Four-point-oh really?

I’ve been seeing many articles about Industry 4.0. I don’t like the “.0”.

Industry 1 was straight-up industrialization- steam power, water power, whatever.

Two was electricity.

Three was human-led automation.

Four is self-guided automation.

There, wasn’t that easy? Did you notice we didn’t need the “.0” at all.

When industry 3 came about there was a popularization or recognition of release numbers, e.g. Windows NT 3.51, and this played nicely into the automation scenario. It was a cute play-on-words. However, we never saw Industry 3.1. We don’t need it. It’s facetious to continue using decimal values to describe our Industry, if we never delve into the depths to differentiate deeper. I’d like to see something like:

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Industry 4.1: Automated monitoring of equipment for reporting and analysis.

4.2: Automated equipment control tied to the automated monitoring; possibly interconnections to feed and output machines. Automated production schedules to meet demand.

4.3 Automated supply chain, to drive customer orders down to supplier orders.

4.4 Automated executive reporting? Marketing?

4.5 Automation of the research channel?

If we add value to the Industry 4.x decimals, then I’m all in to continue using them. Otherwise, I’m ready to drop the smirk-inducing buzzword “.0”.

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