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2017
Journal Article
Titel
IIoT: Transforming the Business Ecosystem
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IIoT: Transforming the Manufacturing Ecosystem
Abstract
Current trends in production such as digitization, including the shift to mass personalization, lead to significant changes in manufacturing. The stages of digital transformation in the framework of the Industry 4.0 concept have a long history starting with mechatronic systems leading to cyber-physical and eventually autonomous systems to the final degree of autonomization. The traditional automation pyramid is thus dissolving.