Abstract
Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Factories of the Future all describe aspects of the heralding era of digitalization of manufacturing aiming to interconnect every step of the manufacturing process and seamlessly integrate the physical and digital world. In Factories of the Future a central computer organizes the intelligent networking of all subsystems, suppliers and customers into one system. All relevant requirements concerning manufacturing and product are confirmed at design time, while execution takes place autonomously as ICT and automation are integrated. The main challenge is represented by educational system, how prepared is to provide students, future employees, the digital competences necessary for the Factories of the Future. What are the structural and curricular measures Higher Education Institutions need to take in order to align engineering education, especially in the design of all constituents of Factories of the Future, with the need of competences in new manufacturing era? A quantitative analysis of existing study programs aims understanding the status quo of Master programs in engineering education and, deriving from existing policy documents potential requirements for competences design of Factory of the Future employees.
Highlights
Digitalization of manufacturing and the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution in industrial sector is revealed by many new concepts like Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, and Factories of the Future
The same study shows that 67% of questions from business leaders about digitalization relate to digital technologies: Smart sensors, IoT, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), Big Data, Cloud computing, Data as a Services (DaaS), Connectivity, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Analytics
The main goal of this work is to propose an answer to the following questions: Romania is really prepared from educational system viewpoint for digitalization? And, in the context of digitalization what kind of competencies should future engineers have? What study programs might be proposed to support digitalization of manufacturing? Who do you think should do the professional training for students or employees in order to they get the necessary skills required by Factories of the Future?
Summary
Digitalization of manufacturing and the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution in industrial sector is revealed by many new concepts like Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, and Factories of the Future. They all describe, more or less, the ultimate goal which is to interconnect every step of the manufacturing process and seamlessly integrate the physical and digital world. The same study shows that 67% of questions from business leaders about digitalization relate to digital technologies: Smart sensors, IoT, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), Big Data, Cloud computing, Data as a Services (DaaS), Connectivity, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Analytics.
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