THE WORLD IS CHANGING AND WE'RE CHANGING ALONG WITH IT

摘要

Communications have come a long way. Instant meetings: face to face, with colleagues, suppliers and customers, across the world. All with startling clarity and the ability to share and participate in documents. These quantum changes only need to be working for a week before we take them for granted. We moan if a screen pixelates for a second. No-one misses the analogue chatter of the telex or a dial-up modem and rightly so. So, how will the world work after "this"? Is Covid-19 also the carrier of technical transformation? "This" is a global event. We all hope and pray that it dissipates as quickly as it arrived and claims far fewer victims than some suggest it may take. But, when it has gone, what will the new normal look like? I've been doing some light reading on Industry 4.0. Yes, really. Five years ago, it was seen as an ambitious dream by most laymen. Even last year, most of the industries in which Carbis Loadtec works would have it listed as "things to consider in the near future". But now, sitting in our homes, trying to carry on as if this is normal; the reality of a world where there is less travel, less personal interaction, less pollution, starts to make a lot of sense. Let's take the Wikipedia version of Industry 4.0 and trim it up a bit. Then reflect on how it can translate to the Loading of Bulk Fluids globally.