A Guide for the Food Industry to Meet the Future Skills Requirements Emerging with Industry 4.0

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Elisabete Alberdi¹  Tugce Akyazi²  Aitor Oyarbide²  Aitor Goti³  Felix Bayon⁴ 

[1] Department of Applied Mathematics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48013 Bilbao, Spain;

[2] Department of Mechanics, Design and Organisation, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Spain;

[3] Deusto Digital Industry Chair, Department of Mechanics, Design and Organisation, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Spain;

[4] Sidenor Aceros Especiales, SLU, 48970 Bilbao, Spain;

关键词: skills;    workforce;    food industry;    Industry 4.0;    digitalisation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/foods9040492

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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