What is it about?
Very well into the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution (industry 4.0), humankind can hardly distinguish between what is artificial and what is natural (e.g., man-made virus and natural virus). Thus, the level of discombobulation among people, companies, or countries is indeed unprecedented. The fact that industry 4.0 is explosively disrupting or retrofitting each and every industrial sector makes industry 4.0 the famous buzzword amongst researchers today. However, the insight of industry 4.0 disruption into the industrial sectors remains ill-defined in both academic and nonacademic literature.
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Why is it important?
The present study aimed at identifying industry 4.0 neologisms, understanding the industry 4.0 disruption and illustrating the disruptive technology convergence in the major industrial sectors. A total of99 neologisms ofindustry 4.0 were identified. Industry 4.0 disruption in the education industry (education 4.0), energy industry (energy 4.0), agriculture industry (agriculture 4.0), healthcare industry (healthcare 4.0), and logistics industry (logistics 4.0) was described. The convergence of 12 disruptive technologies including 3D printing, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, big data, blockchain, cloud computing, drones, Internet of Things, nano- technology, robotics, simulation, and synthetic biology in agriculture, healthcare, and logistics industries was illustrated. The study divulged the need for extensive research to expand the application areas of the disruptive technologies in the industrial sectors.
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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. This article also remind me on the dark days of COVID-19 Lockdown. This article presents industry 4.0 disruption, and therefore you need to understand this disruption in your industrial sectors. I hope this article will lay a foundation of knowledge on the disruptive technologies in your industry. Please access and download the publication by clicking on Read publication.
Eng. Ocident Bongomin
Moi University
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This page is a summary of: Industry 4.0 Disruption and Its Neologisms in Major Industrial Sectors: A State of the Art, Journal of Engineering, October 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2020/8090521.
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