With the avalanche of technologies that is now invading the industry in what is commonly called the Factory of the Future - 3D Printing, Cloud, Big data, AI, IoT, Virtual Reality, Digital Twin, etc. - there is no doubt that the industry is expected to experience many changes in the years to come.
But all these changes are not similar. Some may be simple in principle, such as changing a type of machine, or a communication technology with a faster technology, and yet entail very high costs, because all the equipment (machines, connections, routers, servers, ...) must be modified.
