--- title: 10 things to know about Industry 4.0 - iT's Tissue description: The Italian technology experience image: https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/industry-4_0-sito.jpg --- - [iT’s Tissue Point](https://www.itstissue.com/its-tissue-point) - [News](https://www.itstissue.com/news?hsLang=en) - [Newsletter](https://landing.itstissue.com/en/newsletter-subscription?hsLang=en) [![logo-its-tissue](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/logo-its-tissue.svg "logo-its-tissue")](https://www.itstissue.com/home?hsLang=en) - [English](https://www.itstissue.com/its-tissue-point/10-things-know-industry-4-0) - [Italiano](https://www.itstissue.com/it/its-tissue-point/10-cose-da-sapere-sullindustria-4-0) English [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://twitter.com/itstissue) [Follow us on Twitter](https://www.linkedin.com/company/itstissue/) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRlBPcaz35dtortfP2Tfx_Q) # 10 things to know about Industry 4.0 [< Back](https://www.itstissue.com/its-tissue-point) ![](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/industry-4_0-sito.jpg) ##### May 29 2018 *Everyone is talking about it, so the converting process towards Industry 4.0 deserves to understood in depth. Here are 10 things that (perhaps) you did not know.*   Industry 4.0 is a current process that affects corporate, production and work organization. The so-called “fourth industrial revolution” is taking place thanks to robots, sensors and connectors; among its mainstays are data, analyses, energy, man-machine and machine-machine interaction, optimization in real time. Although many people are familiar with these facts, there are aspects of this phenomenon that one should know before approaching the topic.   **1.** Industry 1.0 – ancestor of the current revolution – originated in 1784, when the improvements that James Watt brought to the steam engine became applicable and standardized;   **2.** It is estimated that only 1% of the data collected by companies is used; this percentage will exponentially increase with the 4.0 revolution;   **3.** The term Industry 4.0 was coined in 2011 at the Hannover Fair: among its 13 themes, it also held a focus session entitled “Industrial Automation”;   **4.** In 2016 Adidas announced its re-location: after 20 years of manufacturing in Asia, a highly technological center (in full Industry 4.0 philosophy) was established in Bavaria and production was entrusted to robots and super-specialized workers;   **5.** In the tissue field, real-time data analysis will allow to act on production as well as on the set-up of machinery;   **6.** One of the “bibles” of Industry 4.0 was written by the Italian Federico Pistono: “Robots will steal your job, but that’s ok: how to survive the economic collapse and be happy”;   **7.** Thanks to “learning technologies” it will be possible to render production processes almost perfect, minimizing the percentage of errors;   **8.** Production flexibility is one of the goals of Industry 4.0: allowing to produce small batches with no added costs;   **9.** Continuing education – that constitutes the cultural infrastructure to face the working needs of Industry 4.0 – is a concept theorized by Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius), theologian and pedagogue, who in the 1630s in his “Didactica Magna” also theorized an Eternal Academy to attend after death;   **10.** We are now already speaking about Industry 5.0 and Italy is involved, too: the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna has started up a series of initiatives aimed at developing collaborative robotics, virtualization, and the transformation of factories into open-set holistic hubs. ![logo-its-tissue-white](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/loghi/logo-its-tissue-white.svg) - [iT's Tissue](https://www.itstissue.com/itstissue) - [Previous editions](https://www.itstissue.com/previous-editions) - Tissue Italy - [About Us](https://www.itstissue.com/tissue-italy/about-us) - [Network Founding Members](https://www.itstissue.com/tissue-italy/network-founding-members) - [Sponsorship](https://www.itstissue.com/sponsorship) - [iT’s Tissue Point](https://www.itstissue.com/its-tissue-point) - [News](https://www.itstissue.com/news) - [Gallery](https://www.itstissue.com/gallery) - [Newsletter](https://landing.itstissue.com/en/newsletter-subscription) - [Contacts](https://www.itstissue.com/contacts) Tissue Italy Piazza Bernardini, 41 55100 Lucca - ITALY P. iva number 02339490464  [info@itstissue.com](mailto:info@itstissue.com)  DPO: [dpo@itstissue.com](mailto:dpo@itstissue.com) [PRIVACY](https://itstissue-9294601.hs-sites.com/privacy?hsLang=en) [![newsletter](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/newsletter.svg)](https://landing.itstissue.com/en/newsletter-subscription?hsLang=en)   [Follow us on Facebook](https://twitter.com/itstissue) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/itstissue/) [Follow us on Twitter](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRlBPcaz35dtortfP2Tfx_Q) Cookie settings