A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0
The food industry has recently faced rapid and constant changes due to the current industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, which has also profoundly altered the dynamics of the industry overall. Due to the emerging digitalisation, manufacturing models are changing through the use of smart technologies,...
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| author | Tugce Akyazi Aitor Goti Aitor Oyarbide Elisabete Alberdi Felix Bayon |
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| description | The food industry has recently faced rapid and constant changes due to the current industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, which has also profoundly altered the dynamics of the industry overall. Due to the emerging digitalisation, manufacturing models are changing through the use of smart technologies, such as robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, etc. They are experiencing a new phase of automation that enables innovative and more efficient processes, products and services. The introduction of these novel business models demands new professional skills requirements in the workforce of the food industry. In this work, we introduce an industry-driven proactive strategy to achieve a successful digital transformation in the food sector. For that purpose, we focus on defining the current and near-future key skills and competencies demanded by each of the professional profiles related to the food industry. To achieve this, we generated an automated database of current and future professions and competencies and skills. This database can be used as a fundamental roadmap guiding the sector through future changes caused by Industry 4.0. The interest shown by the local sectorial cluster and related entities reinforce the idea. This research will be a key tool for both academics and policy-makers to provide well-developed and better-oriented continuous training programs in order to reduce the skill mismatch between the workforce and the jobs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f220d7c8d6c47febd3faaec01e673fa2023-11-19T21:35:41ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582020-04-019449210.3390/foods9040492A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0Tugce Akyazi0Aitor Goti1Aitor Oyarbide2Elisabete Alberdi3Felix Bayon4Department of Mechanics, Design and Organisation, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, SpainDeusto Digital Industry Chair, Department of Mechanics, Design and Organisation, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, SpainDepartment of Mechanics, Design and Organisation, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, SpainDepartment of Applied Mathematics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48013 Bilbao, SpainSidenor Aceros Especiales, SLU, 48970 Bilbao, SpainThe food industry has recently faced rapid and constant changes due to the current industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, which has also profoundly altered the dynamics of the industry overall. Due to the emerging digitalisation, manufacturing models are changing through the use of smart technologies, such as robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, etc. They are experiencing a new phase of automation that enables innovative and more efficient processes, products and services. The introduction of these novel business models demands new professional skills requirements in the workforce of the food industry. In this work, we introduce an industry-driven proactive strategy to achieve a successful digital transformation in the food sector. For that purpose, we focus on defining the current and near-future key skills and competencies demanded by each of the professional profiles related to the food industry. To achieve this, we generated an automated database of current and future professions and competencies and skills. This database can be used as a fundamental roadmap guiding the sector through future changes caused by Industry 4.0. The interest shown by the local sectorial cluster and related entities reinforce the idea. This research will be a key tool for both academics and policy-makers to provide well-developed and better-oriented continuous training programs in order to reduce the skill mismatch between the workforce and the jobs.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/9/4/492skillsworkforcefood industryIndustry 4.0digitalisation |
| spellingShingle | Tugce Akyazi Aitor Goti Aitor Oyarbide Elisabete Alberdi Felix Bayon A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0 Foods skills workforce food industry Industry 4.0 digitalisation |
| title | A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0 |
| title_full | A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0 |
| title_fullStr | A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0 |
| title_short | A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0 |
| title_sort | guide for the food industry to meet the future skills requirements emerging with industry 4 0 |
| topic | skills workforce food industry Industry 4.0 digitalisation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/9/4/492 |
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