Strategies and tools for industry 4.0

A.A. 2025/2026
9
Crediti massimi
60
Ore totali
SSD
SECS-P/08
Lingua
Inglese
Obiettivi formativi
Industry 4.0 is a frame for the application of different digital technologies (e.g. Internet of things, machine learning and robotics) that can significantly modify or disrupt several industrial and service sectors. The course aims at providing students with a comprehensive understanding of Industry 4.0 objectives, framework and methodologies to face the complexity of implementing an Industry 4.0 strategy (decision making, problem solving, project management, change management) and its disruptive potential (automation, breakthrough in process management, new products/business models, etc.). To get this goal, the course will deep dive the main digital technologies that are state of the art in Industry 4.0, through business cases that will clarify the benefits, but also the risk and the complexity of their full implementation in the real-life context. To this purpose, a focus will be on the "human side" of Industry 4.0 that remains the key success factor: new skills, new ways of working, new organizational setup. The educational objectives will be pursued with constant exchange and critical discussion with and among the students, with a fact-based approach and taking advantage of individual and group activities.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
The main expected result for the participants in the course is the practical learning on how to effectively approach an Industry 4.0 project or becoming a contributing innovator in a company with a strategic roadmap to Industry 4.0. Students will be able to frame the complexity of Industry 4.0, selecting the different opportunities behind the disruptive digital technologies, identifying the main objectives of their application and setting the main risks to be considered in approaching an Industry 4.0 change. Additionally, students will learn what are the skills to be further deepen to increase expertise in applying Industry 4.0 principles.
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Programma e organizzazione didattica

Edizione unica

Responsabile
Periodo
Secondo trimestre

Programma
The Industry 4.0 vision
- A Conceptual Framework for Industry 4.0
- Overview of supportive Technologies
Smart technology framework for Industry 4.0 and applications
- Data Analytics
- Digital Traceability
Smart technology framework for Industry 4.0 and applications
- Robotics
- Augmented Reality
Smart technology framework for Industry 4.0 and applications
- Additive Manufacturing Technologies
- Virtual Factory and simulation
Strategies and tools for Industry 4.0
- Maturity and Readiness Model
- Technology Roadmap
Strategies and tools for Industry 4.0
- I40 Business model archetypes
- Smart and Connected Product Business Models
- Internet of Things and New Value Propositions
Strategies and tools for Industry 4.0
- Project Portfolio Selection
- Project management for Industry 4.0
Strategies and tools for Industry 4.0
- Lean Production Systems for Industry 4.0
- Skills 4.0: Talent Development for Industry 4.0
Project management workshop
- Teamworking exercise to experience what learned
Prerequisiti
Basic knowledge and principles of general management, strategic management, innovation
Metodi didattici
Industry 4.0 can only be understood through analysis of concrete cases and continuous critical thinking, driven by open questions. Today we already live in a 4.0 lifestyle, so the course will try to be a collaborative experience, taking advantage of available collaboration tools. Interactivity and collaboration are part of the students' engagement including prompt feedback and effectiveness evaluation of the course. Industry 4.0 experts from key companies will join us sharing experiences and results of Industry 4.0 projects. Teamworking is also a key pedagogic approach and a collaborative workshop is planned.
Materiale di riferimento
1) Handbook: Ustundag, A., & Cevikcan, E. (2018). Industry 4.0: managing the digital transformation (p. 286). Cham: Springer.
2) Slides and materials provided by the lecturer
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
1) individual written exam at the end of the course
2) intermediate and final pitches in front of the class during the whole course
3) teamworking activities on a company-based project
SECS-P/08 - ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE - CFU: 9
Lezioni: 60 ore
Docente: Zollo Lamberto
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