that are driving innovations and enabling business efficiency.
A recent Future Watch study on consumer trends in South Korea explores and analyzes key consumer trends that are shaping South Korean society and how these trends are likely to evolve over the next three to five years. The study is echoing future consumer trends not only in Asia but also in Europe. It is now clear that mobile and online shopping will become the main retail channel, and technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI) and big data are changing the retail landscape.
Healthcare as an industry is transforming. The concept of wellbeing is increasing in importance. Living environments are evolving, including smart homes, assisted living and robotics. Technologies and innovations are having major impacts to individual’s life. Individuals are taking more control and recognizing also their responsibility.
Business Finland and Future Watch commissioned a study on the landscape of developments that will impact the delivery of Health & Wellbeing, to better understand the anticipated transformations, impacts and opportunities to support its strategy for ensuring Finland is well positioned to take advantage of such trends and to help drive better decision making for all stakeholders in Finland. Results of the study are published and discussed with stakeholders and companies in Business Finland’s Smart Life Finland program webinars.
The Hong Kong government supports smart city operations and smart lamp post related actions. Smart lamp posts together with 5G can encompass various industries and thus can offer opportunities also for Finnish companies. Hong Kong aims to become a “world class smart city”. In ”Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint” smart lamp posts are mentioned as one action point and 50 smart lamp posts should be in use by the summer of 2019. The figure is set to rise to 400, and during 2019, a tender will likely be opened for the remaining 350 smart lamp posts. Smart lamp posts can serve several different functions and these are currently experimented in Science Park and the Smart City Pilot Area.
Japan is the second-largest retail market globally. For decades Japanese consumer’s preferences and cultural trends have been influential trend setting phenomenona. To understand how global consumer trends are transforming, it is important to look Japanese consumers behavior and attitudes towards consuming. Today we see behavior shifting. The change of Japanese consumers is not only about what people in Tokyo buy, but also how and what they think when they make decisions for purchases.
Future Watch report and analysis of consumer trends and lifestyles in Japan was done in collaboration with Euromonitor International’s Tokyo office researchers.
A new policy on energy transition was commenced in Taiwan to phase out nuclear power and to introduce substantial power generation capacity from renewable sources by 2025. This transition of energy source and structure represents not only great challenges for Taiwan but also immense business opportunities for industrial developed countries.
A recent Future Watch study identifies and describes future consumer trends in Mainland China and Hong Kong over the next 2-10 years. These trends are likely to impact the products and services these consumers buy and the marketing they respond to. It aims to identify significant trends that are specific to China’s unique market.
Central to the forecasting is identifying 12 consumer roles that represent key China trends. Each role has an accompanying case study which explains how brands are starting /planning to tap into these nascent trends.
Both India's Space and Cyber Defence areas contain gaps to keep up with global development. India’s space defence program is guided by policies to counter the capabilities of China and Pakistan. While India has made long strides with cost effective mission to Mars and a successfully launching record number of satellites, there are several gaps in its space defence. While in the space communication arena, at present, India has extremely limited space-based COMINT (Communications Intelligence) capabilities. Cyber security of satellite communications is another arena for potential collaboration between countries. Also, to achieve complete control of satellite communications & intelligence C4ISR, India needs to have a constellation of satellites in the space with extreme communication technology at disposal. In the Space Situational Awareness area India needs radar-independent tracking methods such as lasers, coherent infrared sensors and space systems with a sole purpose of tracking the functional capabilities of suspected/rogue satellites with military connect.
In cyber-security area, according to Gartner, cyber-security in India is growing to be a $1.5 bn market by 2019 & forecasted to grow over 19% during 2018-2023. Average spend on cyber security is currently at ~3% compared to a global average of 10-15% of the IT budget. India would need a trained pool of million professionals in cyber-security by 2025.
India is expected to be one of the key markets where future growth will emerge. The growth will be primarily driven by a favourable population composition and increasing disposable incomes. India is expected to reach USD 2374 GDP per capita by 2023. Consumer spending will increase in food, housing, transport and communication as well as consumer durables. Some interesting future sectors will benefit, such as sports and electric vehicles. The attached material takes a look also in such consumer related trends as cashless payments, data privacy and AI and technology in consumer businesses.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
2. Table of contents
Project goals, approach, team p. 4 - 6
Project objective and team members p. 5
Project approach p. 6
Executive summary p. 7
German industrial base p. 8 - 9
German industrial sectors p. 9
Background and history p. 10 - 14
Views of industry leaders p. 11
Industrie 4.0 - German perspective p. 12
Readiness for Industrie 4.0 p. 13
Revolution, vision or reality? p. 14
Overview Industrie 4.0 ecosystem p. 15 - 16
Ecosystem and project examples p. 16
Programmes, clusters, forums and smart factories p. 17 - 29
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3. Table of contents
Case studies p. 30 - 33
AGILITA p. 31
AutASS p. 32
AutoBauLog p. 33
Industrie 4.0 from an SME perspective p. 34 - 36
IHK Munich p. 35
IHK Karlsruhe p. 36
Services and further innovation stories in manufacturing ecosystem p. 37 - 39
Services p. 38
Virtual Fort Knox p. 39
Findings p. 40 - 42
Conclusions p. 41
Recommendations p. 42
Appendices p. 43 - 45
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5. Project objectives and team members
Objectives
The objective of this project has been to study the ecosystem in Germany with regard to advanced manufacturing
initiatives.
