{"id":1534,"date":"2021-01-07T11:46:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/partners\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:49:52","slug":"what-is-industry-4-0-and-the-technology-that-powers-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/partners\/what-is-industry-4-0-and-the-technology-that-powers-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Industry 4.0 and the technology that powers it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new Industrial Revolution is quietly changing the way products are made. By combining Big Data, machine learning, and IIoT, manufacturing companies can make immediate production changes based on real-time data intelligence. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, will introduce better products to the market, at a lower cost, in less time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/partsolutions.com\/industry-4-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/partsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Part-Solutions-Industry-4-0-0.png\" alt=\"What is Industry 4.0\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joseph-lewin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Joseph Lewin<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;is the Product Marketing Manager for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadenas.de\/en\/products\/partsolutions\/strategic-parts-management\/motivation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PARTsolutions software<\/a>. His goal is to enable engineers to work more efficiently by providing resources and education about improved engineering processes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PARTsolutions software is a Siemens Digital Industries Software&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/our-story\/partners\/software-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\">Software and Technology Partner<\/a>. Software and Technology partners are leaders in their domain and leverage the open Xcelerator portfolio to provide customers with a comprehensive set of integrated solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Industrial Revolution is quietly changing the way products are made. 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