Industry 4.0 Fundamentals

About this course

Connect Industry 4.0 concepts to production performance, industrial data, condition monitoring and a practical adoption roadmap.

This foundation course is part of the Smart Industry & Industrial IoT school. The curriculum includes an estimated 10 h of study content. Instructor-led delivery is available online or offline; session schedules are confirmed during enrollment.

Course curriculum

• Module 1 — What Industry 4.0 Is
• Module 2 — The Automation Pyramid and Industrial Data
• Module 3 — Measuring Production: OEE
• Module 4 — Lines, Bottlenecks and Buffers
• Module 5 — Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance
• Module 6 — Quality: SPC and Capability
• Module 7 — From Pilot to Plant: Business Case, Security and Roadmap

Applied learning

• Case Study — Colwick Springs and the smart factory proposal
• Lab 1 — A week of OEE
• Lab 2 — Catch the failing filler bearing
• Lab 3 — Choose the first Industry 4.0 project
• Capstone — An Industry 4.0 Opportunity Brief

Who this course is for

Engineer / Architect; Technology Professional; Enterprise Team; Data Professional

Prerequisites

No prerequisite course is listed in the academy catalog.

Course details

• Course code: NE-IND-101
• Level: Foundation
• Estimated duration: 10 h
• Delivery: Self-Paced