Building a Taxonomony of Industry 4.0 Needs and Enabling Technologies

Abstract. A thorough understanding of the concept of Industry 4.0 is needed to assess the overall plethora of I4.0 enabling technologies and define their application domains and uses. The objective of the research paper is to review Industry 4.0’s main application fields and examine which enabling technologies are used in use cases in the industrial environment, as well as developing two taxonomies: one for enabling technologies in the Industry 4.0 world and the other for classifying I4.0 problems. This taxonomy can be used for both product innovation and product optimization in industrial companies’ strategic planning. This goal was met by analyzing the state-of-the-art in Industry 4.0 based on recent scientific developments and real-world use cases in industrial enterprises.