Industry 4.0

Why should a manufacturing company today, as well as any other organization, embark on a data-driven transformation journey? In 2020, research conducted by Statista measured a 12% increase, compared to 2018, in the adoption of a global data-driven approach for decision-making. Here's what is driving this change.

In this paper we propose a retrofitting methodology based on Design Thinking in a steel mill plant, and highlight how the retrofitting activity is important to allow even more companies to migrate to Industry 4.0, reducing the gap between SMEs and Large Industries for participation in the 4th Industrial Revolution.