Forestry 4.0:Harnessing technology to strengthen the Canadian forest

摘要

Supply chains have evolved significantly in recent decades, and yet are now on the edge of even more transformative changes driven by the digital revolution. The fourth industrial revolution, as it is called, is characterized by an interconnection ofmachines and systems within the production sites as well as between them and the outside world.Information collection and transmission have progressed to the point where it is now common to exchange data in real-time from anywhere in the world. This has made it possible to generate enormous digital information flows, and the emergence of connected devices will amplify this phenomenon.