Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Explain what design manufacturing is and how it is impacting careers, practices and processes in large and small companies
• Identify how the digital manufacturing approach to making products make companies more responsive to changes and employees more involved and engaged in new career paths
• Outline the values of model-based systems engineering in facilitating faster and more efficient decision-making in manufacturing
• Analyse how performing advanced analysis of manufacturing processes is integral for detecting and correcting defects to improve yields and reduce costs
• Discuss how ‘digital thread’ is the backbone of the digital transformation, enabling the transitioning of manufacturing processes from paper-based to digital-based
• Summarise the concepts and various applications of smart factories, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), data security and others
• State how to implement cyber-physical technologies in developing business models
• List the various risks, challenges and solutions associated with digital manufacturing and connected factories
• Describe the various skills evolving from digital manufacturing that will enable you to prepare for a career within the global digital technologies-driven manufacturing sector