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66 /156 AMNYTT #2 2015 automated work stations, and assembly lines. This is the essence of IIoT and smart manufacturing, and will also address the basic principles of Industrie 4.0, where there is communication between intelligent products, machines, and systems. Much of this communication will be wireless and based on open standards. By connecting machines to machines, people to machines, and machines and people to more expanded system of systems, manufacturers can create intelligent networks and factory systems along the entire value chain. This will lead to factory systems that communicate and control each other autonomously with significantly reduced operator intervention. Interessen for Industry 4.0 er fortsatt svært stor The concept of a system of systems is the natural extension of systems engineering and model-based design. The basic idea here is that today’s factory and its production systems are most efficient and productive when all of the elements and processes that comprise manufacturing are connected through intelligent networks. This would, of course, start with automated production systems and all of the sensors, controllers, and dev