At 5th Order Industry, we frame industrial evolution into five progressive orders, each representing a leap in how humanity designs, produces, and sustains.  

𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 – 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟-𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑠, ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑-𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒.

𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 – 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝑀𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡. 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 – 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡. 𝑃𝐿𝐶𝑠, 𝐶𝑁𝐶 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡, ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ-𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 – 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠. 𝐼𝐼𝑜𝑇, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.

𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 – 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝐹𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠. 𝐴𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠. 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠.

We believe the future of manufacturing is not just automation, but autonomous symbiosis … industries that sustain themselves, humanity, and the environment.

This is why we value competency development!

Where is your organization today?

Are you designing to be a 5th Order Industry?

Music Composed by Michael D. Holloway