The study involved a top-down analysis of the current situation, including the overriding political framework,
participating government ministries and departments, official programmes, networks and case studies.
Information has been gathered by a combination of networking and events, desk research, official reports and other
statistical sources.
Input gained from research and dialogue has been summarised in the following slides in order to help TEKES identify
the status quo, best practice and highlight opportunities for Finnish companies in the German market.
TEKES team members
Kari Komulainen, Director, Growth companies, kari.komulainen@tekes.fi
Jukka Salminiitty, Counselor, Innovations / Head of Tekes Washington D.C., Jukka.salminiitty@tekes.fi
Finpro team members
Lasse Baldauf, Vice President, Head of Region USA, lasse.baldauf@finpro.fi
Alun Jones, Senior Consultant, alun.jones@finpro.fi
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6. Project approach
Approach
As a first step, an analysis of the ecosystem in Germany involved a desk study in order to gain an overview of
initiatives conducted to date and understand the current status quo.
The above research was subsequently used to identify the leading stakeholders, networks, events and German
companies playing an active role in promoting advanced manufacturing. This information was supplemented with
additional data from trade organisations and other sources in order to gain a deeper understanding of the state of
play in advance manufacturing.
A whole day of seminars on the industrial internet was attended in Aachen in May in order to gain an insider
perspective on research activities in Germany. Furthermore, interviews was conducted with the Chambers of
Commerce and Industry in Germany (Munich/Bavaria and Karlsruhe branches), in order to gain an SME-perspective
on advanced manufacturing.
Events
Industrie 4.0 & Industrial Internet Collaboration Forum 2014 at the RWTH Aachen, one of the leading three technical
universities in Germany (May 2014)
Embedded Systems Lösungen für Industrie 4.0, an event organised by Bayern Innovativ, 10 Networks comprising
approximately 80,000 customers from 40,000 companies and 80 network organisations, national and international
(July 2014)
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7. Executive summary
Germany’s GDP of 2735.8 bn Euro in 2013 represents 21%
of the EU, or 29% of the eurozone GDP.
As the fourth largest economy worldwide manufacturing
plays an important role, contributing around 20% to GDP,
and was the second largest exporter in the world in 2013
behind China, and ahead of the USA. Sectors with a
strong influence here include mechanical & equipment
production, electrical and electronic industry, automobile
and medicine.
In 2012 the German Government launched its Industrie
4.0 programme as part of its high-tech strategy to
embrace next generation manufacturing based on the
digitalisation and integration of all stakeholder networks
to achieve smart industry. Germany thus acknowledged
the significance of advance manufacturing for the
country‘s future wellbeing within the Internet of Things.
Whether Industrie 4.0 is indeed a revolution or merely a
vision is a matter of debate. Little doubt remains,
however, that the digitalisation of all processes
surrounding industrial production, supply, distribution,
sales and services will depend in large measure on the
following factors:
Cyber physical systems (CPS), smart factories, embedded
manufacturing systems, big data, the cloud
A series of funding programmes, networks, clusters and
initiatives are already in place, largely driven by PPP
programmes under the leadership of leading companies,
research organisations and academic institutes.
Many initiative for SMEs are also in place, although
smaller companies often have other priorities, where
little knowledge of Industrie 4.0 exists – automating
industrial processes is often key for the day-to-day
survival of SMEs.
Other challenges facing companies include re-
organisation of business processes in future to make use
of huge amounts of data currently not being leveraged.
Many companies are likely to become services
organisations, with huge implications for everyday
business.
The multifaceted nature of all Industrie 4.0 components
offers opportunities for Finnish companies in areas such
as the following:
Industrial apps, sensors & embedded technology, big data,
modularised production systems, RFID, IT security and
interfaces between production and control systems.
Deepening cooperation with German research
organisations, universities, clusters and other
programmes also offer excellent opportunities for Finnish
companies to position themselves at an early stage in a
coordinated manner.
Furthermore, organisations such as FIMECC – and
possible the new Finpro organisation – can play a crucial
role in future with regard to identifying opportunities,
networks and clusters that correspond to similar Finnish
programmes, and enabling contact and cooperation.
