工业5.0：第四次工业革命中的人情味
人工智能驱动的技术、ML 模型、自动化、数据可视化、大数据分析和 RPA 机器人使企业能够实现效率、生产力和时间管理方面的突破。这些技术为公司提供了必要的工具，以建立应对当今挑战的弹性——从解决供应链管理问题到适应员工转向混合工作场所模式。
在这一点上，出现了一个合乎逻辑的问题：下一步是什么？如果有下一次工业革命，它仍然会由人类领导，还是属于机器和人工智能？
事实上，下一次工业革命已经发生，而人类仍然负责变革。在本文中，我们将介绍工业 5.0 并解释其在商业和社会环境中的作用。
工业5.0：定义和核心原则
“工业5.0”一词由欧盟委员会引入和推广，以描述其对欧洲工业的愿景。然而，由于各国的经济是相互关联的，因此将这个词仅限于欧盟是没有意义的——观点和方法的转变将影响所有全球交易所参与者。
工业 5.0 也被称为第五次工业革命，仍处于新兴和不断变化的现代范式中。它对商业世界来说仍然是新的，所以它的定义相对简单。
如果工业 4.0。IT领域的成就使它成为可能，塑造工业5.0的因素与其说是技术，不如说是人性。工业 5.0 不是专注于创造经济价值，而是激励企业探索如何通过提供更健康的工作模式、使用创新技术来改善员工福祉以及影响过去遥不可及的因素（例如气候变化、社会平等、可持续能源和加强国际合作）来为建设更美好、更安全的社会做出贡献。
利用最新的技术发展来改善工作条件和满足人类需求并不是什么新鲜事——多年来，这一直是一个长期的目标。但在工业5.0中，这个想法终于获得了动力，许多行业都承认需要审查核心战略。
这种愿景和行为的转变意味着企业已经达到了可能的技术发展的顶峰。从大规模生产到自动化再到数字化，他们现在不得不在其他领域寻求竞争优势。从那时起，他们的游戏规则改变者不仅仅是技术，还有人才——一种需要培育和鼓励的稀有资源，而不是建造或购买。
工业 5.0 战略包括哪些内容？
工业 5.0 业务战略与 4.0 业务战略有何不同。一，是以下要素：
以人为本的方法根据第五次工业革命的理念，生产力和效率不是一切，但人力资源才是。通过工业 5.0 的视角，员工代表着独特的可能性，当被视为一项长期投资并被允许在健康和安全的环境中探索和提高他们的技能时，他们有可能取得杰出的成就。
这种观点源于这样一个事实，即虽然技术和框架可以构建，但合格的员工需要数年时间来培训。工业 5.0 还重视经验和意见的多样性，进一步鼓励企业通过具有各种技能的工人来丰富其人员，并优先考虑他们的学习能力
达观
从工业 4.0 的过渡。工业 5.0 之所以发生，是因为当前商业和经济模式的脆弱性一再暴露出来——首先是全球大流行，然后是乌克兰战争。习惯于在和平时代运营的企业现在意识到他们的准备不足和脆弱性。
出于这个原因，第五次工业革命不是致力于追求利润和投资回报率，而是为公司提供应对危机的工具、协议和指导方针，并制定克服危机的解决方案。为了实现这一目标，企业必须对社会和政治领域发生的事件表现出更敏锐的认识，并与员工保持联系，了解他们的福祉要求。
可持续性
多个组织一直在敦促公司和组织转向更环保的做法，并解决可持续能源问题。事实上，商界领袖现在正在思考这个问题，并寻找使用更清洁能源的方法，这使得5.0成为可能。工业是一场真正的革命。
对可持续能源的需求不仅来自对地球边界的尊重，还与需要更好的弹性和确保企业维持其绩效的能力有关。转向资源效率更高的模式将使公司能够实现这一目标，使他们有兴趣采取比减少碳足迹更多的措施。
工业 5.0 与工业 4.0。
而工业5.0和工业4.0。看似彼此对立，却紧密相连。工业 5.0 以工业 4.0 为基础，利用其最佳元素和成就，同时展示如何克服限制并充分利用人类创造力和人工智能驱动的弹性之间的协同作用。
工业4.0。
创新驱动
以客户为中心
有局限性
工业5.0
以人为本
以员工为导向
适用于任何行业
工业 4.0 之间最明显的区别。和 5.0。在于前者推动变革的能力有限。在工业 4.0 中，技术旨在解决特定的性能问题并解决技术问题，以优化产品开发周期、改善服务交付并带来物质价值。同时，在工业 5.0 中，技术考虑了社会因素和人类经验，使其能够建立长期价值并参与变革性的社会进程。
工业 5.0 技术示例
数字孪生
