Connecting to a smarter future

The road to industry 4.0 – which looks at implementing elements such as Internet of Things and cloud computing into factory manufacturing to create a ‘smart factory’ - isn’t one driven by advances in technology, it’s usually the same cultural elements that drive industries.

For Robert van Vliet, the country manager for Zetes in Ireland, changes over the last few years were driven by the financial crisis and how customer demand developed, but ...