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9. German industrial sectors
The four sectors shown above make large contributions to the German economy and will play an
important role in the development of Industrie 4.0
The automobile industry alone contributes around 360 billion Euro p.a. to the above turnover,
corresponding to ca. 20 percent of German industrial revenue
Machinery and equipment is another large sector, contributing 209 billion Euro in turnover in 2012
and employing almost 1m employees in around 6.300 companies
Source: „Leading-Edge Cluster it‘s OWL: Practical examples of Industry
4.0 development at it‘s OWL“, Christoph Plass; www.gtai.de
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11. Views of industry leaders
In the past few years a series of definitions on the future industrial environment have emerged from
industry leaders
These definitions vary from Industrial Internet, to Internet of Everything and even Industrie 4.0
(Germany)
Industrie 4.0 is a programme developed by government and industry in Germany to embrace next
generation manufacturing based on the digitalisation and integration of all stakeholder networks to
achieve smart industry
Source: „Finnish understanding regarding Industrial Internet“, Heikki
Ailisto, Research Professor, VTT Technical Research of Finland
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12. Industrie 4.0 – German perspective
Germany‘s industrial base with a strong manufacturing sector provides a solid
foundation to the country‘s economic and social wellbeing.
Based against a backdrop of high IT competence, embedded systems know-how and
automation engineering, Germany is ideally placed to consolidate and expand its
position in the manufacturing engineering industry.
The German Government recognises the opportunities – and threats – that future
developments pose to its industrial base and has established the Industrie 4.0 working
group as part of ist high-tech strategy.
This is based on the notion that in future, businesses will establish global networks
that incorporate machinery, warehousing systems and production facilities in the form of
cyber physical systems (CPS), a concept that includes software, sensor-, processor- and
communication-technology.
These systems compromise smart machines, storage systems and production facilities,
thus improving industrial processes in manufacturing, engineering, material usage and
supply chain & lifecycle management.
Smart factories are already beginning to appear – smart products are uniquely
identifiable, know their own history, current states and alternative routes to achieving
their target state.
Embedded manufacturing systems are vertically networked with business processes in
factories and companies and horizontally conneced to dispersed value networks that are
managed in real time, from order placement through to outboud logistics.
Smart factories allow individual customer requirements to be met, thus allowing even
one-off items to be manufactured profitably.
Due to the heavy reliance on IT systems and data, there is general agreement that big
data – and therefore the cloud – is a prerequisite for Industrie 4.0.
Source: „Umsetzungsempfehlungen für das Zukunftsprojekt Industrie
4.0“; Forschungsunion & acatech.
Definition:
„The core of Industrie 4.0 is
made of real-time
intelligent, horizontal and
vertical networking of
humans, machines, objects
and ITC systems to enable
dynamic management of
complex systems“
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13. Readiness for Industrie 4.0
With an industrial share of value added
corresponding to 23% in 2011, Germany is
at the top end of the scale in Europe, along
with a few Eastern European countries.
Whereas the manufacturing share of
GDP is shown on the horizontal axis on the
left, the vertical axis represents the
Industry 4.0 readiness index.
This is calculated by considering values
such as production process sophistication,
degree of automation, workforce
readiness and innovation intensity,
combined with high value added, industry
openness, innovation network and
Internet sophistication.
Source: „THINK ACT Industry 4.0. The new industrial revolution. How
Europe will succeed„ (Roland Berger Strategy Consultants)
*
* Ireland is a special case since several large pharmaceutical companies contribute heavily to a low overall
GDP
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14. Revolution, vision or reality?
Despite the fact that the German Government is referring to the fourth industrial revolution in the
next 10-20 years, some industrial experts prefer to talk of a vision that could be realised by around
2030.
In large companies, fully networked production is already reality, in smaller companies the reality is
very different.
Although 8 from 10 universities and companies are convinced that Industrie 4.0 will become reality
by 2025, a survey by PWC shows other figures – the survey sees Germany as lagging behind some
other leading nations. 50% of companies are planning to network their production, but only 20%
have already introduced a smart factory.
Some of the strongest barriers to Industrie 4.0 include IT security problems, missing norms and
standards as well as qualification issues.
A further problem for smaller companies is that the whole issue has been pushed and promoted to
date by IT experts, with machine and equipment producers only playing a minor role.
However, automation experts such as Siemens, Bosch Rexroth, Pilz or Festo are already working full-
speed to develop practical solutions. e.g. Bosch has attempted to create a bridge between
automisation and IT with its Open Core Engineering interface technology.
The modular nature of smart production means that modifications to individual plant or machine
parts have huge implications for the control systems. This is an area where Pilz has tried to create a
corresponding SW solution with its PAS4000.
The integration of all production-related processes and stakeholders via cyber physical systems
(CPS) is the ultimate complicated step. However, Siemens‘ smart factories in Amberg and Chengdu
have already acomplished this by means of an integrated digital platform.
Source: „Werkstücke der Zukunft. Industrie 4.0 hat begonnen“;
www.scope-online.de
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16. Ecosystem and project examples
Federal Ministries
Clusters
• First mentioned at the Hannover Fair in 2011,
Industrie 4.0 is key part of the high-tech strategy
2020 and a project that was officially launched
there in 2013.
