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4 A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 2 0 ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 Tel: 440.338.5151 • Fax: 440.338.4634 Joanne Miller, Editor joanne.miller@asminternational.org Victoria Burt, Managing Editor vicki.burt@asminternational.org Ed Kubel, Frances Richards, and Corinne Richards Contributing Editors Jan Nejedlik, Layout and Design Kelly Sukol, Production Manager kelly.sukol@asminternational.org Press Release Editor magazines@asminternational.org EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Adam Farrow, Chair, Los Alamos National Lab John Shingledecker, Vice Chair, EPRI Somuri Prasad, Past Chair, Sandia National Lab Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota Nia Harrison, Ford Motor Company Michael Hoerner, KnightHawk Engineering Hideyuki Kanematsu, Suzuka National College of Technology Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University Scott Olig, U.S. Naval Research Lab Amit Pandey, Granta Design/Ansys Satyam Sahay, John Deere Technology Center India Anand Somasekharan, Los Alamos National Lab Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin Jaimie Tiley, U.S. Air Force Research Lab Jean-Paul Vega, Siemens Energy ASMBOARDOF TRUSTEES Zi-Kui Liu, President and Chair of the Board Diana Essock, Vice President David U. 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W e are always proud to share with you our annual article by the most recent winner of the Jacquet- Lucas Award for Excellence in Metallography. The prize represents the Best in Show entry from the Internation- al Metallographic Contest (IMC), organized by ASM’s Interna- tional Metallographic Society. The 2019 winner was Peter Kirbiš of Slovenia. This is his second time capturing the title, having won in 2015 as well. In the article on page 16, based on his winning poster, Kirbiš shares how a new procedure for annealing a fine bainitic steel at various phases positively affects its machining characteristics. Now swiveling from under the microscope to under the hood, Ford Motor Company’s article on page 25 explains how its stamping division is responding to Industry 4.0. Henry Ford helped jump-start the nation into the Industry 2.0 era with his innovations in automotive assembly, so the company has some sheet metal in the game and continues to innovate as industry evolves. For a perspective on the Industrial Revolution’s progression to Industry 4.0 and the subsequent rise of Manufacturing 4.0, read the column by ASM President Zi-Kui Liu, FASM, on page 50 in this issue. Closer to home for our readers, there is also a need for Materials 4.0, which leaders discussed in detail at ASM’s Global Materials Summit last December. It is interesting that each stage of the Industrial Revolution is defined not only by specific events, but also—much like the analysis of a micrograph—char- acterized by certain distinctive features. So next we may wonder, what will the worker and company look like in the 4.0 era? How will the most capable workers be defined? And what characterizes a company that is ready to take advantage of the 4.0 age? First, how can individuals prepare themselves and remain relevant work- place contributors in the age of Manufacturing 4.0? At our Heat Treat 2019 event, I was privileged to hear a speaker from Intelligent Manufacturing Systems present a summary of the 2019 World Manufacturing Forum Report: Skills for the Future of Manufacturing. Last year, the annual forum focused on how to foster workforce skills development through education and training in light of Manufacturing 4.0. They outlined the following top 10 skills for the future of manufacturing: Digital literacy; ability to use and design new artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics; creative problem solving; a strong entrepreneurial mindset; ability to work physically and psychologically safely and effectively; an intercultural and interdisciplinary, inclusive, and diversity-oriented mindset; cybersecurity, priva- cy, and data/information mindfulness; ability to handle increasing complexity; effective communication skills with humans, IT, and AI systems; and open-mind- edness toward constant change. Next, what characterizes a company that is ready to reap Manufacturing 4.0’s benefits? For the answer to that question, come to IMAT 2020 in Cleveland, September 14-17. Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and the World Manufactur- ing Forum are organizing partners of IMAT and will hold a symposium, at which they will share how they perform technical readiness assessments to assist com- panies in making the switch from Manufacturing 3.0 to 4.0. We hope to see you there. As a bonus, at IMAT you can see the 2020 IMC micrograph posters and pre- view the next Jacquet-Lucas Award winner. joanne.miller@asminternational.org MANUFACTURING 4.0 – WHO’S READY?