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By Luiz Egreja, Senior Business Transformation Consultant at Dassault Systèmes
We are living in a unique moment in our history, with the technological revolution as a fundamental transformation factor in the way we live, work and relate. In its scale, scope and complexity, the change will be different from anything that human beings have experienced before.
Technology has never played a more strategic role than it does today. Over the past few years, we have followed several advances, but nothing compared to the current moment. In addition to being present in people's lives, innovation is definitely reaching the industries, completely transforming the way companies work. The Renaissance of Industry (Industry 4.0) definitely marks the new digital age.
We are moving towards the greatest transformation in history, with truly intelligent factories. The first revolution was with the steam engine and mechanized production, between 1760 and 1830. The second, around 1850, brought electricity and allowed mass manufacturing. The third took place in the middle of the 20th century, with the arrival of electronics, information technology and telecommunications.
Before an individual movement on the part of companies, this new era is already beginning to be part of the policy of governments of several countries that aim to attract new investors, promote the digitalization of the economy, change production and evolve knowledge.
The concept of the Industry Revival has effectively revolutionized the future. This means that the factories will have a new digital connectivity present in all stages of the process, which will make them more efficient, flexible, fast, transparent and with equipment that is easy to handle.
The focus will be more than simply increasing productivity. In the same way that smartphones have changed people's lives, technology will change not only machines, but the entire production process, from drawing on the computer screen to finalizing products. Innovation will allow companies to save time, money, resources and, above all, modify their way of working to meet the wishes of consumers who are more demanding, including demanding products customized to their individual tastes.
The movement to transform factories into intelligent environments is decisive for the competitiveness of national industry and, therefore, is not exempt from social challenges. Certainly, technology will open new windows of job opportunities, hundreds of new jobs and significant growth for countries, although repetitive activities may be replaced by machines in the coming years. The founder and chairman of
World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, also believes that this new revolution will raise levels of global income and improve the quality of life of people across the planet. Everything indicates that we will have new markets and economic growth with productivity gains, in addition to greater efficiency with the reduction of transportation costs and the logistics chain.
With the new technologies, geographical barriers will disappear and partnerships between universities and companies will have an extremely positive global impact, being able to prepare young Brazilians for an international labor market.
We are witnessing a paradigm shift. The speed of current advances is unprecedented in history and will interfere in almost all industries in all countries, including Brazil, which will need to rapidly change its market view so as not to miss this window of opportunity for advances. Without a doubt, we are facing a new global market scenario thanks to the speed and reach of much more modern systems.
Changes in production processes will be accompanied by innovations in manufactured goods. The Industry Rebirth will be marked by more intelligent and autonomous products compared to the existing ones, moving around US$ 15 billion in the world economy in the next 15 years.
These advances reinforce the trend towards full automation of factories, with Internet of Things (IoT) devices and Cloud computing. Research by Gartner indicates that we already have 8.4 billion connected devices in the world, with more than 3 billion already being used by industries and companies in the most diverse sectors. These sensors are able to control the functioning of equipment and even exchange information instantly about purchases and stocks, for example. The use of nanotechnologies, neurotechnologies, robots, M2M communication systems (machine to machine), Artificial Intelligence, biotechnology, energy storage systems, drones and 3D printers will be more and more frequent. As a result, the world market will have more than 20 billion connected devices in 2020.
Although more developed countries are known for the rapid adoption of new technologies, emerging economies, such as Brazil, can benefit from this moment of innovation and change to reach levels of equality. This new era has the potential to raise global income levels and improve the quality of life for entire populations, just as smartphone devices are adding millions of people to the new digital world with electronic payments, taxi services and access to content from interest.
It is certain that the transformation process will only benefit those who are able to innovate and adapt. The time to start this journey is now.
Technology has never played a more strategic role than it does today. Over the past few years, we have followed several advances, but nothing compared to the current moment. In addition to being present in people's lives, innovation is definitely reaching the industries, completely transforming the way companies work. The Renaissance of Industry (Industry 4.0) definitely marks the new digital age.
We are moving towards the greatest transformation in history, with truly intelligent factories. The first revolution was with the steam engine and mechanized production, between 1760 and 1830. The second, around 1850, brought electricity and allowed mass manufacturing. The third took place in the middle of the 20th century, with the arrival of electronics, information technology and telecommunications.
Before an individual movement on the part of companies, this new era is already beginning to be part of the policy of governments of several countries that aim to attract new investors, promote the digitalization of the economy, change production and evolve knowledge.
The concept of the Industry Revival has effectively revolutionized the future. This means that the factories will have a new digital connectivity present in all stages of the process, which will make them more efficient, flexible, fast, transparent and with equipment that is easy to handle.
The focus will be more than simply increasing productivity. In the same way that smartphones have changed people's lives, technology will change not only machines, but the entire production process, from drawing on the computer screen to finalizing products. Innovation will allow companies to save time, money, resources and, above all, modify their way of working to meet the wishes of consumers who are more demanding, including demanding products customized to their individual tastes.
The movement to transform factories into intelligent environments is decisive for the competitiveness of national industry and, therefore, is not exempt from social challenges. Certainly, technology will open new windows of job opportunities, hundreds of new jobs and significant growth for countries, although repetitive activities may be replaced by machines in the coming years. The founder and chairman of
World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, also believes that this new revolution will raise levels of global income and improve the quality of life of people across the planet. Everything indicates that we will have new markets and economic growth with productivity gains, in addition to greater efficiency with the reduction of transportation costs and the logistics chain.
With the new technologies, geographical barriers will disappear and partnerships between universities and companies will have an extremely positive global impact, being able to prepare young Brazilians for an international labor market.
We are witnessing a paradigm shift. The speed of current advances is unprecedented in history and will interfere in almost all industries in all countries, including Brazil, which will need to rapidly change its market view so as not to miss this window of opportunity for advances. Without a doubt, we are facing a new global market scenario thanks to the speed and reach of much more modern systems.
Changes in production processes will be accompanied by innovations in manufactured goods. The Industry Rebirth will be marked by more intelligent and autonomous products compared to the existing ones, moving around US$ 15 billion in the world economy in the next 15 years.
These advances reinforce the trend towards full automation of factories, with Internet of Things (IoT) devices and Cloud computing. Research by Gartner indicates that we already have 8.4 billion connected devices in the world, with more than 3 billion already being used by industries and companies in the most diverse sectors. These sensors are able to control the functioning of equipment and even exchange information instantly about purchases and stocks, for example. The use of nanotechnologies, neurotechnologies, robots, M2M communication systems (machine to machine), Artificial Intelligence, biotechnology, energy storage systems, drones and 3D printers will be more and more frequent. As a result, the world market will have more than 20 billion connected devices in 2020.
Although more developed countries are known for the rapid adoption of new technologies, emerging economies, such as Brazil, can benefit from this moment of innovation and change to reach levels of equality. This new era has the potential to raise global income levels and improve the quality of life for entire populations, just as smartphone devices are adding millions of people to the new digital world with electronic payments, taxi services and access to content from interest.
It is certain that the transformation process will only benefit those who are able to innovate and adapt. The time to start this journey is now.
Disclaimer: The opinion presented in this article is the responsibility of its author and not of ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies
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