• The programme is coordinated by the Federal
Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy as well as
the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• 200m Euro have been made available for the
Industrie 4.0 project
German Government
Universities and Research Organisations
High Tech Strategy 2020
Includes projects such as – National Roadmap Embedded Systems (2009), Digital Product memory, Changeable Logistics
Systems, Autonomic Computing and Industrie 4.0. Also excellence clusters such as „Integrative Production Technology for
High Wage Countries“, „Cognition for Technical Systems“, Intelligent Technical Systems (It‘s OWL)
Programmes
• it‘s OWL is a leading cluster financed by the Federal
Ministry of Education and Research
• The cluster includes 174 companies, universities
and further partners
• A total of 45 intelligent technical systems projects
are coordinated and currently running in order to
help make Industrie 4.0 reality
• A large number of projects and clusters involve PP
(private-public) funding
• Projects are conducted with the cooperation of
well-known technical universities and research
institutes (examples above), together with
participating companies
• The approach is very applied in nature, where
new products, systems and networks are
developed in close cooperation with all
participants
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18. Autonomik for Industrie 4.0 (SME programme)
Definition and background
• AUTONOMICS is a funding programme of the Federal Ministry of
Economics and Technology (BMWi).
• As part of the AUTONOMICS competition (autonomous, simulation-
based systems for small and medium-sized enterprises) the Ministry
selected fourteen winning pilot schemes.
• With this initiative, the Ministry wants to promote research and
development activities to speed up the development and broad use of
ICT-based technologies and services along the whole supply chain to
enhance the autonomy of user systems.
Projects
• With the aid of an independent expert jury, 14 projects
were chosen, involving a total of 80 companies and
research organisations.
• The selected R&D projects focus on the following
application areas:
• Production
• Logistics
• Robotics
• Simulation
• Medicine
• The projects are required to base their research on
prevailing robotics and ICT technology and use existing
modelling, simulation and visualisation methods.
Case studies
See selection of case studies slides
for more details
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19. Cyber Physical Systems (CyProS)
Definition
CyProS is a research programme financed
by the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research
Project Background
Manufacturing companies form the backbone of the
German economy. The trend to customised products
and faster delivery times means hugely increased
international competition. The CyProS project has been
conceived in order to develop cyber-physical systems
and a conceptual and methodological basis for their
operation under real production conditions.. The
development and introduction of cyber-physical
production systems (CPS) helps to deal not only with
increased competition, but will also lead to a
sustainable and significant increase in the prodction and
flexibility of manufacturing companies.
Participants
A consortium of 20 institutes and companies involves the following
players:
Goals
CyProS has three goals, as follows:
1. Development of reference architecture and a
representative spectrum of cyber-physical system
modules for production and logistics systems
2. Preparation of an universal approach, tools and
platforms for the implementation of cyber-physical
production systems
3. Development of a technical and methodological basis
for the economic use of cyber-physical production
systems and their implementation in a real production
environment
Development
of CPS modules
for intelligent
drives, building
& running of
model factory
Conception and
evaluation of CPS
based control for
internal prod.
logistics,
competence and
transfer centre
Development of
automatic
updating planning
database for
production
control methods
Integration of
machines into the
reference
architecture
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20. Robotics
Definition
SME Robotics is an initiative consisting of
major European robot manufacturers and
research institutes. It is developing technical
foundations for intelligent robot solutions
suitable for SME scale production.
Project background & goals
The project is based in Stuttgart and aims to simplify the
deployment of robotic applications for production in SME
manufacturing. The goal is to allow SMEs to benefit from
the advantages of automation, e.g. high efficiency, high
quality, streamlined processes, but still allowing for small
volume production. The core of the vision lies in the
SMErobotics IT-toolchain. Robot manufacturers and
system integrators will be able to build more robust and
self-adapting robots & systems, enabling workers in SMEs
to (re)configure, setup and use novel and robust robotic
systems.
Participants
The consortium of 14 organisations includes the players shown
below:
Project Examples:
Assembly Assistant – robot system to relieve workers of
repetitive assembly tasks
CoWeldRob – Welding robot assistant offering constant
quality welding, also for small manufacturing volumes
Software Components for SMEs – Software components of
assembly sequence planning and grasp planning
Collaborative Machining – Different types of robots
communicating & working together over neutral and
replaceable interfaces
Symbiotic human-robot interaction – Enables human robot
cooperation both in teaching phase and during execution
Leading
reserach
institute for
robotics and
automation
Growth promotion
by encouraging
synergies between
research and
business
Leading robot
producer. KUKA
laboratories set
up 2010 for future
market product
innovation
Leading Swedish
research inst. Focus
here on non-linear &
hybrid control. Also
system ID and
iterative learning
control Source: www.smerobotics.org
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21. RWTH Aachen University
• Amongst the leading technical universities in Germany, with the
status of an „Excellence University“.
