Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT) have an impression on both machine manufacturers and end users. The combination of production with the digital world makes plant automation more flexible, increases energy efficiency, merges logistic processes, optimizes the value chain – all this also applies to process automation. (Adamik, 2018)
In this context, most important seems to be able to transform an organization into the “intelligent” standards, following the challenges of the approaching market changes.
An intelligent organization intelligently navigates around, avoiding failures and being successful. Obtaining goals are set by generating and selecting information from your own (and other subjects) experience that is transformed into professional knowledge and skillful abilities its use. It is a learning entity that has the skills to create, acquire, organizing and sharing knowledge and its use to modify your organizational behavior.
In addition to learning processes and the systematic collection and processing of data and information into a useful one knowledge, can also by defining and implementing appropriate internal structures
create conditions appropriate for the dissemination and use of knowledge. An intelligent organization is sure a metaphor and a never-ending form of organizational improvement of the structure and ways of functioning, implemented through a systematic process of learning and using knowledge for survival and further development. (Adamik, 2018)
Key selected areas in the context of Industry 4.0
- Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0)
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Virtual Network (VN)
- Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
- Internet of Services (IoS)
- Knowledge Partnering
- Machine to Machine Communication (M2M)
As a result of the IR revolution 4.0, a world is created in which information technologies integrate production, organizational and even social processes. There is a transformation in the sphere of business production activities from the level of modern, independently functioning enterprises in the formula of optimally organized, fully automated environments production (network).
Knowledge management in the era of Industry 4.0
To work in such conditions, organizations need employees with specific, and at the same time high competences and representing the necessary in the IR era 4.0 postures. In addition, organizations should be able to develop supportive, both employees and managers, structural solutions adequate to the conditions and strategiczne. When selected, crucial ones will be juxtaposed in international literature for the IR era, 4.0 technologies, strategic, structural and necessary solutions competences and social attitudes arises a kind of knowledge base about IR 4.0. (Bawany, 2015)
Attitudes and key competences in IR 4.0
Competences
- substantive knowledge,
- the ability to learn,
- ability to work
- teamwork;
- ability to work in environment multicultural;
- ability to work distance;
- knowledge of foreign languages
- knowledge in the field of IT,
- sharing skills
Attitudes
- the will of continuous development;
- goal orientation,
- openness to new experiences
- creativity, flexible thinking, agility,
- high tolerance to uncertainty;
- social responsibility