Industries worldwide will ultimately adopt the Industry 4.0 components in the next five to ten years as it will be challenging to retain themselves in this competitive age without these technological advancements. Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, had a significant impact on the manufacturing process. Industry 4.0 helped organisations gather and analyse information in real-time, enabling flexible, faster and efficient processes and thereby enhanced and improved manufacturing/production operations. Industry 4.0 offers higher-quality products, better output, and saves downtime and associated operational costs. The ultimate aim of Industry 4.0 technologies is to transform regular factories into "Smarter factories", as the future of manufacturing is all about smart factories and smarter ways of handling numerous data.

Industry 4.0 starts with automated data collection. An automated shop floor data collection system will help workers use their time and skill more efficiently and lessen errors due to manual data collection processes. An automated data collection process will improve data quality in six dimensions that are crucial to smart manufacturing. 

Relevance – how well the data match the organisation's needs

Accuracy – whether the results are reliable and precise 

Timeliness – the time taken to retrieve a particular piece of information. how much time spans between the reference period and information

Accessibility – how easily the users can obtain and use the information

Interpretability –interpreting the data at hand

Transparency – transparent in collecting, analysing and retrieving data.