{"id":435,"date":"2020-03-03T10:23:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T10:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/?p=435"},"modified":"2020-03-03T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T10:23:38","slug":"the-potential-of-industry-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/the-potential-of-industry-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"The potential of Industry 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much like SexTech, the manufacturing industry is on the cusp of its latest revolution. Industry 4.0 takes what was started in Industry 3.0 with the adoption of computers and automation and enhances it with networks of smart and autonomous technology that will collect large amounts of data. Through Industry 4.0 it is now becoming possible for these data systems to communicate important information about maintenance, performance and other product insights without any human interaction whatsoever. The consensus from industry experts is that the potential effects of these \u201cconversations\u201d on our manufacturers are huge and will ultimately result in quicker and more efficient, productive operations which will ultimately save them time and money.<\/p>\n

The potential of Industry 4.0 is being realised by those organisations who are already adopting these smart technologies. You would not be on your own in assuming that Industry 4.0 is only realised by large corporations but the reality is that smaller enterprises will benefit too. For example, data stored in connected devices like the cloud could allow them access to technology they wouldn\u2019t be able to have on their own.<\/p>\n

Moving a few steps back from the point of manufacture, Industry 4.0 has the potential to impact on the entire design for manufacture process. As the Internet of Things (IoT) is realised, valuable data that can be shared on how products are used by the end users (the consumers) will influence how these products are designed and manufactured in the future. This data will be crucial for the early, embryonic stage of product design and New Product Development (NPD). It will be especially relevant to the development of adult toys and pleasure products where this data will be fully accessible through the Internet of Systems (IoS) including apps.<\/p>\n

Industry 4.0 is still evolving. For the manufacturing industry the benefits of introducing smart machines into factories are clear. However, on a slightly less positive note, the presence of extensive data will add complexity to Intellectual Property and Design Rights. More concerningly the personal nature of the data recorded from the end users of adult pleasure products will need to be carefully managed to guard against potential data leaks. The laws of how this data will be stored and who it can be shared with will need to be carefully considered and agreed upon before Industry 4.0 becomes too firmly established in product design and manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Paradoxically, the data potential of Industry 4.0, if made accessible, could be the catalyst to revolutionising how we operate and share best practices globally. Faced with all this new and informative data relating to performance and efficiency, wouldn\u2019t it be great news for our planet if we were all able to learn from each other and tackle our climate change crisis collectively?<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that sharing best practice and knowledge will help to increase efficiency of manufacturing on a global scale and as a result reduce the environmental, welfare and social impacts on our planet.<\/p>\n

If you have a great idea for a new pleasure product and would like a little help to guide you through the journey of making it a desirable reality, get in touch today \u2013 we may just be able to help.<\/p>\n

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Much like SexTech, the manufacturing industry is on the cusp of its latest revolution. Industry 4.0 takes what was started in Industry 3.0 with the adoption of computers and automation and enhances it with networks of smart and autonomous technology that will collect large amounts of data. Through Industry 4.0 it is now becoming possible … Continue reading The potential of Industry 4.0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83,106],"tags":[17,21,11,50,73,43,9,8,107,108,72,7,67,3,54,57,18,4,16,19,20,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sateddesign.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}