This paper provides essential information for implementation of Industry 4.0 in SME’s environment in the form of a collection of “recipes” suitable for SMEs that can be directly used by the owners and managers of SMEs. It includes practical approaches that support SMEs in the implementation of Industry 4.0 taking advantage on the decreasing costs of technologies like 3D printing, robotics, Augmented Reality, etc.
This multilingual and modular course content is designed to allow SMEs to implement various Industry 4.0 elements on a step-by-step manner. It will focus on key aspects related to Industry 4.0 for SMEs: technology and entrepreneurship, ICT and Cyber Security, Ind.4.0/automation, Industrial IoT, Ind.4.0/CAD/CAM/3D Printing, Entrepreneurship for Industry 4.0, including funding/grants to help them grow, internationalisation.
This Toolkit is an innovative learning place prepared in the form of an ‘Open Education Resource (OER)’ composed of several sections/modules: