iot

Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet of Things or the factory of the future: More and more industrial users are thinking about digitalizing their manufacturing operations. There is no magic formula to this transformation. But you also do not have to make every possible mistake along the way. Bosch Rexroth now has more than five years of experience in the introduction of Industry 4.0, experience it gained in its own operations and in other companies as well. In the process, the company’s automation specialists have identified the five biggest stumbling blocks that complicate the job of introducing IoT and drive up its costs.

1. No planning: collecting data without any payoff

Data is the raw material of connected manufacturing and continuous improvement. So far, so good. B