The motivation for striving to achieve "Industry 4.0" or the "Smart Factory" is clear: Highest efficiency with maximum flexibility. "Lot size 1" at the cost of series production!
"Lot size 1" at the cost of series production! Within the next 10 years, industry associations, research institutions and consulting firms are forecasting additional value creation potential in the high double-digit billions, massive rationalization effects through the automation of knowledge work and a dramatic increase in "collaboration productivity".