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- Explains the Industrial Internet of Things
- Uses industry 4.0 as a model for re-industrialization of existing manufacturing and other tradition-based industries
- Provides examples of successful Industry 4.0 implementation
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Explore the current state of the production, processing, and manufacturing industries and discover what it will take to achieve re-industrialization of the former industrial powerhouses that can counterbalance the benefits of cheap labor providers dominating the industrial sector. This book explores the potential for the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and Smart Factory technologies to replace the still largely mechanical, people-based systems of offshore locations.
Industry 4.0: The Industrial Internet of Things covers Industry 4.0, a term that encapsulates trends and technologies that could rewrite the rules of manufacturing and production.
What You'll Learn:
- Discover the Industrial Internet and Industrial Internet of Things
- See the technologies that must advance to enable Industry 4.0 and learn what is happening today to make that happen
- Observe examples of the implementation ofIndustry 4.0
- Apply some of these case studies
- Discover the potential to take back the lead in manufacturing, and the potential fallout that could result
Who This Book is For:
Business futurists, business strategists, CEOs and CTOs, and anyone with an interest and an IT or business background; or anyone who may have a keen interest in how the future of IT, industry and production will develop over the next two decades.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Bangken, Thailand
Alasdair Gilchrist
About the author
Alasdair Gilchrist has spent his career (25 years) as a professional technician, support manager, network and security architect, and company director in the fields of IT, Data Communications, Mobile Telecoms and latterly Cloud/SDN/NFV technologies. He has project managed both agile SDLC software development as well as technical network architecture design. He has hands on technical experience in the deployment and integration of systems in enterprise, cloud, fixed/mobile telecoms, and service provider networks. He is therefore knowledgeable in a wide range of technologies from both a technical high-level and detailed technical design and implementation perspective. He is also conversant on best business practices, governance and compliance. Therefore, he likes to write articles or books in the business or technology fields were he feels his expertise is of value. He has published many articles to date.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Industry 4.0
Book Subtitle: The Industrial Internet of Things
Authors: Alasdair Gilchrist
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2047-4
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Alasdair Gilchrist 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-2046-7Published: 28 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-2047-4Published: 28 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 250
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computer Communication Networks, Hardware and Maker, Computers and Society