构建配备传感器的物理对象的虚拟副本，用于运行模拟和场景，并接收真实准确的结果
AR/VR技术
为工人和员工提供改进的测试和更准确的远程控制选项
协作机器人
新的人工智能机器人，用于与人类员工并肩工作并遵循他们的指示
动态建模系统
准确预测潜在结果并测试不同的行为模型或响应
可扩展的去中心化基础设施
为工人和员工提供改进的测试和更准确的远程控制选项
对工业 5.0 的期望是什么？
当谈到工业 5.0 的例子时，“会”这个词比“是”更频繁地使用，因为模型尚未建立。然而，随着个性化和数字化工作场所在几乎每个组织的工作流程中变得越来越普遍，这些概念正在成为新的现实，提供：
高价值工作岗位的增加
与流行的“人工智能将取代人类”的神话相反，人工智能驱动的平台使人类雇主能够承担更多的责任，并更多地参与企业内的关键流程。随着人工智能处理最常规和最肤浅的任务，公司发现他们需要将员工的技能应用于需要人性化和更深入方法的领域。从长远来看，工业 5.0 市场预计将提供需要和鼓励多样化技能的工作，并且由于员工处理机器无法处理的事情而获得更多回报。
超定制
今天观察到的个性化只是工业 5.0 技术的开始。由于第五次工业革命是由客户和员工的期望驱动的，因此将定制提升到一个新的水平，寻求为每个客户提供独特和个性化的体验。为了实现这一目标，我们可以期待对智能技术进行更多投资，这些技术能够收集实时数据并以一种允许创建更详细的客户档案并尽可能精确地解决每个客户的问题或要求的方式进行组织。
体力劳动的回归
人工智能驱动的网络和机器可以创建，但它们只能根据给定的模板和信息工作。人类的创造力对于产生独特的东西和对另一个人的需求产生共鸣至关重要。因此，在超定制中，对体力劳动的需求很可能会飙升，这将导致制造模式的重塑以及人机之间的新型合作。例如，机器制造负责创建模板，而人类工人则自定义这些模板以制作独特的产品。
更强大的供应链管理
从长远来看，应用创新技术不足以解决供应链问题。工业 5.0 供应链预计将由人工智能机器人、智能技术和不同背景的人类工人的力量推动，他们一起工作，应用他们的观点来解决最特殊的问题，并通过响应式数字系统交流见解。新的供应链战略还鼓励将对供应链如何运作最了解的供应链工人置于导师的职位上，以教育新员工并传达公司的使命。
工业 5.0 对业务增长意味着什么？
除了建立更有效的商业模式和提高生产力外，工业4.0。让企业设想他们的未来，并开始规划他们的下一个里程碑。在他们的规划中，公司意识到他们潜在的业务增长与社会期望和需求密切相关。
工业 5.0 是这一愿景的产物，其信息很明确：未来由人类定义，由人类决定他们想要看到什么样的未来。因此，下一次工业革命解决了人类的愿望和关切，并利用技术潜力来重建商业战略，创造新的市场，并为为人民服务的组织让路，而不是继续为人民服务的趋势。
对工业 5.0 的兴趣日益浓厚及其日益增长的影响力肯定会伴随着组织和技术时差，因为这对许多公司和行业来说都是一个根本性的变化。然而，企业准备从工业4.0继续前进。达到新的水平意味着他们愿意从盈利者转变为问题解决者，为一个更安全、更稳定的世界做出贡献。
Industry 5.0: The Human Touch in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
AI-powered technology, ML models, automation, data visualization, big data analytics, and RPA bots enabled businesses to achieve efficiency, productivity, and time management breakthroughs. These technologies provided companies with the tools necessary for building resilience against the challenges of today—from tackling supply chain management issues to accommodating employees shifting to a hybrid workplace model.
