Lack of expertise: a barrier on the way to Industry 4.0
The companies surveyed see the problems in implementing Industry 4.0 less in acquiring the necessary technology, but more in the lack of internal digital culture, vision and training, as well as in a lack of specialists. For example, almost 40% of the companies surveyed rely on the analytics expertise of individual employees, but do not have dedicated data analytics departments. “It is prudent to build up sound expertise in data analytics and digitisation in one’s own company. The use of individual experts in collecting and evaluating data is not sufficient to implement Industry 4.0 strategies successfully,” declares Reinhard Geissbauer. “To be able to use them as a basis for decision-making, companies require data pools, algorithms and actionable recommendations prepared professionally.”