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Industry 4.0: A Classification Scheme

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One of the most novel concepts that has been applied to companies in recent years is “Industry 4.0”. This is a wide term that implies a drastic change in the way companies operate. This paper reviews some of its existing literature in order to give an accurate definition of such a concept. A classification scheme based in two main pillars, on one hand the features which characterize that term and on the other hand the technologies and concepts that support their development is also defined. All results are based on a structured literature review.

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This research has been carried out in the framework of the project “Identificación de la información proporcionada por los nuevos sistemas de detección accesibles mediante internet en el ámbito de las-sensing enterprises- para la mejora de la toma de decisiones en la planificación de la producción” (GV/2014/010), funded by the Generalitat Valenciana.

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Perales, D.P., Valero, F.A., García, A.B. (2018). Industry 4.0: A Classification Scheme. In: Viles, E., Ormazábal, M., Lleó, A. (eds) Closing the Gap Between Practice and Research in Industrial Engineering. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58409-6_38

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