• 800.000m² of campus space is currently being developed to house 19
research clusters, of which the following are already in operation –
Logistics, Production technology, Biomedical technology, Photonics,
Sustainable energy, heavy plant engines.
• The research campus already involves 120 companies, both large and
small. Also, 4 Fraunhofer institutes are based in Aachen.
• RWTH attracted 350m Euro 3rd party funding for R&D in 2013, the
highest of any German university.
• RWTH employs a very applied approach to research, aiming to
improve production & systems at various companies.
• ProSense is one of the first Industrie 4.0 projects (included in logistics
cluster) funded by the Ministry of Research & Education. It aims to
develop regulation and control systems for complex production
networks based on cybernetic control loop behaviour and adaptive
design of logistics networks.
• FIMECC has established a factory (office) on the RWTH campus which
will allow FIMECC staff and companies to identify new research and
business opportunities with technology leaders.
Source: www.rwth-aachen.de
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22. RWTH Aachen
The digitalization of all production objects will radically increase the information density
Due to massive development of mobile broadband connections companies will become more
networked and agile
IT solutions as an app will considerabyl increase usability and consumer acceptance
The radicalness of innovations will increase due to accelerated prototype-development
The Aachen Perspective – main enablers for Industrie 4.0
Source: Prof. Dr. Günther Schuh, RWTH Aachen University
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23. it‘s OWL
it’s OWL” is an alliance of 174 businesses,
universities, research institutes and organizations
working together to make the innovative leap from
mechatronics to intelligent technical systems.
The joint development strategy was one of the
winners in the Leading-Edge Cluster Competition run
by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF) in January 2012. The competition is the
flagship of the German federal government’s High-
Tech Strategy.
The Leading-Edge Cluster pools the resources of
global market leaders in mechanical engineering and
the electrical, electronics and automotive supply
industries, as well as internationally renowned,
cutting-edge research institutes.
The commercial and scientific members of the
technology network work together on 45 applied
research projects worth a total of around EUR 100
million. In this way, the partners will over the next
four years develop technologies for a new generation
of products and production systems.
Partners
It‘s OWL partners with the Finnish
innovation network HERMIA and with
Fimecc. It has a huge pool of partners
from business, research and
academia and has been awarded a
Gold Label for cluster management by
the European Cluster Excellence
Initiative. Source: www.ist-owl.com
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24. Hardware & Software for Embedded Systems
„Embedded4You” was established in 2006 as an
informal (to date only German) network of innovative
SMEs in the area of hardware and software
development (middleware and application) for
embedded systems, and recognises the challenges of
Industrie 4.0 in the industry
The platform recognises the fragmented nature of the
embedded systems market (components, assembly parts,
SW), and propagates open systems which make users
less dependent on providers.
Embedded4You draws on a broad basis of SMEs
providing them with cooperation with similar companies
– and research organisations – to enable technology
transfer, exchange of know-how, best practice, joint-
development of customised solutions and centralised
organisation of participation in trade fair and events.
Funded projects to date with E4Y participation
included SPES2020 (development of methodology for
model-based development of embedded systems) and
ComVantage (see following slide.
Members
Member include: Berger IT-COSMOS GmbH,
iSyst Intelligent Systeme GmbH, IMACS
GmbH, Kölsch & Altmann GmbH, RST
Industrie Automation GmbH, Protos
Software GmbH, University of Applied
Sciences Munich
Source: www.embedded4you.com
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25. Collaboration platform for mobile maintenance
„ComVantage” (Collaborative Manufacturing Network for
Competitive Advantage) is a product-centric collaboration
space for dynamic and flexible information exchange
between multiple companies including the end-customer,
particularly with regard to mobile maintenance. It was
established in the last few years with three objectives:
Secure Collaboration via a Dynamic and De-
centralised Access to Information
Easy to Handle and Trustful Collaboration Apps for
Mobile Interaction
Collaboration Apps with Verified Added-Value
ComVantage has a consortium of international members
listed on the left.
The platform facilitates and helps to optimise the
following: collaboration between multiple companies (incl.
SMEs) and customer; focus on information exchange &
optimised access to machine data for maintenance
purposes; fast & agile re-configuration of production
processes; increasing operational excellence; optimising
product design and innovation.
The website lists a range of further collaboration projects
(present and past) which may contain valuable networking
information for Finnish companies.
Source: www.comvantage.eu
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26. Bosch Venture Forum
Smart Industry (Industrie 4.0)
Definition
The Robert Bosch Venture Forum 2014
offers innovative companies the opportunity
to win the Bosch Group as an investor,
partner or customer.
Project Background & goals
The Bosch Group is looking for partnerships with
companies focusing on the following technology areas:
• Smart Industry (Industrie 4.0) – Algorithms,
applications and solutions that promote cyber-physical
production systems and secure ind. automation.
