As a Digital Transformation Expert, you will learn the right methods and tools to implement digital transformation in your company. This includes methods for identifying potentials through the use of digital technologies, tools for evaluating and systematically implementing digitalization measures, and knowledge of tried-and-tested solutions in practice.
Course overview:
Further information on the content, course program and speakers can also be found in our brochure.
The Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center was founded in 2017 as a spin-off of the RWTH Aachen and supports manufacturing companies in their digital transformation. The office on the RWTH Aachen Campus creates close contact to current research as well as access to the accumulated expertise of the research clusters. Due to the application of the Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index in a variety of customer projects, the Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center can refer to a comprehensive experience in the field of digital transformation.
The FIR is a non-profit, cross-industry research and training institution at RWTH Aachen University in the field of business organization, information logistics and corporate IT with the aim of creating the organisational foundations for the digitally networked industrial company of the future. The institute accompanies companies, does research, qualifies and teaches in the areas of service management, business transformation, information management and production management.
Module 1: 17.-19. April
Module 2: 27.-29. May
Modules 1&2: 07. – 11. October
On the RWTH Aachen University Campus
09:00 – 09:30
Introduction & Welcome
09:30 – 11:00
Industrie 4.0: Why it matters
Christian Hocken and Jan Hicking
11:15 – 12:15
Workshop
Smart production at the demonstration factory Aachen
Max Stroh
12:15 – 13:15
Lunch break
13:15 – 14:45
Business-Digitalization-Alignment I/II: Digitalization strategy and Business Impact
Dr. Tobias Harland and Lars Frehen
14:45 – 15:15
Discussion
15:15 – 16:30
Business-Digitalization-Alignment II/II: Target systems of the digital transformation
Dr. Tobias Harland and Lars Frehen
16:30 – 18:00
Expert lecture
Digitization strategy at Krones AG: Focussing on costumer needs
Dr. Stefan Schunck, Krones AG*
starting at 19.30
Evening event with Prof. Stich
*requested
08:30 – 10:00
Shaping the Digital Transformation: The Industry 4.0 Maturity Index
Dr. Sebastian Schmitz
10:00 – 10:30
Discussion
10:30 – 11:30
Workshop
i4.0MC Platform & Potentials: Assessment of the status quo
Dr. Sebastian Schmitz
11:30 – 12:15
Developing digitalization roadmaps I/II: Define measures systematically
Dr. Sebastian Schmitz
12:15 – 13:15
Lunch break
13:15 – 14:15
Expert lecture
Digital Twins in the field: Building the factory of the future
Felix Jordan, Elisa Smart Factory*
14:15 – 15:15
Developing digitalization roadmaps II/II: Define measures systematically
Dr. Sebastian Schmitz
15:45 – 17:00
Workshop
Planning and dependencies of digitalization measures
Dr. Sebastian Schmitz
17:15 – 18:30
Expert lecture
Digitalization in the SMS Group: Exploiting synergies in Group structures
Dr. Boris Feige – SMS Group*
08:30 – 09:30
Workshop
Cloud-Transformation
Mathis Niederau
09:30 – 10:30
Focus Session
Cloud-Transformation:
The digitally connected company
Mathis Niederau
11:00 – 12:00
Focus Session
Industrial IoT- Platforms: The digitally connected shopfloor
Justus Benning
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00
Focus Session
Industrial Cyber-Security: Protecting digital infrastructures
Jacques Engländer
14:00 – 15:30
Quantifying potential: Determining the value contribution of digitalization measures
Dr. Tobias Harland
16:00 – 17:00
Workshop
Quantifying potential
Dr. Tobias Harland
17:00 – 18:30
Expert lecture
Digitalization at a Hidden Champion
Dr. Benedikt Brenken – Reifenhäuser Group*
starting at 19:30
Evening Event
09:00 – 09:30
Focus session
AI applications in production
Justus Benning
09:45 – 11:00
Focus session
Process Mining in production
Dr. Sebastian van Zelst – Fraunhofer FIT*
11:00 – 12:15
Workshop
Process Mining in application
Dr. Sebastiaan van Zelst – Fraunhofer FIT*
12:15 – 13:15
Lunch break
13:15 – 14:30
Establishing digitalization teams:
Centralize Industrie 4.0 coordination and implement locally
Dr. Felix Optehostert and Max-Ferdinand Stroh
15:00 – 16:00
Expert lecture
Digital Business at Schaeffler
Dr. Philipp Jussen – Schaeffler I4.0 Service Solution*
16:15 – 17:15
Expert lecture
Process documentation across the supply chain
Olaf Korbanek, KTR Systems GmbH*
17:15 – 18:15
New Work:
How modern organizations operate
Dr. Roman Senderek
18:30 -19.30
Exam preparation
*requested
08:30 – 10:30
Exam
10:30 – 12:30
Workshop
IoT via Drag-and-drop:
Into the Internet of Things without programming
Stefan Leachu
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 14:00
Certificate awarding and completion
from 07. to 11. of October
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