专业服务公司和审核员毕马威（KPMG）发布了一份报告，目的是揭穿有关行业4.0（I4.0）进展的神话，并鼓励更多制造商对其流程进行数字化数字化。
I4.0的愿景将自动制造业带到下一阶段，教授基于从过程中收集的数据做出明智的决策。在3D印刷行业，我们一直在遵循这一进展“网络物理系统”as more companies adopt additive manufacturing into Factory of the Future concepts.
Surveying the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pascific
超越工业4.0的炒作is co-authored by Michael Bremicker, Global Head of i4.0, Partner, KPMG in Germany, and Doug Gates, Global Sector Chair, Industrial Manufacturing and Global Head of Aerospace and Defense at KPMG. In addition, it takes into account in person interviews with representatives of 26 companies across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions.
In the interviews, and subsequent factory walk-throughs, company representatives best prepared to give insight to i4.0 status answered a set of questions relating to the six required dimensions of an i4.0 framework.
Broken down, these dimensions are: Services & Networks, Strategy & business model, Systems & processes, Employees & competencies, Finance & risk management, and Technology – that includes a branch for additive manufacturing, and concepts such asthe digital twin。
Small scale i4.0 experimentation is coming to end
In the report co-authors state that though most manufacturers are investing in i4.0 capabilities, it is only the very few that are actually operating at the scale required to give the industry its projected value. By this, the authors relate to the adoption of pilot schemes in factories.
3D印刷行业报告的潜在例子包括3D打印运动鞋的adidas SpeedFactory概念， 和Premium AEROTEC, EOS and Daimler’s Next Gen AM project。这两个概念都有可以推动I4.0推进的技术，但是该报告呼吁在公司范围内采取行动。
Retaliating, KPMG authors add that,
我们认为，小规模I4.0实验的时间即将结束。的确，要在明天的竞争环境中获胜，我们认为制造商将需要开始更加大胆的愿景，策略和行动。
大胆。想大。未雨绸缪。
关于供应链，3D打印具有最大的影响，作者评论说
Our discussions suggest that a few leaders are moving quickly to integrate their suppliers and customers into a demand-driven supply chain.
In addition“They are using sensors to predict various supply chain scenarios,”as in Optomec’s 3D printed sensors for turbine blades， 和IoT integration from the likes of PTC.Furthermore, the report finds that leading i4.0 manufacturers are looking to reduce waste through smarter systems, and encourage the sharing of data.
为了支持供应链的生产率，在其他每一个中都需要采取更大胆的措施，并将报告合并为以下五个点：
The full report from KPMG,超越工业4.0的炒作,is available to read online here.
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Featured image: KUKA robotic arms providing spot-welding at BMW Leipzig. One automated part of Industry 4.0. Photo via BMW Werk Leipzig – bmw-werk-leipzig.de