• Autonomous Systems – enabling technologies for
components, systems and SW in fields of robotics,
vehicle technology systems and driving technology
• Wearable Electronics – Materials, devices and
applications worn close to body or on body for
measuring and analysing
Participants
Current partners in the control & automation field include, amongst
others, the following:
Opportunities:
Opportunities to collaborate with the Bosch Group include
the following aspects:
• Minority equity investment by Robert Bosch Venture
Capital GmbH
• Partnering with the Bosch Group and its tier suppliers
• Development cooperation
• Building customer-supplier relationships
• Marketing & support for national / international roll-out
Autonomous
mobile robot
and delivery
tracking
software
Semiconductor
company and
leader in ultra
low power
wireless &
battery-free
communication
MEMS-based IR
sensor technology
for high
performance
components
Source: www.rbvc.org
USA Netherlands UK
Hardware Intrinsic
Security technology
for private &
corporate data,
mobile, embedded &
cloud
Netherlands
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27. ARENA2036
Active Research Environment for Next Generation of Automobiles
The research campus ARENA2036 PPP project
has a focus on R&D for lightweight materials.
It was set up in 2012 when the project won a
„Research Campus“ competition by the Federal
Ministry of Research & Education.
Another integral focus is car production in
future factories, where there are no conveyor
belts, and where robots and humans intuitively
work hand in hand.
The research (future) factory will combine
development work from two areas: „construction
& materials“, „simulation & digital prototypes“
A major project goal is to secure Germany as a
location for future car production.
ARENA2036 is based at Stuttgart University, has
partners shown on the left and has an investment
volume of 30m Euro.
Further networks and associations have also
already agreed to cooperate.
Source: www.arena2036.de
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28. Smart Factory – European Project
SmartFactoryKL is a manufacturer-
independent demonstration and research
platform and is unique in Europe.
The aim is to introduce sophisticated IT
into factory automation.
Founded 2005 as non-profit association to
establish network of industrial and research
partners to develop base technologies and
marketable products.
Has been cooperating intensively with the
German Research Center for Artificial
Intelligence (DFKI) from the beginning.
At the Hannover Fair 2014 the DFKI-
SmartFactoryKL introduced an unique,
modular crossvendor production unit for the
first time (see left).
Other members include – Lund University,
Cisco, John Deere, Johnson Controls,
Siemens, Fraunhofer Institute, BASF
(amongst others) Source: www.dfki.de; www.smartfactory-kl.de
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29. Smart Factory – Siemens
Siemens has opened an Electronic Works
smart factory in Amberg, Germany.
The 10,000m² high-tech factory has smart
machines that coordinate the production and
distribution of the company‘s simatic control
devices.
The whole system involves 1.6bn
components for over 50,000 annual
production variations.
A total of 10,000 materials are sourced
from 250 suppliers to make the plant‘s 950
different products.
1,100 employees have to be intelligently
scheduled to meet the requirements of an
ever-changing job.
Gartner Industry Research only found 15
defects per million, 99% reliability and 100%
traceability in a study conducted in 2010.
Source: www.industryweek.com
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31. AGILITA
Project goal:
The AGILITA project (agile production logistic and transport methods) aims to
develop a flexible and efficient material flow system for production purposes
in SMEs.
Consortium Leader: Premium AEROTEC GmbH
Consortium members: E&K Automation GmbH, Institut für
Fertigungstechnik und Werkzeugmaschinen (IFW) an der
Leibniz Universität Hannover, MFP GmbH, Waldemar Winckel
GmbH & Co. KG.
Focus:
One focus of the AGILITA development is the connecting of
production control systems with RFID technology in order to
enable automatic control and complete tracking of
components that need processing.
Also, the development of a concept for automated,
individually configurable transport units, to enable transport
and safety of high-quality components.
RFID-capable
plastic
container for
production
documents
Source: www.autonomik.de
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32. AutASS
Project goal:
Automised monitoring of machinery is expensive for SMEs. The AutASS
project aims to develop a permanent „health check“ for machines and
equipment.
Consortium Leader: Hanning Elektro-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
Consortium members: Fraunhofer Institut für Integrierte
Schaltungen, Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Interroll
Trommelmotoren GmbH, RWTH Aachen, Universität
Paderborn.
Focus:
A main focus of the project is the integration of sensory
functions in electrical drive systems such as electric motors.
This creates intelligent and automatic diagnostic capabilities
for individual components from drive systems and processes,
and a mechatronic control circuit is established.
Source: www.autonomik.de
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33. AutoBauLog
Project goal:
Construction machines cannot „speak“ and don‘t therefore know when the
next truck is due for loading. The AutoBauLog project attempts to link all
construction machines on a building site in an intelligent network, so that
they can in future understand, analyse and optimise their own situation in
relation to the task they are being asked to do.
Consortium Leader: RIB Information Technologies AG
Consortium members: Universität Hohenheim -
Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung, Topcon
Deutschland GmbH, Drees & Sommer Infra Consult und
Entwicklungsmanagement GmbH, Ed. Züblin AG, Karlsruher
Institut für Technologie, Institut für Technologie und
Management im Baubetrieb und Fachgebiet Building
Lifecycle Management.
