SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF BIG DATA, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AREAS AND INDUSTRY 4.0 TRENDS IN 2021

Abstract

Industrial development has been going on for several hundred years. In the XX century, three great industrial revolutions occurred in human life. Today we can discuss the fourth industrial revolution, called Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 takes overproduction with robots that can communicate, detect the environment with sensors and realize the needs by analyzing data. This industry aims to produce better quality, cheaper, faster, and less wasteful. In addition, Industry 4.0 allows objects to communicate with each other and with people by monitoring cyber-physical systems and physical processes in modular smart factories, enabling decentralized collaborative decisions. Applying Industry 4.0 to protect and sustain their existence is inevitable in a competitive environment for businesses and organizations. It is necessary to know the industry 4.0 concept and its fundamental paradigms. Therefore, in this paper, we explained Industry 4.0 and studied his applications areas in 2021. Our study shows that Industry 4.0 is not present, and the technologies are much less current in industrial production in North Macedonia. The key term of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is poorly understood; the presence of Industry 4.0 in the media is deficient.