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Industry 4.0 brings together a number of digital and physical advanced technologies to form a greater physical-to-digital-to-physical connection—and it can potentially transform the chemicals industry by promoting strategic growth and streamlining operations.
For example, BASF is using Industry 4.0 applications in its deployment of connected systems and advanced analytics models for predictive asset management, process management and control, and virtual plant commissioning.3 Beyond these traditional applications, the company completely automated the production of liquid soaps at its smart pilot plant in Kaiserslautern. Once a user places an order for a customized soap, the radio-frequency identification tags attached to the soap containers inform the equipment on the production line via wireless network connections about the desired composition of the soap and packaging—thus enabling mass customization without human involvement
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