Even though highly digitalised work processes in industry may prove to be the future, they are not equally feasible for all companies. Large and medium-sized companies have the financial prerequisites for implementation, but this may not be the case for small companies, where manual labour is generally more in demand during production.
The benefits for the company must always take centre stage. An initiative such as Industry 4.0 can create the conditions for an industrial future that will enable every company to be competitive and satisfy customer requirements at the highest technical level and prove successful on the market.