With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution and the relentless process of digitisation, many companies are updating their production methods and business strategies by joining the so-called Industry 4.0in which automated and interconnected production are the supporting pillars.
In this process, the training of new professionals becomes a fundamental prerogative for the growth and development of the sector. Learning how the artificial intelligences and the new information systems is necessary to be able to exploit these new technologies to one's advantage and increase the company's profits.
Enhancing human capital is a valuable opportunity for qualitative growth and the tax credit of MISEMinistry of Economic Development, for the Training 4.0 concerns precisely this aspect. To be able to expand the benefits that Industry 4.0 can bring to your business, it is essential to have all the digital skills necessary to achieve the digital turnaround, which cannot do without human resources.
On the topic of Training 4.0, Confindustria emphasised the importance of proceeding with the ITS funding, Higher Technical Institutes, capable of training tomorrow's generation of workers by providing them with all the necessary digital skills.
The ITS course in Industry 4.0 is designed to train professionals in Industry 4.0 with expertise in organisation and in the management of distribution logistics functions through the enhancement of the company supply chain, integration of supply and supply chains, production, distribution and sales. Through lectures and internship hours in companies, students will acquire the necessary skills in the organisation and management of the functions of distribution logistics.
The enabling technologies of Industry 4.0
The demand for new experts trained in the head of Industry 4.0 is given by the amount of new enabling technologiesfunctional to the development of the sector. The success of this new production model is linked to technological innovation, which necessarily passes through the preparation and implementation of a training plan that can update staff on new skills or consolidate those of an already trained operator.
Technological advances and increased productivity have always been deeply intertwined and this is still the case today. The new information systems made available to companies have changed the production habits, the marketing strategies and the analysts' forecasts. Working in such a dynamic environment requires keeping up to date with new enabling technologies in the industry. Some of the innovations of recent years are interconnected in order to control and generate a fully integrated production flow.
The Boston Consulting Group compiled a list of the nine enabling technologies of Industry 4.0:
- Advanced manufacturing solutioninterconnected and modular production systems, such as robots and cobots;
- Additive manufacturingadditive manufacturing systems that allow more efficient use of materials;
- Augmented realityused to facilitate the performance of activities by employees.
- Simulation systemssimulation to optimise production processes;
- Horizontal integration and vertical: exchange of information between and to all those involved in the process;
- Industrial internetIoT technology applied to machinery with internal and external communication;
- Cloud Computing: online data storage, data analysis services;
- Computer security (Cybersecurity): increasing the information security of corporate and customer systems;
- Big Data AnalyticsManagement of large amounts of data with open systems.
Alongside all these new technologies are new professions and the impact on the world of work shows a dramatic growth of jobs in this sector. The demand for digital business analysts, cybersecurity experts, hardware engineers and developers increases due to the benefits Industry 4.0 offers to companies: more efficiency, elimination of production downtime, more flexibility and more development, less waste and more sustainability.
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