At this point comes the logical question: what’s next? If there is a next industrial revolution, will it still be led by humans – or will it belong to machines and AI?
Indeed, this next industrial revolution is already happening—and humans are still in charge of the change. In this article, we will take a look at industry 5.0 and explain its role in the business and social landscape.
Industry 5.0: definition and core principles
The term industry 5.0 has been introduced and promoted by the European Commission to describe its vision for European industry. However, as countries' economies are interconnected, there is no point in limiting the term to the EU only—the shift in perspectives and approaches will impact all global exchange participants.
Also known as the fifth industrial revolution, industry 5.0 is still in the process of emerging and changing modern paradigms. It's still new to the business world, so its definition is relatively simple.
If industry 4.0. was made possible by the achievements in the IT sector, factors that shape industry 5.0 are less about technology and more about humanity. Instead of focusing on creating economic value, industry 5.0 motivates businesses to explore how they contribute to building a better and safer society through offering healthier working models, using innovative technologies for improving employee well-being, and influencing the factors that used to be out of reach—such as climate change, social equality, sustainable energy, and enhanced international cooperation.
Using the latest technological developments to improve working conditions and cover human needs is anything but new – it has been a long time goal for years. But within industry 5.0, the idea is finally gaining momentum, with numerous sectors acknowledging the need to review core strategies.
Such a shift in vision and behavior signifies that businesses have reached the peak of possible technological development. Having advanced from mass production to automation to digitization, they are now compelled to seek a competitive edge in other areas. From that point, their game-changer isn't tech alone but also human talent —a rare resource nurtured and encouraged rather than built or bought.
What is included in industry 5.0 strategy?
What makes an industry 5.0 business strategy different from a 4.0. one, are the following elements:
Human-centered approachAccording to the Fifth Industrial Revolution philosophy, productivity and efficiency aren't everything, but human resources are. Through industry 5.0 lens, employees represent unique possibilities and hold potential for outstanding achievements when treated as a long-term investment and allowed to explore and enhance their skills in a healthy and safe environment.
Such a point of view stems from the fact that while the technology and framework can be built, a qualified employee takes years to train. Industry 5.0 also values the diversity of experiences and opinions, further encouraging businesses to enrich their personnel with workers with a large variety of skill sets and prioritize their learning capacity
Resilience
The transition from industry 4.0. to industry 5.0 is happening because the vulnerabilities of the current business and economic models have been repeatedly exposed—first by the worldwide pandemic, then by the war in Ukraine. Used to operating in a peaceful age, businesses now realize their unpreparedness and vulnerability.
For this reason, the Fifth Industrial Revolution is dedicated not to pursuing profit and ROI but to equipping companies with tools, protocols, and guidelines for responding to crises and working out solutions for overcoming them. To achieve this, businesses must demonstrate sharper awareness of the events occurring in social and political areas and stay connected to their employees and the requirements for their well-being.
Sustainability
Multiple organizations have been urging companies and organizations to shift towards more eco-friendly practices and address the matter of sustainable energy. The fact that business leaders are now pondering on that issue and looking for ways to operate on cleaner energy sources has made the 5.0. industry a real revolution.
The need for sustainable energy comes from more than just respect for the planetary boundaries—it is also related to the need for better resilience and securing businesses' ability to sustain their performance. The switch to a more resource-efficient model would allow companies to achieve that goal, making them interested in taking more measures than reducing their carbon footprint.
Industry 5.0 vs. industry 4.0.
