Digital Transformation / Industrie 4.0
in Germany: status quo and way ahead
Markus Hess
Deputy Director-General for Industrial Policy
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

4th International RRI Symposium on October 19th, 2018, TokyoDigital Transformation
Germany‘s Digital Journey2German Paradigm: Social Partnership and Strong
Networks as Success Factor in Digitization
Government /StateScience
Business
Education /Qualification

Trade Unions31. Example EDUCATION:
Reform of Dual Vocational Training
Government / State
Trade Unions

Business

Real Time AdviceBMWi- 303 Training Regulations- Together with Business andTrade Unions- Reform: usually 10 yrs- New Agile System: Recent
Reform 1.5 yrs- 11 Training Regulations- Input from PI4.04

Timeline until implementation of new regulation

ExamplesRecommendations

2015

2016

Reform of 11 I4.0 relevantTraining Regulations

2017

1st August 20182018

2. Example: Regulatory Reform

Source: Vermeulen, 2017.

Approaches to regulatory reform–GDPR, E-Privacy – Basic Regulations
NEW: Regulatory Testbeds – Trial and Error (incl. I4.0)

3. Supporting SME‘s

Online Map

2015

Competence-Centers

2016

Transfer-Network2017

2018
Foreign Market Access

Testing

4 Steps from National to International Solutions
From national recommendations to international standards
Step 4: International Standardization/Harmonization

Agree on possible standardized / harmonized solutions, address themto international standardization / regulatory bodies

Step 3: Define challenges /options with like-minded c.

Achieve common understanding by crossborder use case / scenario /proof of the solution to speed up the process

Step 2: Proof of concept atnational level
Step 1: Common understanding at national levels

Deepening national understanding by use cases, demonstrators
Provide recommendations and guidelines

Bilateral and multilateral cooperation

20152020

Example „lingua franca“ for Industrie 4.0 (1):
RAMI 4.0
Recommendation

Common understanding /use case scenario

Proof of concept

International standard

Further development & Standardization
in: ISO/IEC, PI40, SCI
International Prenorm
by SCI2015

RAMI4.0 DINNorm

Demonstrator

2016

2017

Use case scenario
especially with JAP, CHN
global Standard for
IoT/Industrie 4.0
by ISO/IEC

2018

bi- and multilateral Discussion
with FRA, ITA, CHN, USA, JAP

2019

2020

Example „lingua franca“ for Industrie 4.0 (2):Administration Shell
Recommendation

Proof of concept

Common understanding /use case scenario

International standardbi- and multilateral Discussion
e.g. common recommendatio with CHN / FRA /ITA
Further Development
by Plattform Industrie 4.0, ZVEI and others

Reference Implementation

Pilot Implementation
by different Consortia

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Example IT-Security for Industrie 4.0
Recommendation

Proof of concept

Develop requirements andrecommendations for a securecompany organization in the contextof Industrie 4.0

2015

2016

Common understanding /use case scenario

International standard

Demonstrator
with USAbi- and multilateral Position Papers and Use Cases
with JAP USA

2017

Standardized recommendation fore.g. Vocational Training

2018

2019

Input to national standardization
Roadmap2020

Germany‘s Digital Journey: What‘s next?

Strategy on AI

2011

2012-20132013-2015

Since 20152018

Thank you for your attention !