Project managers: Get involved in an Erasmus+ project!
In three years, Esben Skov Laursen and Lasse Christiansen, design and technology lecturers at UCN, have managed the Erasmus+ project TEFFIC. The project seeks to improve the alignment between the teaching at educational institutions and the industrial demands that have occurred because of digitization – often referred to as Industry 4.0. The result of TEFFIC…
Read MoreThe gain of working across cultures
In Erasmus+ project, organisations work together to develop and implement innovative practices. However, the projects do not solely concern the outcomes of the project. On an organisational level, the Erasmus+ projects are expected to have positive effects for the partners involved in the project. In TEFFIC, the primary goal was to improve the alignment between…
Read MoreResearch, study programs, and industry: what is the connection?
TEFFIC is an Erasmus+ project by six educational institutes for higher education that educate graduates who are about to enter the industry. The project aims to improve the alignment between educational institutions and the industrial demands that have occurred because of digitization. To reach this aim, the members of the TEFFIC project have created a…
Read MoreTraining e-learning solution
The TEFFIC project have developed a pedagogical framework for meeting the specific challenges when training Industry 4.0 related subjects. This e-learning platform conveys the specific TEFFIC knowledge through 12 elements covering different subjects which in sum provide competence in planning, developing, implement and evaluate Industry 4.0 training programmes. As you can see, a short YouTube…
Read MoreFinal conference TEFFIC
The end of the teffic project is approaching. This means that the results and findings will be compiled and discussed in detail at a final conference. What the conference entails and how it will proceed can be found below. Everyone is welcome! Hope to see you there.
Read MorePilot case Fagskolen i Viken: The Industry College
In 2019 The Industry College was developed as a joined project between The Federation of Norwegian Industries (Norsk Industri) and The United Federation of Trade Unions (Fellesforbundet). The course includes three modules of 10 ECT each, 30 ECT in total. The selected pilot in the TEFFIC project was the module “Agile Production”. Agile Production as…
Read MoreEducational institutions and the industry
With help from companies, educations can support digitization in practice Currently, many industries are undergoing technological changes, and for this reason the need for digital skills are becoming more crucial. As LEAN specialist at Siemens Gamesa, Tommy Kusk Larsen has experienced the demand for technological skills and challenges that can arise from digitalisation processes at…
Read MorePilot case Thomas More: Introduction to mechatronics
The new industrial revolution has arrived. In Industry 4.0, man and machine come very close to each other. There is a shift from mass production to personalised mass industry, an industry that can ensure more employment for Europe. Preparing students for this is very important. that is why we, as the Belgian partner, have developed…
Read MorePilot case TALTECH: Digital manufacturing
Under the framework of the TEFFIC project the pilot Digital Manufacturing was executed at TALTECH. The course is tought in the educational program of Integrated Engineering (BSc level). The aim of the course was to develop the knowledge and skills for the applications of digital manufacturing principles that can be useful for the enterprises. There…
Read MorePilot 1: Aalborg University
The dawn of Industry 4.0 has significantly affected the way companies design their manufacturing and business proposition. We are seeing shorter and shorter product innovation cycles with ever greater product variety. Conditions, which has led companies to seeking more flexible production systems able to accommodate both multiple product variants and even multiple product generations without…
Read MoreEducational framework
This document expresses the Educational Framework approach within the Erasmus+ project Transforming Educational programs For Future Industry 4.0 Capabilities (TEFFIC). The project addresses a need to develop new approaches to education to match technological convergence in the industry, where new ways to integrate systems enable new products, processes, and business models.
Read MoreIndustry analysis
This document lists the findings and provides an overview of the identified industrial needs relating to: “how to work with future industry 4.0 capabilities.” The industry analysis includes a number of different deliverables, which in coherence creates the foundation for thecurrent report. Each of deliverables have been reported separately, and will hence only be brieflysummarized…
Read MorePartner analysis
This document provides an overview of the educational analysis (internal analysis) of the partner institutions related to Industry 4.0 capabilities. The findings of this report demonstrates the opportunities and challenges at the educational institutions relating to industry 4.0 (I4.0) capabilities. It contributes to depict, how partner institutions are dealing with I4.0 challenges and handling the…
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