While industry 5.0 and industry 4.0. seem like opposites of each other, they are closely connected. Industry 5.0 builds from industry 4.0, using its best elements and achievements while showing how to overcome limitations and get the most out of the synergy between human creativity and AI-powered resilience.
INDUSTRY 4.0.
Innovation-driven
Client-focused
Has limitations
INDUSTRY 5.0
Human-centric
Employee-oriented
Is applicable to any sector
The most obvious distinction between industry 4.0. and 5.0. lies in the former's limited ability to drive change. Within industry 4.0, technology is designed to tackle specific performance matters and address technical issues to optimize the product development cycle, improve service delivery, and bring material value. Meanwhile, in industry 5.0, technology considers social factors and human experiences that enable it to build long-term value and participate in transformative social processes.
EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRY 5.0 TECHNOLOGY
Digital twins
Building virtual copies of physical objects equipped with sensors for running simulations and scenarios, and receiving realistic and accurate results
AR/VR technology
Improved testing and more accurate remote control options for workers and employees
Collaborative robots
New AI-powered robots for working side-by-side with humans employees and following their instructions
Dynamic modeling systems
Accurate prediction of potential outcomes and testing of different behavior models or responses
Scalable decentralized infrastructure
Improved testing and more accurate remote control options for workers and employees
What to expect from industry 5.0?
When it comes to industry 5.0 examples, the word would is used more often than is because the model is yet to set in. However, as personalization and digital workplaces become more and more prevalent in nearly every organization's workflow, these concepts are on their way to becoming a new reality, providing:
The increase in high-value jobs
Contrary to the popular AI will replace humans myth, AI-powered platforms enabled human employers to take on more responsibilities and become more involved in critical processes within the enterprise. With AI handling the most routine and superficial tasks, the companies discovered that they needed to apply their employees' skills to areas requiring human touch and a more in-depth approach. In perspective, the industry 5.0 market is expected to offer jobs that require and encourage diverse skill sets and are more rewarding due to employees handling the matters that machines can’t.
Hyper customization
The personalization observed today is merely the beginning of industry 5.0 technologies. As the Fifth Industrial Revolution is driven by both customer and employee expectations, it would take customization to the next level seeking to deliver a unique and personalized experience to every client. To make it possible, we can expect more investments in intelligent technologies capable of gathering real-time data and organizing it in a way that would allow creating more detailed customer profiles and addressing the issue or request of each customer as precisely as possible.
The return of manual labor
AI-powered networks and machines can create, but they can only work from the templates and information given. Human creativity is essential to producing something unique and empathizing with the needs of another human. So, within hyper customization, the demand for manual labor is quite likely to soar, which will lead to a reinvention of manufacturing models and new types of cooperation between humans and machines. For example, machine manufacturing takes care of creating templates, while human workers customize those templates to make a unique product.
Stronger supply chain management
Applying innovative technology won't be enough to solve supply chain problems in the long run. Industry 5.0 supply chains are expected to be driven by the power of AI bots, intelligent technologies, and human workers of diverse backgrounds working together, applying their perspectives to fix the most peculiar issues, and exchanging insights via responsive digital systems. The new supply chain strategies also encourage putting supply chain workers with the best understanding of how supply chains work into positions of mentors who educate new employees and communicate the company's mission.
What does industry 5.0 mean for business growth?
Aside from building more effective business models and increasing productivity, industry 4.0. let businesses envision their future and start mapping out their next milestones. In their planning, companies realized that their potential business growth was strongly intertwined with social expectations and needs.
Industry 5.0 is the product of that vision and its message is clear: the future is defined by humans, and it's up to humans to decide what future they want to see. Therefore, the next industrial revolution addresses human aspirations and concerns and uses the technological potential to rebuild business strategies, create new markets, and make way for organizations that serve people instead of continuing the trend of people serving organizations.
The growing interest in industry 5.0 and its increasing influence will certainly be accompanied by organizational and technological jet lag as it is a radical change for many companies and sectors. And yet, the readiness of businesses to move on from industry 4.0. to the new levels signifies their readiness to go from profit-makers to problem-solvers contributing to a safer, more stable world.
