A recently-released course, titled “Industry 4.0 Case Study: Digitization of the Supply Chain” describes how POSITAL, a specialist supplier of motion and position sensors, developed an advanced manufacturing and order fulfilment system. The course explores how the fulfillment system makes use of advanced technologies such as universal connectivity, cloud-based knowledge access and the use of embedded microprocessors in ‘smart’ devices. With this system in place, POSITAL has been able to achieve “mass customization” – the ability to deliver products that are built to order according to their customers’ exact specifications, but which can be supplied quickly, at prices that are in line with those of conventional mass-produced items.
The course is available through University4Industry, an online education platform that offers courses on the new industrial technologies that define “Industry 4.0”, “The Industrial Internet of Things” (IIoT), and broad-based digitization. The platform’s objective is to help close critical skills gaps for industry using practical knowledge and real-world examples wherever possible. Courses for the site’s curriculum are being developed as collaborations between established educational institutions and industrial enterprises such as POSITAL-FRABA. To enrol in the course contact FRABA at [email protected]
More information on the learning platform is available at www.university4industry.com
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