Focus:
The main focus of the project is based around three
innovations: 1) Equipping of all construction machines on the
15 km construction site with software-based intelligence and
sensors; 2) Enabling machines to cooperate and form
„machine teams“; 3) Combining of machine-based
construction processes in one virtual reality and simulation-
supported control panel.
Source: www.autonomik.de
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35. IHK Munich
Interview on 12.6.14 with Mr Gruber, consultant in the department for Industry, Innovation, Environment
and Transport at IHK Munich (chamber of trade and commerce)
The IHK in Munich started to first address the topic of Industrie 4.0 around 1 year ago.
Companies targeted by the IHK are mainly SMEs (which are automatically members of the chambers of
trade and commerce), although some larger companies are also occassionally involved.
So far there have been 2 events to which the SMEs were invited. Companies pay a small fee of around
50 Euro to participate.
Events also sometimes include the participation of local academic or research institutes, such as the
Munich Technical University.
The next event will take place on 16.7.14, where participants will visit the machine engineering
department at the university to see a demonstration smart plant that has been built to fill containers with
yoghurt.
Mr Gruber confirmed that only few SMEs have even started thinking about Industrie 4.0 at all at this
stage.
Companies have other priorities, have very limited knowledge of the whole topic and also limited
resources (compared to BMW, for example, which has a department with around 30 persons for Industrie
4.0).
The topic most commonly addressed by SMEs is IT security. Mr Gruber believes that until standards and
platforms have been defined, SMEs will only play a minor role.
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36. IHK Karlsruhe
Interview on 6.6.14 with Ms Jeromin, consultant in the department for Industry, Energy, Environment and
Technology at IHK Karlsruhe (chamber of trade and commerce)
Each IHK is autonomous and organises events on topics that they see fit for companies in their own
region. There is no official national IHK policy on Industrie 4.0 at the moment, nor is that expected soon.
An event was orgnised on 20.2.14 by IHK Karlsruhe called: „Industrie 4.0 – Automation trends also for
SMEs?“ This was an IHK initiative, and was not the initiative of local SMEs.
Ms Jeromin confirmed that political circles have great expectations of the whole Industrie 4.0 issue.
In practice, however, things look very different to the picture that is being portrayed by political circles,
research organisations and certain leading companies.
Even some large companies that IHK Karlsruhe speaks to have done little to nothing so far to find out
what implications the whole issue might have for them.
More active companies who have started to think in more depth about Industrie 4.0 are either doing so
as part of a research projects, or even going it alone.
However, in many companies the 3rd industrial revolution has not yet properly taken place in terms of
automation. Automation (not Industrie 4.0) remains the immediate priority for many companies.
Problems with RFID chips have been slowing down automation efforts for several companeis Ms
Jeromin has spoken to.
Another problem will be companies in the South-West who do a lot of hands-on work, with customized
heavy plant, machinery etc. Much of the value-add lies here with the manual work done, i.e. in the furniture,
wood or metalworking industry. This will be problematic to automise, let alone integrate into Industrie 4.
Heavy involvement in next 10 years by SMEs likely to be restricted by innovative, technological leaders
involved in complicated supply chains.
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37. Services and further innovation stories in
manufacturing ecosystem
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38. Services
Spare parts and maintenance services, traditionally
strong revenue drivers in the engineering products
industry, are declining.
A recent Roland Berger survey showed a clear
correlation between service revenue and EBIT margins
(where services accounted for 30%+ of revenues, EBIT
margins were 10%+).
Future potential exists in areas such as performance
increase (upgrades, updates, performance audits) and
consulting services (technical assessment, due diligence,
dimensioning, factory planning). Theser are currently a
small part of service portfolios, which have historically
grown reactively.
Machines currently often only connected to wireless
sensing devices if problems expected.
80% of companies currently receive some data from
installed base, but usually acquired reactively, when
responding to specific problems.
Companies should look to industry leaders in data
monitoring, e.g. aviation, energy, oil & gas. OEMs can
also own data management intermediaries, as in the
case of Rolls Royce and OSyS.
Source: www.rolandberger.com
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39. Virtual Fort Knox
Flagship project of the Baden-Württemberg region in
the South West of Germany, sponsored by the regional
ministry of finance and economy.
Launched in 2013 and coordinated by Fraunhofer IPA
institute, the project also cooperates with HP, Schenk,
SimBean, Xetics amongst others.
The project is an interface between the IT systems of
companies (manufacturers) and their clients, and is a
service-oriented approach to leveraging data.
In the virtual Fort Knox project user data (data from
warehouses, tools, machines and plant, as well as from
CPS systems) is regarded as a treasure that needs the
highest protection.
The offering is regarded as interesting for SMEs
(machine & plant manufacturing), which so far only
have limited experience of digital tools to support
production.
