
Understand digital transformation and Industry 4.0 through a four-part course that blends theory, practical examples, and architecture, from introduction to sector applications, technical design, and project management.
Trace digital transformation from the transistor era to Industry 4.0, highlighting microprocessors, automation, and software evolution, and the shift toward cloud, mobility, and integrated systems.
Explore the main components of digital transformation systems, from advanced automation and ERP to sensors, IoT, cloud, big data analytics, AI, and robotics, outlining Industry 4.0 pillars and their evolution.
Explore the Industry 4.0 framework and its core technologies, including IoT, AI, robotics, cloud, big data analytics, mobility, and blockchain, and how they drive digital transformation across industries.
Identify the essential prerequisites for digital transformation, including infrastructure, data readiness, cloud options, power reliability, and skilled training, to ensure successful projects.
Compare private and public cloud models, weighing privacy, capex versus opex, and reliability for digital transformation. Embrace mobility in industry with certified devices and intrinsically safe solutions for hazardous areas.
Explore how Internet of Things and edge computing drive digital transformation by integrating sensors, smart devices, and protocols such as NFC and RFID with edge processing.
Explore big data analytics, its tools, and evolution from business intelligence to Industry 4.0. Learn about data pooling, architecture, and the four analytics types: descriptive, prescriptive, predictive, and diagnostic.
Explore the history and evolution of AI from expert systems to neural networks and deep learning, with architectures, learning types, and applications across energy, health, finance, and IoT.
Explore the history and pillars of industry 4.0 and digital transformation, from sensors and edge computing to master planning, sector-specific applications, and project management across health, education, energy, and utilities.
This course is offered in four parts; starting from Part I, an introduction to and overview of Digital Transformation,
which is this part, followed by three more parts ;
-Part II is about Digital Transformation applications in different sectors.
-Part III is for specialized people and it is about Architecting & Designing Digital Transformation systems.
-Part IV, Managing Digital Transformation projects, for those who want to learn how to manage such projects successfully.
Attending which part/s, should be decided based on your objectives from the course;
If you looking for general knowledge, starting a new career in Digital Technology, want to sell such technology & services, manage such projects, or are involved in reviewing proposals to launch and or approve respective budgets, then part I is enough, while part II is an advantage.
*if you are in Digital Technology design, architecting, and or support them, then parts I & III are needed, while III & IV are an advantage.
*if you are in project management, then Part IV, beside part I, while III is an advantage.
Part I (this one) is a foundation for anybody, who wants to know about IR4.0 & Digital Transformation. Hence, it is good for management, IT professionals, control and automation engineers, project managers, teaching staff, college students, and sales and marketing staff.
Part I covers the main pillars of IR4.0, including its basic technologies, such as AI, Big Data, Analytics, IoT, Mobility, Cloud, and Digital infrastructure systems, such as control systems, sensory, and others. It explains the prerequisites to start such projects and presents a high-level integration concept, including layers of automation. It also discusses, at a high level, the main project milestones, cost estimation, and the importance of risk mitigation and change management in these projects. The course also explains the relationship of the IR4.0 framework to Digital Transformation and to other existing relevant systems, such as ERP and Advanced Automation systems. The course discusses, at a high level, some applications of Digital Technology in some sectors, such as energy, health, transportation, education, and others. It also discusses the challenges of Digital Transformation projects, besides benefits. It also sheds the light on resource issues, budgeting, and relation to existing systems and discusses best practices, strategies, and approaches, based on long experience in such technologies and projects.
This integrated, four parts course is designed in a way to suit all types and levels of audience and meet their objectives, whether you are in management, technical, design, sales, projects, teaching, studying, or even wanting to raise awareness. Part I of the course is divided into lessons (part I has 9 lessons), each lesson covers the main topic.
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