This article covers:

• Machinery within the “smart” factory context
• What is meant by the machines as a service model
• The key benefits of the machines as a service model
• The industries which are using it
• What it takes to implement a machines as a service model

This article will discuss:

• Digital technology and what digitalization means
• The importance of digitalization within industrial facilities
• How digitalization can make realizing the gains of Industrie 4.0 possible

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