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Ubiquity and Industry 4.0

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Knowledge Management in Digital Change

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The 4.0 industry is a new productive paradigm based on digitalization. The phenomenon is based, among other factors, in so-called cyber-physical systems—that allow absolute control of what takes place inside the factory, and even outside it, allowing full awareness of the entire process in the production chain. This awareness can be understood as ubiquity, that is, virtual presence in many places simultaneously. Thus, extensive bibliographic research—carried among articles published in the last five years—reveals that the new emerging business models with 4.0 Industry are essentially based on the ubiquity of information, products, and consumers. Therefore, ubiquity expresses new models of relationships with customers and suppliers, as well as innovative ways of producing and managing organizations.

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    According to Kagermann et al. (2013, p. 67): “‘Smart Production’, ‘Smart Manufacturing’ or ‘Smart Factory’ are used in Europe, China and the US to refer specifically to digital networking of production to create smart manufacturing systems, whereas the equally fashionable term “Advanced Manufacturing” embraces a broader spectrum of modernization trends in the manufacturing environment.”

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    Radio-frequency identication.

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    Cyber-Physical System.

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Foresti, F., Varvakis, G. (2018). Ubiquity and Industry 4.0. In: North, K., Maier, R., Haas, O. (eds) Knowledge Management in Digital Change. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73546-7_21

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