Industry 4.0 and its impact on the supply chain

2019: The digital revolution is underway the beginning of Industry 4.0. As with other industrial revolutions innovations and new technologies have enabled the emergence of this disruptive period. But the breakneck pace at which these techniques are being disseminated around the world means that companies need to understand them at full speed. This revolution implies new business models and rapid transformation. Our major challenge is to be able to adapt. Artificial intelligence can diagnose better than doctors a humanoid robot can do back flips and drones will soon be delivering our parcels. Some companies have already begun transforming their supply chains and many more are thinking about it. This transformation involves the use of numerous technologies impacting the performance of supply chain activities. These changes will profoundly alter the way companies are organized but they will also raise many ethical questions about mankind and the world we want to build.