Overview

This unit aims to provide students with an overview and understanding of the core concepts underpinning Industry 4.0. It is designed to expose students to the holistic approach of Industry 4.0, bringing together business, manufacturing, and software processes to optimise the way an organisation operates.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Understand the interactions between various strategic and operational aspects of an organisation that may be optimised for flexibility and value capture and creation (K2,K3)
  • Apply the principles of Industry 4.0 to an organisation's processes (S1)
  • Evaluate the potential of a business or manufacturing process for optimization in an Industry 4.0 framework (S3)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		 2.00  11 weeks  22
On-campus
Class		 2.00  12 weeks  24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 8.66  12 weeks  104
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1 Individual  20 - 25 %  1 
Assignment 2 Individual  20 - 25 %  1 
Assignment 3 Group 5 - 10 %  1,2,3 
Assignment 4 Group 25 - 40 % 1,2,3

Content

  • An introduction to various Industry 4.0 enabling technologies 
  • How Industry 4.0 is operationalised for business
  • The use of digitisation in value creation and capture
  • The concept of an outcome economy and servitisation
  • Business models for Industry 4.0

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.