Industrie 4.0 is a thinly veiled marketing campaign led by the German government and big allies in business like Robert Bosch GmbH and Siemens.  At first blush the concept sounds cool, if a bit forced as though its backers have something to sell.  New field data collected by SCM World however suggests that realizing the vision of “smart manufacturing” is imminent and that its impacts could be enormous.

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