It also offers software providers a platform to offer
flexible, competitively priced and customised solutions
to manufacturing SMEs.
Source: http://projekt.virtualfortknox.de;
www.vdi-nachrichten.com
A secure, federative platform for
service-oriented applications in
machine and plant manufacturing
User (SME)
Displays
Visualisation of machine data via app
(Elog App)
Internal company IT –
HW & SW + eLog
Shopfloor with machine tools that need
monitoring
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41. Conclusions
Industrie 4.0 is about the very future of German as one of the leading international manufacturing
powerhouses. This is why Industrie 4.0 lies at the heart of the government’s high-tech strategy. Whether
Industrie 4.0 is a revolution or a vision is still unclear. It is currently not reality, however, especially not at
smaller companies.
The following IT application areas will all be crucial for the success of Industrie 4.0 and will represent
opportunities for Finnish companies:
Industrial apps
Electrical actuators, sensor and embedded technology
Big data
Modularised production systems
Short-distance wireless data (RFID), long-distance (broadband)
IT security
Interface between production systems and control systems
A wide range of R&D projects, cooperations and clusters already exist, many profiting from PPP
programmes – Finland already has crucial networks to leading German clusters of excellence (Aachen and
it’s OWL).
Although several large companies and research institutes are particularly active, some programmes (e.g.
Autonomik) are aimed especially at SMEs. Chambers of trade & commerce are also starting to introduce
events.
Despite high awareness (especially large companies), activities at grass roots level is low and likely to be
dominated by early adopters and those participating in research programmes or leveraging clusters.
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42. Recommendations
Industrie 4.0 is a long-term vision, not necessarily conducive to short-term profit. Finland needs a strategic
approach based on competence centres, bundling of skills , clusters and participation in international
activities.
Traditional manufacturers will gradually migrate towards being data-based service providers and non-
manufacturing companies will emerge as new players. Finland‘s – with strong ITC heritage and
competence – is ideally placed to profit, but will a need a coordinated, professional, Industrie 4.0-focussed
approach as opposed to undifferentiated SME subsidy-programmes.
Germany already has a comprehensive legislative and political framework in place. This includes a wide
range of PPP programmes and projects, some of which are international. Networking and contributing to
these circles underlines technology leader mentality and can lead to business opportunities.
The role of FIMECC provides established Finnish companies with excellent access to leading-edge research
and collaboration projects, also in Germany, and should be further developed and leveraged to the full.
Participating in events such as the Hannover Fair and Automatica offer great opportunities to approach the
market jointly with German institutes and companies, in order to create networks and new business
opportunities.
SMEs will need time to get familiar with the needs of Industrie 4.0. Finland‘s company ecosystem offers an
opportunity to demonstrate leadership in this area – build up a strong base of SME case studies for all
types of industrial production companies.
Chambers of trade and commerce offer an potential funnel into this area, often have foreign trade
departments focussed primarily on doing foreign business and could be interesting cooperation partners
for SME-based Industrie 4.0 issues.
Programmes such as SME Robotics can be leveraged by Finnish research organisations (and ultimately
companies) involved in systems and software for robotics.
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44. Trade Fairs, Events (1/2)
AUTOMATICA, Munich (21-24 June 2016). The leading trade fair and
platform for automation and production-process innovations. The trade
fair is held every two years and has the world’s largest range of robotics,
assembly lines and machine-vision systems.
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The following examples of trade fairs/events for both large and small companies can act as
hubs for Industrie 4.0 networking and promotion work from a Finnish perspective:
HANNOVER Messe, Hannover (13-17 April 2015). The world's leading
show for industrial technology, showcasing new products across the
entire value chain and highlighting innovations in all core sectors .
www.automatica-munich.com
www.hannovermesse.de
International:
45. www.bayern-innovativ.de
www.ihk-muenchen.de
Trade Fairs, Events (2/2)
Bayern Innovativ, Munich (9 July 2014). An organisation of platforms, networks
and clusters set up by the Bavarian Government in 1995 to promote innovation
and technology transfer. On 9 July 2014 the BAIKEM network (3.600 companies and
400 research institutes from 32 countries) is organising an event called „Embedded
Systems, solutions for Industrie 4.0“ in Munich. Focus is on hardware, middleware-
and software-development.
IHK München und Oberbayern, Munich (6 May 2014). The Chamber of Commerce
and industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria is one of 9 chambers in Bavaria and one
of more than 60 throughout Germany. The Munich chamber is responsible for
380.000 member companies, ranging from one-man setups through medium-sized
enterprises to global players. Bavarian industries currently make 53 percent of their
sales abroad, tendency rising. As part of their remit to support and advise (mainly)
SMEs, the IHK has started organising Industrie 4.0 events. At an event called “IT
secures production”, organised in May, academic and business speakers presented
on secure solutions options for SMEs in Industrie 4.0.
Regional:
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