软件定义制造：工业竞争力的新基础

Contents Foreword6Keyfindings – General8Keyfindingson the focus topic10 1. Introducingof the Industry 4.0 Barometer 202612 1.1. Content focus141.2. Evaluation methodology151.3. Participants161.4. Interviews and Success Stories20 2. Study findings26 2.1. Status quo of Industry 4.0272.2.Software-Defined Manufacturing:Prerequisites, Adoption, Key Technologies, and Success Factors632.3. Role of the CIO in implementing Software-Defined Manufacturing125 3. Conclusion and recommendedactions130 Figures136About MHP138 Interviews und Success Stories 1. Interview with Bernd Reitmeier, Startup Factory China222.Success Story:ElringKlinger – On the path to a Software-Defined Factory643. Interview with Lutz Kramer,V4Smart784.Interview with Chris-Markus Kratz, Amazon Web Services86 Summary Who should read the Industry 4.0 Barometer? The Industry 4.0 Barometer 2026 provides a comprehensive overview of the current statusof Industry 4.0 implementation in companies and is aimed at anyone who wishes toactively shape the digital transformation in manufacturing. Company management, executives, and department heads will gain in-depthinsights into the current status of Industry 4.0 implementation. They will learn where theuse of technologies such as digital twins, autonomous systems, or Artificial Intelligencevaries, and what potential for efficiency, transparency, and data-driven optimizationcan still be tapped. Practical interviews and success stories provide concrete bestpractices and demonstrate which approaches have proven successful in real-worldproduction operations. Particularly valuable are the findings on this year’s focus area,Software-Defined Manufacturing (SDM): they provide insights into the internationalstatus quo, identify key challenges and success factors, and highlight the technologicaland organizational prerequisites for successful implementation. The concludingrecommendations for action provide a practical roadmap for the targeted promotion ofefficiency, resilience, and future-proof business models. Internationally active companiesalso benefit from the benchmark comparison: Theycan see where the DACH region stands in global competition, what strategies are beingpursued by pace-setting countries such as China and India, and which approaches areparticularly effective for modernizing, transforming, and scaling production processes. Academia, policymakers, and trade associationsalso gain valuable insights: Therobust data on Industry 4.0 trends, obstacles, and opportunities support the developmentof funding initiatives, strategic frameworks, and innovation programs, and help to betterunderstand the digital transformation of markets and companies. In short, the Industry 4.0 Barometer 2026 provides a solid foundation for strategicdecisions, practical guidance, and scientific analysis, and is aimed at anyone whowants to not only observe Industry 4.0 but also actively shape it. Sponsors & Experts Sponsor Prof. Dr. Christina ReichMHPchristina.reich@mhp.com SponsorDr. Christian FiebigMHPchristian.fiebig@mhp.com Sponsor Prof. Dr. Johann KranzLMU, Professur für DigitalServices and Sustainabilitykranz@lmu.de Expert Dr. Walter HeibeyMHPwalter.heibey@mhp.com Project ManagerNiclas MaasackersMHPniclas.maasackers@mhp.com Authors AuthorMuriel HerfMHP AuthorChristoph UngerMHP AuthorBennet BeckerMHP AuthorCarolin HitzegradMHP AuthorMaximilian KellerMHP AuthorChristian EckhoffMHP Industry 4.0 Barometer 2026On behalf of MHP Management- und IT-Beratung: Many thanks to all participants and experts for theirassessments and opinions. This study would not havebeen possible without your support. Special thanks go toLudwig Maximilian University of Munich for our successfuland consistently productive collaboration. Dear Readers, While markets such as China and the U.S. are already widely adopting agile, data-driven productionstrategies, many European companies remain trapped in rigid structures, data silos, and fragmentedIT landscapes. This represents a dangerous lag behind global competitors, which, according to ourIndustry 4.0 Barometer data series, has been glaringly evident for several years now. This year’s Industry 4.0 Barometer, now in its eighth edition, once again clearly demonstrates thatcompanies that do not develop the ability to plan and produce in a flexible, data-driven manner asquickly as possible are putting their competitiveness at risk – and, in some cases, the very survival oftheir business. Through our global benchmark study, we can compare trends over the past few years and see thatEurope is steadily losing ground: Our calculated overall barometer score, used as an indicator, isrising internationally from 48 percent (2022) to 66 percent (2026), but the DACH region is laggingsignificantly behind: It is stagnating at 57 percent, while, for example, China, at 72 percent (up 3percentage points), and the U.S., at 69 percent (up 3 percentage points), are even showing growth attheir already