A Indústria 4.0 na economia brasileira: Seus benefícios, impactos e desafios

Abstract

This monograph presents some perspectives on the New Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, in which its potentialities, challenges and difficulties for its greater propagation in Brazil are investigated. With Industry 4.0, it is expected to raise productivity, flexibility and intelligence of the means of production, which would result in more intelligent and automated factories. This paper investigates the benefits and positive and negative effects of implementing a digitized structure for manufactured production. Finally, this monograph evaluates the expectations and challenges, in the view of companies in Brazil and in the world, about this new stage of industrial production. The work elucidated that there is a range of benefits to be incorporated in the New Industrial Revolution in Brazil, however, there are also great challenges to be overcome for its greater diffusion.