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The paper deals with the state and features of the development of Industry 4.0 and the digital economy in foreign countries and Ukraine. The current state, main regulatory provisions and programs on Industry 4.0 and the digital economy in Europe, Asia, the United States, and the member countries of the Eurasian economic Union, in particular -- Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, are considered. It shows features of the development of Industry 4.0 in these countries, namely -- the focus on the digital economy on new markets and technologies, significant attention and support from a state. The analysis of the current situation of the movement « Industry 4.0 in Ukraine», «National strategy 4.0» is given. The degree of readiness of national industrial enterprises to implement upto- date digital production technologies that characterize the fourth industrial revolution is analyzed. It is argued that in Ukraine there are no specific programs, «road maps», sources of funding for the implementation of Industry 4.0 principles, but there is a weak ability of the government to effectively cooperate and interact with expert communities, as well as a lack of strategies for digital transformation. There are no existing industrial and innovation strategies as the basis of Industry 4.0. Therefore, the development of digitalization of industrial enterprises should be influenced by the state, namely -- in the field of innovations, scientific and technological development, education and science. To do this, a coalition of enterprises with Central Executive authorities, regional and local governments should be created. In the context of digitalization of Ukrainian industry, electricity-producing industry, IT-sector and science, it is advisable to create conditions for accelerated development of industrial high-tech segments, to establish technology transfer from Ukrainian scientific institutions, research parks, laboratories to end customers, as well as to launch regional programs for the development of Industry 4.0. Special attention is paid to substantiating the feasibility of using principles and tools of Industry 4.0 and the digital economy in industrial enterprises of Ukraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Industrial revival, based on modern high-end technologies, is recognized as an important priority among advanced countries. An increasing number of foreign scientists and business representatives are discussing an Industry 4.0, the formation of "intelligent enterprises" and "intellectual industry". "Intellectual enterprises" actively use available knowledge, technologies, innovations, achievements of the latest industrial revolution, all of which is connected to processes of intellectualization. During the course of the study it was defined that that the intellectualization of the enterprise is an enhancement process of the role, application and the use of knowledge, information of innovative character in the enterprises functioning, which an enterprise has and uses to achieve the set of goals: advanced technologies (developed and/or acquired), highly qualified and motivated staff (self-trained and/or outsourced), automation and robotization of production; digitization of processes, intangible assets (created and/or acquired). Indicators of the Ukrainian industry's readiness for development towards Industry 4.0 are grounded in the context of intellectualization, which allowed analyzing: processes of creation, transfer, use of knowledge, growth of intellectual capital, use of the latest technologies and knowhow in production, originality and complexity of goods, presented on a market, and their share of value added. Recommendations for enterprises' development in Industry 4.0, based on their intellectualization, are given. In particular, it was noted that enterprises' development, based on their intellectualization, shouldn't mean an instant rejection of traditional manufacturing in the framework of III and IV technological modes. However, in the context of global economic benchmarks and Industry 4.0, it obtains specific features, namely - allowing industrial enterprises to change quickly and qualitatively in a short period of time. It is substantiated that this requires: first, the unification of key players in the modernization of an industry towards Industry 4.0 on the basis of their intellectualization (state, business and public sector enterprises, science and education) through the establishment of national platforms at the national level - Centers for the Development of Enterprises' Intellectualization and relevant regional centers at the regional level. Secondly, focus on areas of deepening the process of intellectualization, such as: 1) developing human capital at enterprises through continuous training, upgrading and raising personnel's awareness of innovative transformations, and holding on to highly skilled human capital; 2) transformation of national manufacturing enterprises into intellectual ones, using the achievements of the third and fourth industrial revolutions, by state stimulation of intellectualization, a direct support and development of the leading industries of the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]