INDUSTRY 4.0 32 • The capacity to connect and interoperate: Machines that can be integrated easily in the digitisation process of a company and allow for incorporation of third-party utilities. • Efficiency to be achieved by optimising processes to obtain a high level of machine availability based on manufacturing with "zero defects". • Focused on people, because people operate production systems and make sure they work properly. • Lastly, and with regard to possible supporting technologies, listed hereunder are those that could be potentially considered to be more relevant: • A flexible and easy-to-reconfigure automation allowing, for instance, parts to be loaded and unloaded in production envi- ronments characterised by frequent turnovers of components arriving at the machine in containers. • ‘A virtual machine’ allowing for machine-process simulation and modelling that drastically reduces set-up stages for new processes. • ‘A Health assessment’ of the machine which, based on a charac- terisation test series, delivers practically continuous, real-time information on the condition of critical machine components that can be supplemented by self-calibration mechanisms for This model specifically refers to a machine tool case of a generic Industry 4.0 model used by IK4-TEKNIKER to diagnose and identify opportunities connected to Industry 4.0.