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Emerging Technologies in Operations and Supply Chain Management, 7.5 Credits

Ny teknik för logistik och verksamhetsledning, 7,5 Högskolepoäng

Established: 2025-02-27

Established by: Department of Engineering Science

Applies from: V26

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• show understanding of how development in digitalization techniques can be used in operations and supply chain management.
• show understanding of the concepts of Industry 4.0 and 5.0 and summarize their opportunities and challenges.
• show knowledge and understanding of how various digitalization techniques affect digitalization from a long-term and sustainable perspective.
• show understanding of the state of the art in research and in industry and the gap between these.

Competence and skills

• identify and analyze current research within Industry 4.0 and 5.0 linked to operations and supply chain management.
• discuss the importance and development of new technology for operations and supply chain management.

Judgement and approach

• problematize and assess the consequences of the development towards Industry 5.0.

Entry requirements

General entry requirements and approved result from the following course/courses: LOV600-Operations and Supply Chain Management or the equivalent.

The forms of assessment of student performance

Seminar with groupwise and individual oral presentation. Laboratory exercise in group. Group project assignment with group and individual oral presentation.

Course contents

Technical development, driven by Industry 4.0 (I4.0), aims to enhance logistics and operations management through digital technologies, increased process efficiency, and value creation. The digital transformation impacts the whole supply chain. Challenges related to implementations of novel technology, as well as requiring consideration of humans, management, structure, culture, and work processes. In response to the technology-centric focus of I4.0, Industry 5.0 (I5.0) emerged, emphasizing sustainable, human-centric, and resilient perspectives. I5.0 complements I4.0 by integrating human skills with advanced technologies, creating a symbiotic relationship between humans and machines.

This course focuses on understanding the relations between technical development and management to advance and transform logistics and operations. Given the rapid advancements of technology integration, the course addresses digital technologies in relation to human acceptance, trust, decision-making, and the need for up-skilling and re-skilling to to enhance logistics and operations management.

The main field of study of ​​industrial engineering and management includes industrial organization and operations management, logistics, purchasing, quality management, change management and knowledge management, with industrial marketing, financial management, business development and environmental technology as related subjects. Industrial engineering and management is defined as an interdisciplinary subject that integrates technical, organizational and economic perspectives to analyze, plan and improve resource management and business processes. The focus is on creating sustainable and effective solutions in complex systems taking into account technical, ecological, social and economic aspects from a holistic perspective. The main areas of emphasis within the main field of study of ​​industrial engineering and management at University West are knowledge management in logistics, development of Lean and agile systems with digitalization, resilience in supply chains, decision models for data-driven decision-making, operations management and quality and operations development. The subject has a strong applied and technical profile and addresses practice-relevant challenges for companies and organizations.

Other regulations

Course grading: F/Fx/E/D/C/B/A - Insufficient, Insufficient- more work required before the credit can be awarded, Sufficient, Satisfactory, Good, Very Good, Excellent

Course language: The teaching is conducted in English.

General rules pertaining to examination at University West are available at www.hv.se.

If the student has a decision/recommendation on special support due to disability, the examiner has the right to examine the student in a customized examination form.

Cycle

Second cycle

Progressive specialization

A1F - Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Main field of study

Industrial Engineering and Management