Shortly after both being in Detroit April 29th for Automation Alley’s Technology In Industry Report 2019, Chris Holman catches up with their Executive Director and CEO Tom Kelly, who takes an in depth look at this year’s report.

To hear Tom and Chris’s discussion of this year’s report, play the PodCast shared below!

What are the possibilities of Industry 4.0? Whether its connectivity that maximizes communication between machines, systems and people or data that helps us work smarter, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating intelligent networks along the entire supply chain and opening the floodgates to innovation, not only in the manufacturing sector, but across all industries, from agriculture to biomedical.

With technology changing so rapidly, how do companies remain globally competitive? And what role will humans play in the new labor economy?

Industry 4.0 is not a vision for the future. It’s a reality today in workplaces across the globe. In 2017, we gauged your readiness for Industry 4.0, in 2018 we gave you the tools to harness its power, and in 2019 we (Automation Alley) are calling you into action.