Understand Automation Assessment and Adoption Methodologies

Understand Automation Assessment and Adoption Methodologies (40 hours) Skills Course Reference Number: TGS-2021009266 This training course aims to train and guide key personnel of companies to apply effective automation solutions to address the challenges in manpower constraints, rising competition, and low productivity. The course teaches the participants the methods for identifying the bottleneck processes and more importantly the skills for determining the suitable automation solutions. Cases relevant to company’s interests will be used to enhance the understanding of the methods. After the training, the participants are expected to be able to identify areas for implementing suitable automation solution for achieving their company’s business objective. Why This Course • Designed specifically based on local industry demand • Highly practical and intensive • Latest knowledge and up-to-date automation technology • Case studies highlighting industrial automation applications • Expert trainers in the field with industrial experience Who Should Attend This module is designed for production managers, supervisors, production engineers, automation engineers, automation system developers, and other professionals involved in production planning, process and line automation from the industries including precision engineering, electronics, aerospace, food, logistics and marine & offshore. Upon Completion of this Course Participants will be awarded with a Statement of Attainment by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) after they have attended and attained competency in the Singapore Skills Framework training modules. When & Where Please visit our website at www.a-star.edu.sg/SIMTech/KTO for the course schedule and training venue. LEARN PRACTISE & IMPLEMENT™

What You Will Learn Automation Planning • Automation goal setting • Process scoping • Hot spot identification Automation Assessment Method • Principle of decision making • Process decomposition • Impact factors ranking • Practice: Hands-on for process scoping for actual or past cases Identification of automation alternatives • Concepts of design for automation • Approaches for cost effective automation • Practice: Hands-on for critical survey of automation solutions Determination of automation solution • Practical considerations for automation implementation • Application of multi-criterial decision-making method • Practice: Hands-on for automation solution identification About the Trainers Dr Lin Wei’s research interests are in industrial robotics for precision process and material handling automation. He has been a technical and project leader for over 50 major industrial automation projects for the precision engineering, aerospace, electronics, logistics and marine & offshore industries. Currently he is a Senior Scientist in SIMTech's Adaptive Robotics and Automation Group. Mr Chow Siew Loong is a Principal Research Engineer and team leader for the Engineering and Instrumentation Unit with SIMTech’s Manufacturing Automation Division. His research interests are in mechanical and conceptual designs, automation and the implementation of cost-effective instrumentation and sensors. He has been teaching mechanical design and automation courses since 2015 that focus on technical areas and non-technical areas such as IP, commercial and technology intelligence. Dr Luo Hong is a Senior Research Engineer with SIMTech. Since 1999, she has been engaged in sensing and automation-related research areas such as welding process automation and vision-based on-line monitoring, and vision and force control for micromanipulation. Presently, she focuses on 2D/3D data analytics for object recognition and 3D pose localisation in material handling applications, and deep learning of phased array ultrasonic data for the automation of weld flaw detection. Course Fee and Funding • The full course fee for this module is S$4,000 before SkillsFuture funding & GST. • All Singaporeans, Permanent Residents and Long Term Vist Pass Plus Holders aged 21 years and above can enjoy SkillsFuture funding of up to 70% of the course fee. • Singaporeans, Permanent Residents and Long Term Vist Pass Plus Holders who are employed and fully sponsored by SMEs can enjoy SkillsFuture funding support of up to 90% of the course fee under the Enhanced Training Support for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) scheme (ETSS), subject to eligibility criteria. • Singaporeans aged 40 years and above can enjoy SkillsFuture funding of up to 90% of the course fee under the SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy. • Singaporeans aged 25 years old and above are eligible for SkillsFuture Credit which can be used to offset course fees (for self-sponsored registrations only). For more information about the funding, please visit SkillsFuture Singapore website at www.ssg.gov.sg SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY For technical enquiries, please contact: Knowledge Transfer Office Dr LIN Wei 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-04, Singapore 138634 Email: [email protected] Tel: (65) 6590 3193 :: Email: [email protected] Website: www.a-star.edu.sg/SIMTech/KTO 10/2021