This course will show you the global transformation in how products are designed and manufactured. Digital manufacturing and design (DM&D), a shift away from paper-based manufacturing processes, is driving this transformation. This course will help you understand DMD and its impact on careers, practices, and processes in large and small companies.
This course will help you to understand and appreciate the role technology plays in this process. Technology we use every day, whether it's communicating with friends, buying products, or streaming entertainment, can have a positive impact on design and manufacturing. This will make workers and companies more productive, competitive, agile, and productive. As new career opportunities in advanced manufacturing develop, you will see how this new approach to product design makes companies more responsive and engages employees.
Lectures, readings, and discussions will all be used to convey the main concepts of this course.
This course is the first in the Digital Manufacturing & Design Technology specialization. It explores many facets of the "Fourth Revolution" of manufacturing, also known as Industry 4.0. The culminating project involves the creation of a roadmap for achieving a professional goal related to DMD. To learn more about the Digital Manufacturing and Design Technology specialization, please watch the overview video by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser: https://youtu.be/wETK1O9c-CA
