| Name | Type | Description |
| Industry 4.0 – How to Boost your Company’s Agility, Flexibility & Innovativeness | Video | A video from the Philips Innovation Services about how to boost your company’s agility, flexibility and innovativeness on manufacturing supply chains through Industry 4.0 |
| Big Data and AI in Small Business | Video | A video from Bernard Marr a futurist and strategic business and technology advisor to governments and companies. where he explains why big data and AI matter to even the smallest businesses using an example from a small butchers shop in London. |
| Helping Small and Medium Enterprises to Automate with Robots | Video | A video from KUKA Robotics that explain the SME robotics research project and their role in it, to develop novel methods to help small and medium enterprises cost-effectively automate production and manufacturing with robots. |
| SME Cloud Security Tool | Resource |
SME Cloud Security Tool offers the functionality to rate the risks and opportunities and to generate a list of security questions to understand the main features of the cloud service under deployment. The tool can also calculate and visualise risks and opportunities, and consult the results into a customised set of security questions. With this tool, SMEs owners can rate the security opportunities and the security risks according to their organisation requirements. |
| Industry 4.0 – How to Boost your Company’s Agility, Flexibility & Innovativeness | Video | A video from the Philips Innovation Services about how to boost your company’s agility, flexibility and innovativeness on manufacturing supply chains through Industry 4.0 |
| Big Data and AI in Small Business | Video | A video from Bernard Marr a futurist and strategic business and technology advisor to governments and companies. where he explains why big data and AI matter to even the smallest businesses using an example from a small butchers shop in London. |
| Helping Small and Medium Enterprises to Automate with Robots | Video | A video from KUKA Robotics that explain the SME robotics research project and their role in it, to develop novel methods to help small and medium enterprises cost-effectively automate production and manufacturing with robots. |
| SME Cloud Security Tool | Resource |
SME Cloud Security Tool offers the functionality to rate the risks and opportunities and to generate a list of security questions to understand the main features of the cloud service under deployment. The tool can also calculate and visualise risks and opportunities, and consult the results into a customised set of security questions. With this tool, SMEs owners can rate the security opportunities and the security risks according to their organisation requirements. |
| Timely: Time tracking for small businesses | Resource | Timely captures every tool SMEs use for work – from calendar events, phone calls, emails, documents, websites and your favourite work apps – and uses AI to translate it all into fully accurate time sheets. Managers and owners can control, manage and bill time from one place without compromising their own productivity. |
| Using IoT for SMEs: Applications and competitive advantages | Resource |
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| Industry 4.0 for SMEs - Smart Manufacturing and Logistics for SMEs | Resource | The successful implementation of an industrial revolution like Industry 4.0 has to take place not only in large enterprises, but shows a high potential especially in SMEs. The readiness of SME-adapted Industry 4.0 concepts and the organizational capability of SMEs to meet this challenge exist only in some areas. This opens the need for further research and action plans for preparing SMEs in a technical and organizational direction. This Special Issue represents a collection of theoretical models as well as practical case studies related to the introduction of Industry 4.0 concepts in small- and medium-sized enterprises. |
| Business model innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises: Strategies for industry 4.0 providers and users | Resource | Industry 4.0 is expected to significantly transform industrial value creation. However, research on business models affected through Industry 4.0, and on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), remains scarce. In response, the purpose of this paper is to address both aspects, further elaborating on the role that SMEs can take toward Industry 4.0 as provider or user. |
| The fourth Industrial Revolution: What it means, how to respond (video). | Video | The Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Prof. Klaus Schwab, explains the neaning of the fourth industrial revolution and its impact on business, government and people. The linked video explains the opportunities and challenges brought up by the 4th Industrial Revolution. |
| World Economic Forum – Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. | Video | The World Economic Forum, presents the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in San Fransisco, that provides a useful platform to prepare for the massive changes under way. |
| What is Blockchain | Video | The World Economic Forum, describes how Blockchain will help future global economy transactions. |
| The fourth Industrial Revolution: What it means, how to respond (article). | Resource | SwitzerlandThe Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Prof. Klaus Schwab, explains the neaning of the fourth industrial revolution and its impact on business, government and people. The linked video explains the opportunities and challenges brought up by the 4th Industrial Revolution. |
| Future Technologies that will drive Industry 4.0 | Resource | Mr. Klaus Helmrich, Board Member of Siemens, explains how future technologies could affect research and economy (WEF website). |
| Why strive for Industry 4.0? | Resource | Loic Tassef, President, Europe of Procter and Gamble, explains how 4th Industry Technologies could help business achieve sustainable growth (WEF website). |
