We often hear people mention the three terms “Industry 4.0”, “Industrial Internet” and “Industrial Internet of Things”. Many people can’t tell the difference between them. However, in fact, there are obvious differences between the three. It is easy to distinguish. Let’s take a look at what are the differences between them:
Industry 4.0
Since its development, the industry has gone through four stages of development. Industry 1.0 is the era of steam engines, Industry 2.0 is the era of electrification, Industry 3.0 is the era of automation, and today’s Industry 4.0 is an intelligent era focused on intelligent manufacturing. The concept of Industry 4.0 was first proposed by Germany and is now used by most companies to refer to the fourth industrial revolution. Its core content refers to the use of informatization, the Internet, big data management and analysis and other related technologies to improve the intelligence level of the manufacturing industry, establish smart factories with strong adaptability, high resource efficiency and genetic engineering, and in business and value Integrate business partners and customers in the process, digitize and intelligentize the supply-manufacturing-sales information in the production process, and finally achieve fast, effective, and personalized product supply.
Industrial Internet
The concept of Industrial Internet was proposed by General Motors in the United States at the same time that Germany proposed Industry 4.0. It is called the American version of Industry 4.0. Its core is to closely connect factories, equipment, production lines, suppliers, products and customers through the industrial Internet platform. It helps the manufacturing industry to lengthen the industrial chain, form interconnections across equipment, systems, and even factories and regions, improve production efficiency, and promote the intelligence of the entire manufacturing service system. In addition, the Industrial Internet is also conducive to promoting the integrated development of the manufacturing industry and realizing leapfrog development between the manufacturing and service industries, allowing various elements of the industrial economy to be shared efficiently.
Industrieel internet van dingen
The Industrial Internet of Things was born on the basis of the Internet of Things. Embedding sensors and instruments into machines and connecting them to the Internet is the most basic model of the Internet of Things, and it is also the foundation of the “Industrial Internet”. Through the network interconnection of industrial resources, data and systems, the connectivity, efficiency and scalability of industrial assembly line production can be greatly improved, saving time and costs. Different from the Industrial Internet that emphasizes the comprehensive interconnection of “people, machines, and things”, the Industrial Internet of Things emphasizes the connection of “things and things”. The Industrial Internet of Things emphasizes the specific applications of the Internet of Things in industry, while the Industrial Internet covers the Industrial Internet of Things, as well as the enterprise’s information systems, business processes, and personnel.
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