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Industry 4.0: How to Revolutionize your Business
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Start Date: 27 Feb, 2018
  • Self-Paced
  • Study Content: Videos


An introduction to the fourth industrial revolution, it's major systems and technologies and how new products and services will impact business and society.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: 50.00 USD
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Introduction

Introduction Video

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and Edx partnership.

We have witnessed the power of mechanization in the early nineteen century, automation in the seventies, information and the internet in the last decades. But now, the adaptation of connected intelligence into the business and social fabrics is advancing at an astonishing speed, which will completely change the way we conduct business.


In this course, we will discuss changes/predictions we forsee in the future, such as:



  • The credit card business will fade out gradually

  • All currency will be bitcoin

  • Whereas traditional internet gives rise to digital divide, the mobile internet will narrow the wealth gap

  • Most e-business models will become obsolete, leaving customer to factory (C2F)

  • No more talents to hide except partners

  • Mobile phones will be outdated and replaced by augmented virtual reality (AVR)

  • Big corporates will transform to big platforms

  • The birth of real Internet economics

  • The death of global manufacturing to networked and dispersed manufacturing


This course will explain how these changes will be brought about by the extensive use of digital intelligence, which will be available on mobile, internet, and pervasive computing as homes, offices and factories become a well knitted cyber-physical system.


Enabling tools such as Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems are introduced. Automation, intelligence and collaborations are also discussed with particular reference to smart manufacturing, smart products/services and smart cities, and their opportunities and challenges.


This is not a technical course; instead part of the focus is on organizational readiness, skills gaps and competencies for knowledge workers to fully leverage the power of Industry 4.0.


Suitable for learners from all disciplines and interested in the mega changes to our society.

Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

An Internationally Recognized University - Located in the heart of Asia

 

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is committed to education and preparing students to becoming global citizens through quality learning and teaching. We are internationally known for our excellence in professional education and innovative research.

 

Established in 1937, we have nurtured over 355,000 graduates, many of whom have become leaders in their professional fields, contributing their knowledge and expertise to building Hong Kong's thriving economy and improving the world.

 

We have the largest student community out of all Hong Kong's publicly-funded universities, with some 32,000 full-time and part-time students on campus annually. In addition, the University’s Student Exchange Programme offers students opportunities to study and experience different cultures at over 220 renowned universities across 28 countries and regions. Every year, around 550 PolyU students go on exchanges while a similar number of inbound exchange students come to the University.

 

Over 200 programmes, some unique in Hong Kong, are offered by our six faculties and two schools, each with its own unique strengths. We are the only university in Hong Kong whose curriculum mandates a Work-Integrated Education (WIE) component to facilitate work-based learning. Therefore our graduates are highly sought after by employers.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with Edx.

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