IT Pro Tech Talk - Jeff Winter on Industry 4.0

The foremost expert on Industry, Jeff Winter, joins Chris Seferlis and Michael Askins to discuss Industry 4.0. Together we discuss how the world evolved to Industry 4.0, the initiatives and tech that surround I4.0 and what really is innovation.

Questions Jeff answers in this episode:

1. How did we get to Industry 4.0?

2. Where is the world in its Industry 4.0 adoption? How does the U.S. Rank?

3. What are the key initiatives organizations are doing?

4. Innovation seems to be at the heart of this transformation, what process do you see organizations using? 

5. What tool sets that originations use to help with Industry 4.0?

Link to IT Pro Tech Talk’s original podcast page

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Sources Referenced:

• World Economic Forum’s Readiness for the Future of Production Report 2018: World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

• Accenture - Digital Density Index - Guiding Digital Transformation 2015: Guiding digital transformation - Digital Density Index - Accenture (readkong.com)

• IoT Analytics - Industry 4.0 Adoption 2020 Report: Industry 4.0 Adoption 2020 - who is ahead? (iot-analytics.com)

• Microsoft IoT Signals: Manufacturing Spotlight Report 2022: IoT Signals: Manufacturing Spotlight | Microsoft

• Rockwell Automation’s 8th Annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report 2023: Rockwell-PLEX_8th_SOSM_Report_2023_ENGUS.pdf (automateit.net)

• Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems: Technology Adoption and Disruption - Organizational Implications for the Future of Work: A1-2020-jan.pdf (jmwais.org)

• Harvard Business Review - What Kind of Chief Innovation Officer Does Your Company Need? 2019: What Kind of Chief Innovation Officer Does Your Company Need? (hbr.org)