VDMA Industry Working Group On the subject of opportunities through digitalization

摘要

35 years ago, Bill Gates was convinced that 640 kilobyte of memory space should be sufficient for every PC user. At the time, what he said was taken seriously. Today, says Dipl. Ing. Oliver Krapp, Head of Account Development Vertical Glass & Solar at Siemens AG, we all chuckle at the thought. Krapp, who spoke at the most recent meeting of the VDMA Industry Working Group Research and Technology, on the subject of Industrie 4.0, outlined parallels from the comparison to modern times. "We must cross the threshold we are currently standing at." In his opinion, available data must be collected, evaluated and applied. This is already possible today, but it must be implemented consistently. For him, Industrie 4.0 and the related digitalization and networking of production processes represents 'the future'.