| The 4 Ethical questions of the fourth industrial revolution | Resource | Ms Mildred Solomon, President of The Hastings Center, is pointing out ethical issues arising from the use of Industry 4.0 technology and up to which level these technologies should be deployed. |
| EIC (European Innovation Council) Accelerator offers new blend of grants and equity. EASME (Executive Agency for SMEs) | Resource | EIC Accelerator is the new funding instrument for innovative small and medium size SMEs, offering them a grant and an equity investment. |
| Industry 4.0 for SMEs - Challenges, Opportunities and Requirements | Resource | An open access book that considers and investigates the specifc requirements of SMEs introducing Industry 4.0 and reflects on opportunities and dificulties in the digital transformation of manufacturing, logistics and organizational processes in SMEs. |
| Thingiverse | Resource | The world’s largest 3D printing community and home of a collection of almost 2 millions freely downloadable 3D models for 3D printing. |
| 3D printing and CAD online course | Resource | A Learning Management System hosting the courseware developed by the Erasmus+ project "Drone technology training to boost EU entrepreneurship and Industry 4.0. – eduDrone". Available in English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Lithuanian Free and open to all. |
| Drone Technology online course | Resource | A Learning Management System hosting the courseware developed by the Erasmus+ project "Training in 3D Printing To Foster EU Innovation & Creativity". Available in English, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Greek. Free and open to all. |
| European Advanced Manufacturing Support Centre | Resource | Tools and methodologies developed by European Advanced Manufacturing Support Centre to help SMEs assess the possibility of adopting both advanced manufacturing solutions as well as social innovation strategies thereby transforming their organization towards next-generation factories with more competitive, modern and sustainable production. |
| How SMEs can improve their agility and resilience with advanced manufacturing | Video | A methodology offered by ADvanced MAnufacturing Support Centre (ADMA) that helps manufacturing companies to embrace Industry 4.0 opportunities adopting advanced manufacturing solutions and social innovation strategies to become more competitive and sustainable. |
| RF Technologies | Video | The presentation of RF Technologies company, the winner of the "Factory of the Future" 2019 award |
| New Business Models for Industry 4.0 | Resource | Webinar about new business models for Industry 4.0 presented by the DIH² Horizon 2020 funded project |
| CAR FACTORY : Volkswagen and the Factory of the Future l Vehicle Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 | Video | This video demonstrated how data analytics, automation and artificial intelligence are effecting change throughout the automotive industry, and not just on the road. Manufacturing is evolving, with factories becoming smarter and more efficient. |
| HECHT - Pfizer: Continuous Manufacturing in the Pharmaceutical Industry | Video | A case study on raw material handling in a continuous manufacturing process in the pharmaceutical industry. This Video demonstrates how vacuum conveying systems and big bags can facilitate material processing which as a result would makes the manufacturing process much more efficinet, reducing process and transfer costs. |
| Solving Food & Beverage Manufacturing Challenges | Video | This video demonstrates how Cognex vision & barcode reading technologies help manufacturers around the world improve product quality by tracking products through the supply chain, eliminating defects, and enabling automation. |
| Digital Training Toolbox to foster EU’s Industry 4.0 Revolution | Resource | RESTART project have developed several learning resources including a modular training program in different languages. All this information has been collected and integrated into the digital training Toolbox for 4.0 Industries. The Toolbox is aimed at developing digital skills and e-competences in industrial workers needed to foster the competitiveness of European industries in the 4.0 paradigm. |
| IN4WOOD Industry 4.0 for Wood and Furniture Manufacturers | Resource |
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| Guide to Making Sense of Collaborative Robots | Resource | This resource demonstrates how Cobots are designed for repetitive motions, including packaging and case packing applications. A cobot can mimic a motion such as packing, moving similarly to a human, but they really shine with their ability to repeat the action over and over. Such Cobots hlp support the industry during the revolution through improved efficiency and repeatability of results. |
| Icarus Project - Addressing the Industry 4.0 Skills Gap | Resource | The aim of the ICARUS KA2 Erasmus+ project is to develop an open and digital training toolbox which can be utilised by trainers in Higher Education Institutions to educate both current and previous generations of learners in Industry 4.0 technologies. |
| Industry 4.0 User Manual for SMEs - Are you ready for Digital Manufacturing? | Resource | This User Guide Depicts the challenges faced by Industry in face of the developments towards a more Digitized Mode of Working. This manual was produced for factory owners, engineers, logistics and production managers at the sharp end of the manufacturing and distribution. |
| Reinventing the PLC for Industry 4.0 | Resource | This resource explains how the programmable logic controller (PLC), is set for some major changes in view of Industry 4.0 Developments. |
| AGV Technology Explained | Video | Brief video that describes the technology of AGV, its functionability and operability. It belongs to a little channel with other interesting videos regarding AGVs. |
| Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Systems Overview | SOLUTIONS LIVE Series | Video | The applications of Automatic Guided Vehicle systems in manufacturing facilities are endless! Hear from Schuler Consulting on the strength and weaknesses of AGV systems and get an idea of how AGVs can go to work for you |
