{"id":3025,"date":"2019-01-24T10:39:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T10:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2019-05-15T14:39:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T14:39:46","slug":"learn-about-the-4th-industrial-revolution-4ir-industry-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/learn-about-the-4th-industrial-revolution-4ir-industry-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), Industry 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), also known as Industry 4.0, is the use of technology to improve operational efficiency, increase throughput, minimise downtime, improve quality and lower costs. We have an article that explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/IndustryManufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"how beacons are part of 4IR (opens in a new tab)\">how beacons are part of 4IR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot more to 4IR than tracking items and analysing data. It also includes areas such as automation, robotics, cyber security and 3D printing. There&#8217;s a free online <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Industry 4.0 Magazine (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/gbmediaevents\/docs\/issue_7\" target=\"_blank\">Industry 4.0 Magazine<\/a> that can help you get up to speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/gbmediaevents\/docs\/issue_7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/industry4magazine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/industry4magazine.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/industry4magazine-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 85vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also possible to view recent back issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/AssetTrackingForManufacturers\" target=\"_blank\">Asset Tracking for Manufacturers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), also known as Industry 4.0, is the use of technology to improve operational efficiency, increase throughput, minimise downtime, improve quality and lower costs. We have an article that explains how beacons are part of 4IR. There&#8217;s a lot more to 4IR than tracking items and analysing data. It also includes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/learn-about-the-4th-industrial-revolution-4ir-industry-4-0\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Learn about the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), Industry 4.0&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,1,244,164],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3025"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3084,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions\/3084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}