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The different industrial revolutions have been processes of economic, social and technological transformation that have gone hand in hand with technological innovations. We are already immersed in the so-called fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0.

Change process

This revolution represents a strong process of change in our society, possibly more pronounced than in past revolutions. As Heraclitus’ famous phrase says, change is the only constant in life, and that is why companies and organizations need to adapt to this revolution and transform the way in which their operational processes are integrated.

The fourth industrial revolution is characterized by the implementation of advanced digital technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation. The implementation of these technologies in organizations enables more flexible, efficient and customized production, significantly improving efficiency and safety throughout the value chain.

Innovation

At LAUDE, we are committed to developing innovative solutions that drive the digital transformation of our customers.

At our Innovation Hub, we combine these new technologies with our extensive experience developing projects in areas such as energy, industry and telecommunications to offer solutions that not only improve our clients’ operational efficiency, but also promote sustainability and resilience in an increasingly competitive environment.

We firmly believe that the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies is essential to differentiate our value proposition by offering our customers the necessary tools to face the challenges of the future.

“Change is the only constant of life”
Heraclitus

In recent years we have developed multiple projects that fit within what we understand by Industry 4.0. One example of success is in the transformation of smart cities, where the use of IoT devices allows better management of city services and their relationship with citizens.

Success stories

At LAUDE we have contributed in this field in the development of water management projects, or traffic management, as in the case of Traffic Manager. This is a tool designed to monitor changes in traffic flows and provide valuable information in real time.

This solution centralizes data from LPR cameras, traffic sensors and other surveillance devices into a unified platform for comprehensive traffic management and analysis. In addition, it offers advanced traffic analysis, violation detection and sanction management capabilities, integrating with security systems to improve public safety measures.

The future

For the coming years we foresee a future full of changes and challenges. Emerging trends include the integration of AI and machine learning to optimize processes and predict failures and/or security attacks before they occur. Process automation will continue to evolve, enabling greater flexibility and customization in production.

In addition, sustainability will become a key pillar, with technologies that minimize environmental impact and promote the efficient use of resources. The use of powerful LLM models will allow us to analyze and act on huge amounts of information, dramatically changing the ability of assistance systems developed to help people aggregate and visualize information, improving decision making and problem solving.

Industry 4.0 is redefining the future of technology and at LAUDE we are at the forefront of this transformation, developing solutions that not only meet the current needs of our customers, but also anticipate future market demands.

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The benefits of integrating Telecommunications in production models have been anticipated for quite some time. Now, no one doubts the potential of connected machines and their positive impact in all social and economic spheres.

As a result, the IoT phenomenon is undergoing a spectacular development, and everything suggests that this will continue.

Some studies show that the number of IoT connections will grow to 24.6 billion in 2025. For these growth estimates to become reality the key factor is the speed with which different use cases related to this area are designed and implemented. Use cases that, depending on each situation, can be oriented towards a large social mass or to a single enterprise or business sector with specific needs.

The experience tells us that if the impact of the use case on the user you are targeting is relevant, the implementation of the use case is carried out quickly. On the contrary, if the use case has a certain technological complexity or the number of potential beneficiaries is reduced, the adoption of the same slows down.

Commonly, use cases developed for the mass market are associated with a simplification of technology, which facilitates the development and adoption of the project. However, when talking about new production models with higher efficiency standards by incorporating telecommunications, the technological complexity is likely to increase. There is no doubt that the arrival of 5G is breaking down certain barriers, offer higher performance and facilitate the adoption of new use cases related to connected things. But it will be in exchange for greater complexity in the configuration and operations, both regarding the operators’ networks and the necessary infrastructure for the new production models.

These two aspects of IoT – massive IoT in the consumer markets versus critical IoT in the area of production – are going to be led by two different actors.

On the one hand, operators will be the sponsors of massive IoT, more interested in making the most of their investments by operating a single network for a high volume of subscribers with similar approaches and requirements. That is, they will promote massive connectivity of things without differentiating elements and with limited value added to the end customer, although perhaps appropriate for those cases where innovation is not a determining factor.

On the other hand, innovative companies will emerge that will seek to adapt to and develop the opportunities offered by the latest technological trends to the very criticality of their businesses. It will therefore be an exclusive IoT, with the ability to include differentiating elements in production to facilitate responses to specific needs of a sector or a single company. In the event that the sponsors are operators, we would be facing a push approach, with massively provided connectivity. In the case of companies sponsoring, we are faced with a pull approach, which will aim at generating an additional technological leap focused on efficiencies.

The reality is that no single approach exists. We will rather be seeing a wide variety of propostiions and with different degrees of involvement from the operator side. The IoT project thus becomes a multi-faceted prism with several faces, which means that counting on the support of a telecommunications consultancy who is able to make the most of the capabilities offered by operators, as well as the new standards, is more than just convenient. The specialisation of the consultant in everything related to the opportunities that the technology offers, together with the customer’s knowledge about the workings and operations of its own industry, will produce a perfect symbiosis capable of drawing the company’s roadmap towards the digitisation of its business by incorporating new operating models that implies real innovation. IoT is therefore becoming the catalyst for digital transformation at both the consumption and production levels.

The two approaches are complementary and constitute two different aspects of the same unstoppable trend. The mass adoption of connectivity of things is necessary to advance the digital transformation of the society in the field of consumption. On the other hand, the adoption of critical IoT by companies contributes to the digital transformation of society in the field of production. The latter has its exponent in the phenomenon known as Industry 4.0. that seeks more modern and efficient production models, capable of getting us closer to the Sustainable Development Goals, so vital for the planet at this moment.

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