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The following workplace attitudes that will
need to change as Industry 4.0 alters how
we work:
‘That’s not my remit, talk to a
different department about it’
Industry 4.0 is breaking down the
traditional silos that separate the different
departments within a business, with
enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
playing a crucial role.
ERP software acts as a single-source for
business intelligence in the age of Industry
4.0, presenting employees with real-time
data when they need it, thus bringing
departments closer together.
Terri Hiskey, Vice President for Product
Marketing Manufacturing at Epicor
T
he Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Smart manufacturing. Digital
transformation. Industry 4.0.
Call it what you will, the current trend
for automation and data exchange in
manufacturing technologies is transforming
production lines, supply chains and product
portfolios, disrupting how we produce and
deliver goods today and transforming the
manufacturing workplace of tomorrow.
According to a recent Epicor study, 64%
of businesses around the globe are
successfully growing their profits and this
growth trend has coincided with over
half of global businesses assigning a high
priority to IT investment.
So, there’s no doubt that Industry 4.0 will
soon have an impact on your workplace if it
hasn’t done so already.
With machine learning capabilities and
connected equipment enabling businesses
to automate the production line, humans
can upskill, take on new duties, add greater
value and focus less on repetitive tasks.
They can therefore expect to be employed
in more interesting and challenging roles
in the future, helping their growth and
personal development.
Industry 4.0 will involve a significant shift in
how people work; specifically their mindsets
and habits.
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That data might include information
about the status of a project, updates on a
partner’s requirements, or analytics about
customer trends or equipment maintenance
schedules. For example, jet engine makers
GE and Rolls Royce now routinely collect data
from their products as they fly around the
world to schedule maintenance. In doing
so, they stand a better chance of reducing
downtime for individual aircraft and keeping
up with customer demand.
When sales teams, management and
production line staff alike can access real-
time information like this, they can optimise
conditions on the plant floor and improve
orders and production output.
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INDUSTRY 4.0
WILL INVOLVE
A SIGNIFICANT
SHIFT IN HOW
PEOPLE WORK;
SPECIFICALLY
THEIR MINDSETS
AND HABITS.
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