Industrie 4.0 - A basic introduction

This Skill provides a basic understanding of digitization, Industrie 4.0, and how they are changing the world.

Target group

This Skill is suitable for every employee who needs to acquire a basic understanding of digitization and Industrie 4.0.

Learning objectives

• Knowing what digitization is and how you can think about it using three levels.
• Knowing what Industrie 4.0 and its associated potential is.
• Knowing how Industrie 4.0 and digitization are related.
• Knowing practical examples for Industrie 4.0 applications of the digital twin and availability of plant data.
• Knowing what an asset administration shell is and which role they play for using data.
• Knowing what auto-ID is and which role the respective technologies already play in everyday life.
• Knowing which digital strategies and megatrends exist.
• Understanding how digital strategies and megatrends can be used by new business models.

Learning content

What is Digitization?

"What is digitization? What is digital thinking? How digitization can be implemented? This following Chapter will discuss these questions and show some practical examples of Industrie 4.0 implementations."

Digital Strategies and Megatrends

"What are the specifics of digital strategies? What new megatrends have digitalization produced? What does it mean to be digital?"

Test: What is Digitization?

“Test your knowledge about digitization in the multiple choice test.”