Innovation in industrial environments that lead to Industry 4.0 was the common thread of the round table discussion held in the Innovation Special of the digital media Hoy Aragón. A talk in which participated our CEO Enrique Villaverde with Sergio Fernandez, product manager of Sphere Spain.
To put in context, Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, refers to the digital transformation of the sector, enhanced through the integration of intelligent technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data or robotics. This revolution seeks to achieve smart factories and production systems that enable real-time decision making, greater efficiency, flexibility and agility in processes.
Applications in Industry 4.0
In words of Enrique Villaverde, Industry 4.0 is applied in Megablok both when it comes to data collection and the immediate action and exploitation of that data, whether in manufacturing or extrapolated to smart locker solutions, with, for example, chatbots that work so that our customers (and our customers' customers) are assisted at all times, with a 24h service and in any language.
With this, Megablok, through its most technological line Community Locker, has focused its strategy on the digitalization of its products, (such as the aforementioned smart lockers), implemented in different parts of the country. These solutions include not only furniture or hardware, but also software, payment gateways and the possibility of obtaining real-time usage data, which really adds value to the product and differentiates it from other options on the market. Thus, it is not the same the software implemented for, for example, a luggage store, a company that wants an intelligent parcel service for its employees or an intelligent control and management of access or tools of a company.
In this conference, our CEO Enrique Villaverde also explained how the company designs its products thinking about reducing the carbon footprint and optimizing processes, and that the entire Industry 4.0 chain extends from the factory to the end user. Sustainability is another fundamental pillar of the company's strategy and nothing is done without taking this aspect into account.
Thinking already in the future Industry 5.0, both Sphere Spain and our company proposed a scenario more focused on people, sustainability and resilience in the face of changing geopolitical environments, highlighting the importance of offering the consumer a product easy to use and with great capacity for customization.
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