Industry 4.0

At the 2017 Hannover Messe, dozens of manufacturing execs were trying to figure out how to move forward their platforms, teams, and philosophies to enable Industrie 4.0 outcomes at scale.

Today at Hannover Messe, we are announcing Cisco Connected Factory for Industrie 4.0 to address key manufacturing obstacles.

TSN enables a single, Ethernet network that works across vendors and drives IT and OT convergence through common management practices.

Even though Industrie 4.0 and smart manufacturing concepts have been around for a few years, thought leaders are now agreeing that Industrie 4.0 is at an inflection point.

April showers brings May flowers but if you are in Germany in late April, Hannover Messe is the breeding ground for innovation in the global manufacturing industry.

Rising from a devastating fire two years ago, Spanish food manufacturer Campofrio’s La Bureba factory has been rebuilt from the ground up to be a state-of the art, innovative, digital food processing facility.

Chemistry bonds players from different backgrounds and experiences together, uniting them in a common goal. More often than not, it makes the team more than the sum of its parts.

Manufacturing is seeing a lot more focus on cybersecurity as more connectivity helps drive innovation, but potentially leads to more risk as industrial systems are now one of the most targeted sectors for attacks.

The fourth industrial revolution -- or Industrie 4.0 -- is coming, due to the limitless possibilities that come with connecting everything, everywhere, with everyone.