digital networking

Food for thought – Introduction for Food Industry 4.0

Food for thought - Introduction for Food Industry 4.0

Severin Weiss
Implementing Industry 4.0 as the digital Agenda in all manufacturing industries and thereby increasing the competitiveness is a matter of course and clearly also applicable for the food and beverage industry. With altering customer behaviours, legal requirements as well as the increasing specialization, the industrial sectors are facing continuous challenge. Even though the automation of facilities in many cases is already put into practice, the structured integration into a holistic data concept is often missing. Through the digital networking of all processes, innovative solutions are on offer. What does Industry 4.0 mean for the food and beverage industry, where the opportunities lie and which specific implementation measures are available is subject to this article.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 34 | 2018 | Edition 5 | Pages 55-58 | DOI 10.30844/I40M18-5_55-58
Prototyping Interaction

Prototyping Interaction

Methods for the user centered development of intelligent, interactive systems
Andreas Ringelhan, Tilo Wüsthoff, Fritz Frenkler
The emergence of intelligent systems in the wake of digital networking, as well as the advent of robotics technology in the mass market, poses new challenges for product development. Both phenomena increase the complexity of development work considerably.The methods approach “Prototyping Interaction” addresses these challenges. The goal at the Technische Universität München (TUM) is to reduce the development effort significantly, in order to save time and money. The Chair of Industrial Design explores the necessary skills and methods to reach this goal. And the results are taught to the students.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 32 | 2016 | Edition 1 | Pages 11-14