Abstract The AAU Smart Production project is a research initiative at Aalborg University,
Denmark running 2015-2019. The objective of this program is to research and demonstrate …

The manufacturing industry is moving" digital" and the changes re-quired are numerous and
extensive. In general, there is a lack of understanding of how new technologies are …

Since the term Industry 4.0 was first mentioned at the Hannover Messe in 2011 (BMBF
2012), 10 years have passed. The accompanying Fourth Industrial Revolution has almost …

In the past two decades, a large amount of attention has been devoted to the introduction of
smart manufacturing concepts and technologies into industrial practice. In Europe, these …

Abstract Germany's Textile Industry with its hybrid and highly fragmented value chains is
seen as both a future key supplier and adopter of digital operations technologies and …

The term Industry 4.0 is projected as the future of manufacturing, offering competitive
advantage and multiple benefits for those who can implement it [1, 2]. The gap seen by …

The demand of Industry 4.0 skills in SMEs have increased over the last couple of years. The
enterprises are experiencing a larger demand for upholding a high level of knowledge and …

As manufacturing industry is moving its steps towards a more digital, smart and flexible
scenario, the changes required to achieve the expectations of the Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) …

Humans are indispensable in the manufacturing industry as its complexity increases in an
Industry 4.0 context, mainly due to changing customer demands. Managing the challenges …

Looking at the Norwegian industry, it generally consists of small and medium size
enterprises. Many of them are suppliers to the oil and gas, fishery and maritime industries …