Course Description

Industry 4.0 is making paradigm shift in manufacturing towards future of production – the integrated automation with various technologies. The characteristics of the production of the future will become digitally networked throughout with data and connectivity.

This course provides an overview of the important characteristics of a Cyber Physical System and it aims to deliver the learning of the concepts of modularity and flexibility in manufacturing – concepts which are vital to increasing productivity and adaptability of the production configurations to meet the changing demands of the market requirements.

Practical implementation of a networked factory centrally controlled by the MES for production control, data collection and process analysis will be demonstrated.

Course Duration: 16 hours

Course Outcomes

Participants are able to:

• Understand the basic technical concepts of the Cyber Physical System
• Understand the features & benefits of using MES to enable flexible configuration of manufacturing processes
• Learn the key concepts of using MES to optimise production control to enhance the flexibility of the production system

Course Contents

• Characteristic of Cyber Physical System and the modularity & flexibility concept
• The basic features of MES such as order management, detailed planning and control, data collection, etc
• Using the MES to optimise production control
• Tracking the system performance with MES