| What is CNC Machining and How Does it Work? | Video | Illustrative and easy to follow video that explains what CNC Technology is in a really interesting and easy-going way. |
| 9 Lines of Code Every CNC Machinist Needs To Know! | Video | This video, created by HAAS Automation Incorporation, shows the basics of CNC programming, providing the most basics lines of code and knowledge necessary to get started with it. The channel, on the other hand, has other interesting videos and resources available regarding CNC. |
| FlexSim | Resource | FlexSim provides software to model, simulate, analyze, and visualize (in 3D) any system in manufacturing, material handling, healthcare, warehousing, supply… It can be tried for free. |
| Titans of CNC | Resource | Online platform plenty of resources to help you jumpstart your CNC education inside a free academy. The resources usually come with illustrative videos, presented with an easy going approach. |
| LinuxCNC | Resource | LinuxCNC is an open source CNC machine controller. It can drive milling machines, lathes, 3d printers, laser cutters, plasma cutters, robot arms, hexapods, and more. It is completely free to install and use. |
| How do the vehicles work in an AGV system | Resource | Free module part of a series of Training Contents regarding AGVs Product Section. It provides an extensive explanation about how the vehicles work in an AGV System, approaching the topic with a presentation format. |
| Introduction to CNC Machining | Resource | Article written by Alkaios Bournias Varotsis in which the basics of CNC Technology are explained in an extensive way, with infographics and other illustrative elements. |
| PLM - Product Life Cycle Management | Video | An animation about PLM. It provides information on how PLM influences and supports various processes (including production, design, sales). It also shows how it supports the process from order to delivery and after sales services. The video explain why good management of the product life cycle is so important. |
| What is CAD | Video | Video on what Computer-aided design (CAD) is and how computer-aided design supports work and speeds up product development. |
| Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) | Video | Video explaining what CAM is and how software supports the production of specific products and production process as a whole. The also video contains the advantages that CAM provides |
| Digitalization in CNC Manufacturing: The CAD/CAM Process Chain | Video | A video on what benefits are provided by digitisation of process chain. The video contains technologies such as CAD and CAM. |
| TraceParts | Resource | Design library. You can find there catalogues with free and paid 3D models, 2D drawings and CAD files. You can also publish your own materials there. In the website you can find a special section on CAD Content for Designer, CAD Community and many more. |
| FreeCAD | Resource | It is a free tool for creating 3D models. |
| Complete Guide to CAM Toolpaths and Operations for Milling in 2020 | Resource | Guide about CAM. It consists of 9 chapters on: Degrees of Freedom; Hole Making Toolpaths; 2D Profilig and Slotting Toolpaths; Pocketing and Clearing Toolpaths; 3D Profiling; Face Miling & Specialty Toolpaths; 4th Axis Toolpaths; Features that Span Toolpaths; Examples. |
| PLM BOOK | Resource | A website dedicated mainly to PLM matters. It is divided into thematic chapters bringing closer the theory of PLM. |
| Blender | Resource | It is a program that is used, among other things, to model or create three-dimensional animations. It allows you to create 3D objects but also, for example, to create games or computer animations. |
| Industry 4.0: Intelligent manufacturing and process control in CNC machining industries | Video | In this video, Paul Maxted, Director of Industrial Metrology Applications at Renishaw, explains how data and connectivity helps manufacturers automate the processes and improve the productivity. |
| Omron Cobot - CNC Machine Tending with Industry 4.0 solutions. | Video | This video describes how Omron’s solution can transform a manufacturing line for Industry 4.0. |
| Digitalization in CNC Manufacturing: The CAD/CAM Process Chain | Video | In this video is explains how the digitalization in CNC manufacturing change the product development and optimization process for a new business model |
| IIoT vs Digital Transformation vs Industry 4.0 | Video | In this video is explains what is IIoT and what is Digital Transformation |
| Augmented Reality based Visualization of CAM Instructions towards Industry 4.0 paradigm: a CNC Bending Machine case study | Resource | The paper presents an application for bending processes using Augmented Reality and CNC machines. The AR aplication is used for visualizing CAM bending instructions that can be applied for each tasks of bending machine. |
| Automation Of Machine-Building Production According To Industry 4.0 | Resource | The paper describes an architectural model of the embedded-in CNC the system of data collection from the technological system. |
| Axiomatic Design Applied to the Development of a System for Monitoring and Teleoperation of a CNC Machine through the Internet | Resource | The paper presents an t application of Axiomatic Design to the planning of a system for monitoring and teleoperation through the Internet of a Romi-Galaxy 15M machine tool with CNC Fanuc 18i-Ta. |
| Industry 4.0 Learning Factory for regional SMEs | Resource | The paper presents a study related to integration of shop floor and top floor information systems in a production environment. It shows the state of the art automation and industrial information technology related to Industry 4.0 and Cyber Physical Systems. |
| Integrated Production and Maintenance Scheduling Through Machine Monitoring and Augmented Reality: An Industry 4.0 Approach | Resource | This study refers to an augmented reality mobile application, which are interfaced with a shop-floor scheduling tool. The paper provides also information related to the integrated production and maintenance scheduling throught AR Technology. |