The approaches of the internet of things, cyber-physical systems and industry 4.0 include various potentials for industrial enterprises. The "Mittelstand 4.0 – Digital Production and Work Processes" initiative by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Germany supports small and medium-sized enterprises to become digitized, to network and to start using industry 4.0 applications. The "Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Chemnitz" is part of this initiative. It provides information, practical trainings, test environments and application projects for the small and medium-sized companies in the region. In the paper, the center's goals, structures and service offer are described.
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Müller et al. (2017) studied this question.