Industry 4.0 is a synonym for the confluence of technologies that allows the integration of information technology, data science, and automated equipment, to produce smart industrial systems. The process of inserting new technologies into current conventional environments involves a wide range of disciplines and approaches. This article presents the process that was followed to identify and upgrade one station in an industrial workshop to make it compatible with the more extensive system as it evolves into the Industry 4.0 environment. An information processing kit was developed to upgrade the equipment from an automated machine to an Industry 4.0 station. The kit includes a structure to support the sensor and the data processing unit; this unit consisted of a minicomputer that records the data, graded the performance of the components, and sent the data to the cloud for storage, reporting, and further analysis. The information processing kit allowed the monitoring of the inspection system and improved the quality and speed of the inspection process.
En el presente ensayo a través de ejemplos históricos y definiciones de autores, se explica el concepto de megatendencias y como estas influyen en la sociedad hasta impactar en las organizaciones. Para las organizaciones se describen metodologías para incluir las megatendencias en los modelos de negocios. Adicionalmente, la industria es analizada a lo largo del tiempo y se explica como esta ha llegado hasta la etapa de una cuarta revolución industrial, termino también denominado industria 4.0; en el documento se presenta lo que es para la industria tradicional el cambio a una industria 4.0 mencionando ciertos objetivos y retos que caracterizan esta etapa.Al lector se le es presentado con base al criterio del autor una lista de megatendencias que impactan a la industria 4.0 las cuales son definidas al tiempo en que se describen aplicaciones que tienen en las organizaciones y posibles tecnologías disruptivas que dichas megatendencias traen consigo.
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