Siemens and RMIT establish an ‘Industrial Digital Innovation Hub’ supported by Federal Government grant – connecting Australian and Vietnam campuses with global industry The Federal Minister for Education, Dan Tehan, has announced the government will provide a grant of $1.2 million to enable RMIT to join a multi-university trial of an advanced apprenticeship-style Associate Degree […]
Businesses are seeing the value proposition through investing in Industry 4.0 technology applications and digital business models. The pandemic has reinforced the value of industry 4.0, but it has also exposed the limitations of today’s implementations and set a higher bar for success. Anyone not on an Industry 4.0 journey have had a wake up […]
David Chuter (CEO and Managing Director, IMCRC) discusses accelerating Industry 4.0 uptake for SMEs and the 2020 I4AMF Conference in Manufacturers Monthly: Accelerating Industry 4.0 uptake: five messages for SMEs
Dr Wolfgang Mayer, Senior Lecturer UniSA, Dr Andrew Cunningham, Lecturer UniSA and Dr Anastasia Kuusk, BAE Systems are members of the research team. In a partnership set to deliver world-leading manufacturing technologies to the Hunter Class Frigate Program, Australia’s Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), the University of South Australia and BAE Australia’s shipbuilding business, […]
Building success: Innovative Manufacturing CRC chief executive David Chuter There is no doubt that COVID-19 has plunged our country, and the world, into economic chaos. The impact of the virus has truly challenged the old order and we are being forced to decide what we want the future of Australian manufacturing to look like. As […]
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you to the Advanced Manufacturing Forum for the opportunity to address your inaugural conference. I am very proud to say Australia will always be a manufacturing nation. Yes, it may look a little different and we’ll come to that … but today’s attendance is testament to the fact Australia […]
Priority strategies to transform Australia’s manufacturing industries and build global competitive advantage were today debated by leaders from business, research, education and training, unions and government attending the inaugural conference of the Industry 4.0 Advanced Manufacturing Forum (I4AMF*). Essential to Australia’s transition to Industry 4.0 is a sufficient and growing supply of appropriately skilled people. […]
Embedding technology, driving jobs growth, backing Australian business A five point call to action 1. Dedicated leadership, clear goals. Managing the transition to industry 4.0, where businesses grow, jobs are secure and innovation thrives, requires leadership. Business, educational institutions, unions, standards bodies, and other decision-makers need to work together, now and into the future. All […]
