Industry 4.0: Part 44: Big data analyses in the context of Industry 4.0 

Hundreds, thousands or even millions of new digital data are created in every company every day. As it turns out, in many cases this data simply remains unused. In Industry 4.0, this should simply change within all sectors. In addition to analysing the data, the focus is also on storing it so that long-term developments can be better read from it.

In contrast to the fourth industrial wave, some companies are already familiar with big data analysis. However, where these are already being used today, criticism is to be expected, as the collection of data is generally regarded as rather critical.