Industry 4.h Chair

Many industrial companies have already extensively digitized their factories, though to varying degrees. This has had a significant impact on the transformation of work, the evolving skill sets required, team management, and human-machine collaboration. While there are many broad initiatives designed to support Industry 4.0 in general, very few address the human challenges of this transformation—challenges that are, in fact, major.

In this context, the Industry 4.h Chair, launched in April 2022, aims to address the human and managerial challenges arising from the transition to the industry of the future—one that is sustainable and serves society.

The ultimate goal will be to provide the industrial ecosystem with methods and a framework for updating skills—based on research and collaboration between academic institutions and industry—that will enable the design of sustainable Industry 4.0 organizations and training programs.

What sets the Industry 4.h Chair apart is its integration of the perspectives of industrial engineering and management sciences: understanding and supporting the performance of industrial processes—particularly through technology and its interfaces with humans—while drawing on the engagement and skills of employees and managers to contribute to overall performance.