Industry 4.0 Now Crowdhackathon opportunities and challenges!
By John Vlachos / Crowdpolicy’s Open Innovation Lead
Read below to find out what Industry 4.0 means, as well as the INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW crowdhackathon opportunities.
This article describes what Industry 4.0 means, and provides an overview of the INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW crowdhackathon opportunities.
Key Features of Industry 4.0
According to a study published on the European Parliament
website, the main features of Industry 4.0 are:
- Interoperability: “interoperability” is an inherent feature of Industry 4.0 that enables human-made systems such as the Smart Factory to interact and exchange information.
- Virtualization: the concept of ‘virtualization’ refers to the ability of Smart Factories to create a virtual factory replica by connecting the measurements of the various sensors from the actual physical components of the factory to the various virtual factory models and simulated processes.
- Decentralization: “Decentralization” is the ability of natural systems to make autonomous decisions locally and at the same time implement them by creating new products using technologies such as additive manufacturing or 3D printing.
- Real-Time Capability: the ability of entities in the Industry 4.0 ecosystem to collect and process real-time data from physical systems and processes, providing automated, just in time information and conclusions about systems and / or processes .
- Modularity: ‘modularity’ allows for flexible adaptation of Smart Factories to evolving requirements, enabling easy replacement or expansion of various individual modules.
The INDUSTRY 4.0 Innovation Hackathon is here!
The Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), in collaboration with the technology and digital innovation company Crowdpolicy, is organizing the first industry innovation hackathon, INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW crowdhackathon.
The INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW hackathon will be held in Athens in 29th, 30th November and 1st pf December 2019 at INNOVATHENS powered by Samsung and is part of the “Digital Transformation of SEV” program.
INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW can involve developers, analysts, designers, communication executives, marketing, customer service, business consultants, professionals, industry executives, students, startups, as well as anyone interested in participating and contributing actively to development. services and applications that promote innovative youth entrepreneurship and digital industry upgrading.
The INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW innovation hackathon is a SEV open innovation initiative that aims to bring the ecosystem of innovation and startups closer to the industry, in order to explore digital transformation opportunities and growth scenarios that make sense for Greek reality.
The innovation hackathon brings together the largest domestic businesses in Greece for the first time in an open innovation competition.
APPLY now till 19th November 2019 for Industry 4.0 Now Crowdhackathon
https://crowdhackathon.com/4now/apply
INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW is expected to contribute directly or indirectly:
- To develop business partnerships between startups and established businesses.
- Developing partnerships with universities and research teams to implement R&D projects.
- Orientation of research programs in scientific and technological areas related to the Greek economy, industry and its needs.
- To develop an innovation ecosystem around established businesses
- Finding and developing human resources that companies need to design, implement and support INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW enterprise systems and applications.
The teams selected will have the opportunity to participate in a business accelerator for three months with industry executives.
Applications
What are the focus areas and applications that are expected to radically enhance the way processes are performed in industry today? Let’s look at some of these areas below.
- Factory automation — Intelligent robotics — Human Machine Interaction.
- ‘Zero defects’ — Reduction of production errors and defective products, early detection of system/product failures (defects) without human intervention.
- Customized product design.
- Managing the flow of goods & traceability along the supply value chain, while improving supply chain efficiency.
- Digital twins — factory simulation(s) for optimizing operations
- Virtual Control Centers — Remote monitoring and management of factory operations and automated execution of tasks.
- Real time decision making.
- Preventive maintenance.
- Energy efficiency optimization
- “Zero waste” — smart waste management
- Additive manufacturing / 3d printing
Within these areas, industry has made more specific proposals for Industry 4.0 applications that meet its needs:
Online Quality Management System (QMSOnline): In its full form, a system that is under development can be fed critical process details in real time.
Safety Instrumented System (SIS): Alternative classifiers
Predictive Quality on Azure: Using MachineLearning algorithms to predict the final product’s mechanical properties
Cranes: Remote Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Predictive maintenance.
Analysis of the machine “chatter” phenomenon: Development of a Machine Learning system in Azure or a system of suitable on-premisis models with the aim of deciphering the phenomenon and then minimizing or even completely eliminating it
Process Automation: Specific processes with non-ergonomic or monotone steps require skillful handling and high precision handling of products or equipment to ensure full compliance. As a result, process cycle time(s) and costs are high. Also, some process steps are non-ergonomic and monotonous for humans
IoT Transport, Inland and Warehouse: Processes characterized by a low degree of automation and high cost for implementation include transfer of finished products from delivery to the warehouse, including processes such as Receipt, Arrangement, Storage, Collection and Packaging.
Zero Defect Manufacturing: In order to achieve Zero Defect Manufacturing, HALCOR intends to use Simulation in Research and Development of new products and processes.
Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Training: Maintenance and repair of equipment usually takes longer than expected and in most cases requires the physical presence of specialized maintenance workers (subject matter expertise) at the plant.
Energy Management: Energy conservation projects and actions are usually implemented adhoc, focusing on the cost side and a limited number of Job Centers.
Using Simulation and Statistical Process Control (SPC): Using real-time tools will reduce costs and environmental footprint(s), improve competitiveness and corporate investment (hierarchy)
Timeline:
- Submission of Proposals: September 20, 2019 to November 19, 2019
https://crowdhackathon.com/4now/apply - Evaluation of Proposals and Results Announcement: 20–22 November 2019
- INDUSTRY 4.0 NOW Crowdhackathon: November 29, 2019 — December 1, 2019
- 3 Month Acceleration Program: January — March 2019

