Summit of Industry 4.0 Pragmatists

Summit of Industry 4.0 pragmatists

The focus of the programme at the Open Source Summit 2024 of the IndustryFusion Foundation is the official presentation of the latest release of the IndustryFusion open-source networking solution in the new IndustryFusion DemoLab. This is the foundation for the market launch of the first IndustryFusion enterprise versions for vendor-independent networking in industrial production systems.

More than 10 years ago, the German government and trade associations launched the Industry 4.0 platform. Among other things, a technically and scientifically sound description was provided of the conditions under which cross-vendor networking of the shopfloor can be realized. The focus was also always on the new areas of added value the industry could achieve with holistic networking. The concept made waves around the world and the term Industry 4.0 has become synonymous with digitalization in production. However, practical implementations, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises, are still rare – even in larger production companies, implementations are currently characterized by isolated solutions that have been tailored to the respective application.

IndustryFusion is aimed in particular at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Against this backdrop, a consortium of medium-sized companies from the metalworking industry began launching the standardized and vendor-independent open source networking solution IndustryFusion in 2020: On its basis, factory operators can network their production, machines and plant manufacturers can digitalize their products and providers of digital services can offer their services via a standardized platform. Simple implementation is a key component of the solution: only then will companies of all sizes – explicitly including SMEs  – be able to intelligently digitalize production and products and reap the benefits of shopfloor networking.

At the event will be a lot of information about IndustryFusion (IF): E. g. why IF can be implemented particularly easily in industrial production and thus allows companies of all sizes to intelligently digitalize production and products. Or how the use of the latest, highly innovative technology can be used to provide conclusive answers to aspects such as safety and security. IT partners such as Intel, IONOS, SUSE and Dell will explain the decisive contribution they make to the creation of the IF-X cross-vendor data room. And machine manufacturers, software developers and banking partners such as Sopra Steria will show how new business models and concrete value-added scenarios are already developed on this basis.