In the past, the industrial era of mass production and automation systems has become popular. With increased customer expectation, the market has turned into demand-driven. Unfortunately, this new trend of production increased the complexity of manufacturing process for enterprises, which increases the supply chain cost every year. This is also one of the problems that many industries are currently plagued. The digitalisation and automation of the supply chain enables companies to address the new requirements of the customers, the challenges on the supply perspective as well as the remaining expectations in efficiency improvement. Digitalisation brings about a Supply Chain 4.0, which will be faster; more flexible; more granular; more accurate and more efficient.

In Supply Chain 4.0, supply-chain management applies Industry 4.0 innovations—the Internet of Things, advanced robotics, analytics, and big data—to jump-start performance, and customer satisfaction
The course help you understand the importance of standardization and automation in the industry, and the trend and development of Supply Chain 4.0 unique identification of products and locations as the foundation of effective traceability, data analysis and warehouse management.

The course also explores the development of industry tools and resources to help you identify, capture and share product information, and showcase how IoT implementation promotes modernisation and enhances consumer journey through case sharing.