Factory 4.0 Open Initiative, LLC.

Factory 4.0 Open Initiative, LLC. (FourOh-LLC) was incorporated in 2019 January 16th. Its Registered Agent is Corporation Services Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington DE 19808. The FEIN assigned to FourOh-LLC is 83-3191174. The current FourOh-LLC business address is 437 Cavalier Ct Unit 311 West Dundee IL 60119. FourOh-LLC is a SMLLC with no employees, no cash flow, and its owner is Mr. Sandor Kunyik, Founder and Technology Evangelist. The primary email address for LOCAL contact is postmaster@kane-il.us, for outside of Kane County, IL it is postmaster@factoryfouroh.net. To contact the current maintainer of this Dokuwiki please send to wikiadmin@welcome.factoryfouroh.net.

The LLC exists to establish the financial and legal requirements, while most of the shared business logic components fundamental to Manufacturing, Warehousing, and the relevant Supply Chain are being implemented. FourOh-LLC is still in the process of creating its unique set of assets (internet infrastructure, data warehouse, supply chain data and management, 3D-printed workpieces, production equipment). The latest sum of recurring payments is around 1,000 USD a year - this is the minimum cost if you want to copy or compete with Factory 4.0 Open Initiative, LLC. This is the cost to maintain our Internet Infrastructure. I maintain a global forum for general discussion about design, operational objectives and the like.

The LUG creates the technology stack and infrastructure, built to be copied by the participants. The traditional Linux User Group (LUG) is refocused around Manufacturing, and repurposed by FourOh-LLC to become self-sustained.

Each instance of the FourOh-LUG is projected to cost at or below 160.00 USD / year (payed by you to Gandi, Linode, OVH for domain and VPS leases). You do not pay us anything, all of the 160.00 USD is to be paid by you directly. We are not collecting any money, and we are not accepting any donations.

The 160.00 USD a year is what your manufacturing or relevant operation must earn or save, or write down as business expense in order to break even. Of course when you compete with FourOh-LLC the 1,000 USD / year is going to be added to this (as you need to replace the FourOh-LLC Internet Infrastructure with your own).

Factory 4.0 Open Initiative, LLC. is a limited, scaled-back instance of a so-far unspecified Manufacturing Association., Occupational Training Association, Local Supply Chain, or something comparative. Its primary objectives shall be to help move the self-employed or the tiny (few employees) shop closer to Industry 4.0., and to help create expert pools in manufacturing and the related supply chain.

FourOh-LLC and FourOh-LUG are probably not the final shape and form of owner-operated networks (the core concept by YunoHost, Hubzilla, and an increasing number of other Open Source projects). However, the combination of an LLC and the LUG should provide us (small manufacturers and supply-chain members) a solid use case, and a sustainable way forward.

Factory 4.0 Open Initiative, LLC. is the first instance (at least in Kane County, Illinois) of these owner-operated networks, focused solely on Manufacturing. The SMLLC is far better suited for our purposes than any flavor of Nonprofit_organization, and this is only one aspect of the clear, no-nonsense approach to reality employed by FourOh-LLC and FourOh-LUG. Our Policy and our Community Rules mirror that by YunoHost, and to date we did not replace or add any more to that. As long as you use common sense you write, post and act any way you want - but we are local, we meet face to face, and we should never violate each other's trust.

Under the menu on the left we structure and further detail the resources being built and used by Factory 4.0 Open Initiative, LLC. Feel free to browse, email your questions, and find your entry point as a FourOh-LLC or FourOh-LUG participant.

Just by installing an equivalent, for-profit business next door to us you are NOT necessarily a competitor. Your costs, level of service, and your credibility must be in the same arena with ours - otherwise you are competing with others in your own class.

Its more likely that you are going to install a FourOh-LLC or FourOh-LUG type of operation outside the radius of our service area, which is usually a 30-minute drive one way, from the Village Hall of West Dundee, Illinois - Plus Code.

Instead of direct competitors we are most likely become cooperative partners, as pooling our resources is fundamental to everything written above. While our primary focus is on Manufacturing - you may adopt the FourOh-LLC concept in Construction, in Hospitality, in any other sector irrelevant to us.

Our ultimate purpose is to help create a Local Manufacturing Supply Chain in Kane County Illinois, which is where we live, which is our home.

We are currently investing resources (time, expertise, money) into building an expert pool, and creating a brand for owner-operated networks. It is yet to be seen what the best way forward - a Manufacturing Association, Trade School, Employment Agency, or a mix of all the above?

We appreciate if you help us by donating production time, equipment, floor space in your warehouse. In exchange we provide expert help in any of the areas we present to you on our networks. Besides getting involved in FourOh-LUG or FourOh-LLC, bartering is the only way for you to contribute, as we prefer to incubate a little longer. We cannot accept cash donations and we do not charge for our services.