Industry 4.0 for business managers

Hong Kong Polytechnic University via edX Professional Certificate

Overview

The world is embarking into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (I4.0) which has a profound impact on all workers and organizations worldwide. Want to build up the knowledge and skills to excel in an I4.0 world, complete this Professional Certificate offered by one the world’s top institutions. This program will transform your mindset to discover new value creation through, among others, the use of data, connectivity, real time systems and artificial intelligence to invent new and innovative applications with endless opportunities.

This Professional Certificate offers a comprehensive introduction to the Fourth Industrial Revolution covering age of digitalization in the 21st century, compelling global driving forces and trends, advancement of technologies covering, among others. Internet of Things, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Process Management and Digital Twin. This program is specifically designed for a non-technical audience and as such the focus is at the business and application levels. With particular emphasis is the role and importance of data which underpins many of the intelligent and automation systems. In addition to theories, there are also plenty of interviews with researchers and practitioners worldwide. The topics of Future Work and skills for future knowledge workers are also covered.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Industry 4.0: How to Revolutionize your Business

An introduction to the fourth industrial revolution, it's major systems and technologies and how new products and services will impact business and society.

Course 2: Introduction to Digital Twin and Applications

Digital twins are gaining popularity, as a simulation technique that integrates interdisciplinary, multi-physical quantity, multiscale, and multi-probability. Digital twins are used to monitor, examine, and analyze physical assets like buildings, processes, and systems.

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6 weeks, 6-8 hours a week, 6-8 hours a week
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We have witnessed the power of mechanization in the early nineteen century, automation in the seventies, information and the internet in the last decades. But now, the adaptation of connected intelligence into the business and social fabrics is advancing at an astonishing speed, which will completely change the way we conduct business.

In this course,we will discuss changes/predictions we forsee in the future, such as:
- The credit card business will fade out gradually
- All currency will be bitcoin
- Whereas traditional internet gives rise to digital divide, the mobile internet will narrow the wealth gap
- Most e-business models will become obsolete, leaving customer to factory (C2F)
- No more talents to hide except partners
- Mobile phones will be outdated and replaced by augmented virtual reality (AVR)
- Big corporates will transform to big platforms
- The birth of real Internet economics
- The death of global manufacturing to networked and dispersed manufacturing
This course will explain how these changes will be brought about by the extensive use of digital intelligence, which will be available on mobile, internet, and pervasive computing as homes, offices and factories become a well knitted cyber-physical system.

Enabling tools such as Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems are introduced. Automation, intelligence and collaborations are also discussed with particular reference to smart manufacturing, smart products/services and smart cities, and their opportunities and challenges.

This is not a technical course; instead part of the focus is on organizational readiness, skills gaps and competencies for knowledge workers to fully leverage the power of Industry 4.0.

Suitable for learners from all disciplines and interested in the mega changes to our society.
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5 weeks, 2-4 hours a week, 2-4 hours a week
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In the fourth industrial revolution, the digital twin is one of the critical technologies that is gaining prominence. The digital twin is the simulation technology that integrates multidisciplinary, multi-physical quantities, multi scales, and multi-probabilities by making full use of a physical model, sensor update, operation history, and other data. During this course, learners will engage in how to create digital twins and utilize them to model, simulate, and manage industrial processes. Digital twins give information on every component of a manufacturing process, allowing you to improve the efficiency and efficacy of your production line and equipment. It may be used to monitor, study, and analyze physical assets like buildings, processes, and systems, as well as to conduct research and development.