Industry 5.0

The European Commission on the trail of the next industrial revolution?

David Bendig, Kevin Lau, Julian Schulte, Stefan Endriß
JournalIndustrie 4.0 Management
Issue Volume 37, 2021, Edition 6, Pages 20-22
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_21-6_S20-22
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Abstract

Managers are still facing significant challenges in implementing Industry 4.0 technologies and many companies have not gone beyond their initial Industry 4.0 lighthouse project to date. In the midst of this ongoing transformation, the European Commission published a white paper in January 2021 dealing with the “Industry 5.0 concept”. This paper investigates the term “Industry 5.0” with regard to the contribution of the European Commission and illustrates the connection with current Industry 4.0 initiatives.

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