Working in Industry 4.0
36 hours Face to Face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit aims to provide students with an overview and understanding of the core concepts underpinning Industry 4.0. It is designed to expose students to the holistic approach of Industry 4.0, bringing together business, manufacturing, and software processes to optimise the way an organisation operates.
Requisites
Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Understand the interactions between various strategic and operational aspects of an organisation that may be optimised for flexibility and value capture and creation (K2,K3)
- Apply the principles of Industry 4.0 to an organisation's processes (S1)
- Evaluate the potential of a business or manufacturing process for optimization in an Industry 4.0 framework (S3)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Lecture | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Tutorial | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Assignment 1 | Individual | 20% | 1 |
Assignment 2 | Individual | 40% | 2 |
Assignment 3 | Individual | 40% | 3 |
Content
- An introduction to various Industry 4.0 enabling technologiesÂ
- How Industry 4.0 is operationalised for business
- The use of digitisation in value creation and capture
- The concept of an outcome economy and servitisation
- Business models for Industry 4.0
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.