Industrial software refers to the software used in industry, can be divided into two categories:

Embedded software embedded in hardware products or production equipment, which can be subdivided into operating system, embedded database and development tools, application software, etc. They are embedded in hardware products or production equipment, embedded systems To achieve the purpose of automation, intelligent control, monitoring, management of various equipment and system operation, the corresponding industrial 4.0 production equipment in the application.

The other is the engineering management of manufacturing, and various industrial fields of special engineering software. For example, product lifecycle management system (PLM), from product development, product design, production, circulation and other aspects of the product life cycle management; various computer-aided design (CAD), auxiliary manufacturing (CAM), auxiliary analysis (CAE), auxiliary process (CAPP), product data management (PDM) and so on to realize the production and the management process intelligentization, the network management and the control, corresponds the industry 4.0 in production management application.