The concepts for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will fundamentally change supply chains, production processes and industries. Intelligent technologies such as IoT, edge and cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and digital assistance systems are drivers of this change.  This book provides a comprehensive overview of IoT use cases with illustrative practical examples of how digitization or innovation projects can be successfully implemented. It takes into consideration that processes are getting more flexible and efficient, and new digital technologies allow seamless, location-independent communication in near real time between things, processes and people through the digitization of physical objects and processes. Considering these changes, the book provides a guideline on how companies should position themselves for the future with industrial IoT in order to still play a decisive role in the industry in a few years' time. The book is aimed at both decision-makers and practitioners who, on the one hand, recognize the opportunities and possibilities for their company and, on the other hand, want to learn how to use the appropriate technologies. With this in mind it will be valuable for entrepreneurs, managers, architects and also developers in the field of Industry 4.0.

Andreas Holtschulte is the CEO of digit-ANTS GmbH and a pioneer in the field of digitization of supply chain and intralogistics. Since 2019, Andreas has been securing SAP-S/4HANA implementations in logistics and successfully implementing IoT use cases in logistics and supply chain with his clients. In 2018, he founded the iIoT.institute, which trains and certifies experts in the planning, implementation and security of industrial IoT projects. For many years he has been working primarily in the SAP environment and developed industrial solutions for warehouse management with his teams as a global solution architect for the digital supply chain.