"INDUSTRY 4.0" IN EUROPE AND EAST ASIA.

In the year 2010, Germany initiated the “Industry 4.0" project, in order to promote its economic development and global competitiveness. In this paper, the initiatives, the status quo, and the perspectives of “Industry 4.0" in Europe and East Asia are briefly reviewed. First, it is stressed that Croatia needs a new strategy, called “Digitisation Impulse 2020 - industry for the future". Second, China issued the “Made in China 2025" strategic plan, in order to transform the country from a manufacturing giant to a world manufacturing power. Third, the Japanese government introduced a new concept called “Society 5.0 (Super-smart society)". Some related issues are also introduced with respect to the development of “Industry 4.0". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]