RT Journal Article T1 The Importance of Implementing Cyber Physical Systems to Acquire Real-Time Data and Indicators A1 Morella, Paula A1 Lambán, María Pilar A1 Royo, Jesús Antonio A1 Sánchez, Juan Carlos AB Among the new trends in technology that have emerged through the Industry 4.0, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT) are crucial for the real-time data acquisition. This data acquisition, together with its transformation in valuable information, are indispensable for the development of real-time indicators. Moreover, real-time indicators provide companies with a competitive advantage over the competition since they enhance the calculus and speed up the decision-making and failure detection. Our research highlights the advantages of real-time data acquisition for supply chains, developing indicators that would be impossible to achieve with traditional systems, improving the accuracy of the existing ones and enhancing the real-time decision-making. Moreover, it brings out the importance of integrating technologies 4.0 in industry, in this case, CPS and IoT, and establishes the main points for a future research agenda of this topic. PB Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) YR 2021 FD 2021-05-21 LK http://hdl.handle.net/11556/1447 UL http://hdl.handle.net/11556/1447 LA eng NO Morella, Paula, María Pilar Lambán, Jesús Antonio Royo, and Juan Carlos Sánchez. 2021. "The Importance of Implementing Cyber Physical Systems to Acquire Real-Time Data and Indicators" J 4, no. 2: 147-153. https://doi.org/10.3390/j4020012 NO This research received no external funding DS TECNALIA Publications RD 1 jul 2024