The opportunities and benefits of 4IR

Posted on 12 Apr 2017 by Fred Tongue

The Manufacturer and Oracle recently hosted a webinar titled: Industry 4.0, Servitisation & the Connected Enterprise.

In this short clip, Jonathan Gray of Hitachi Consulting, looks at the current state of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and the opportunities and benefits that it can provide to manufacturers.

You can watch the entire on-demand webinar, which was presented live on 23 March 2017 and sponsored by Oracle, by clicking here.

Click here to register for the next webinar in the series taking place at 11:00GMT on 20 April, which will discuss:

What happens when you connect product, manufacture & service?

  • New levels of customer insight reduce time-to-commercialisation, increase R&D ROI
  • What impact can a ‘digital twin’ have on product quality, reliability & maintenance?
  • Closing the loop: why connected service leads to product and business model innovation