Our “Intelligent Machines” and “Digital Domains” make for a seamless connection between the real and digital worlds. And this can be scaled to any conceivable degree in the value chain between the shop 昀氀oor and the cloud. One speci昀椀c example might be the intelligent networking and 昀氀exibilization of individual production processes. It may also be a matter of connecting complex production systems and integrating them into an existing IT infrastructure or of implementing entirely new business models with comprehensive interfacing to the cloud, Big Data or predictive analytics tools. We know from countless projects that the full potential of Industrie 4.0 does not unfold until solution concepts holistically encompass the issues facing companies with a high level of competence in all customer-speci昀椀c topic clusters. We have pooled specialists from a broad range of 昀椀elds in a dynamic, interdisciplinary Industrie 4.0 accelerator unit. Our aim is to reveal to our customers at the outset of the planning phase all added value that they stand to gain from digitization. And then to accompany them with our project expertise. In this way, companies also obtain direct access to 阀阀’s global ecosystem. A network of highly quali昀椀ed partners, integrators and suppliers from all areas of the digitized value chain. 08�09