Ohio Digital Thread Initiative II - Dayton Region

Smart Manufacturing - Ohio Digital Thread Initiative II

The Smart Manufacturing Ohio Digital Thread Initiative funded through the 2019 PDAC process has been used to leverage well-established government, industry, and academia relationships across Ohio, bringing the human together with the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) disruptive technologies of robotics, photonics, and trusted systems enabling a community of practice called the Digital Thread. An industry led team, partnered with the AF ManTech program has established relationships through Ohio's Community College's to address the key manufacturing skills gaps employers are facing through skilling, reskilling, and upskilling workers. A critical-thinking, digitally skilled, 21st century manufacturing workforce is the key for the competitiveness of Ohio. Core skills including data analytics and programming as the aerospace, defense, medical and automotive industries continue to evolve providing opportunities for Ohio's workers to obtain better than "living wage" jobs.

This follow-on PDAC (Smart Manufacturing Ohio Digital Thread Initiative II) request solidifies the role of the Community College in delivering agile training in I4.0 technologies at the speed of industry and sets the stage for a path to rapidly emerging I4.0x "Cobotics" concepts where technologies such as Augmented & Virtual Reality, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence join with the human mind and transition from the laboratory and classroom onto the shop floor as NextGen jobs.

Funding Request: $15,000,000.00

The 2019 funded PDAC Smart Manufacturing Ohio Digital Thread Initiative has positioned Ohio to operate in an I4.0 manufacturing environment. The initiative funding is allowing:

Loraine County Community College to:

? Graduate their first cadre from their Train the Trainer program upskilling high school teachers so they can teach the basics of Automation & Robotics

? Initiate the first round of pilots, garnering strong interest from local industry ? Offer Certificates with embedded micro-credentials that apply to Associates degrees ? Develop an Associate degree + 1 concept that links an Associate degree with an apprenticeship

program providing skilled I4.0 workers to local industries ? Offer a "practical baccalaureate degree" that enables rapid transition to high skilled I4.0 jobs.

Sinclair Community College and Clark State to:

? Work closely with school districts including the Dayton Regional STEM School, regional career centers, University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), and Wright State University to create stackable credentials for advanced manufacturing utilizing lasers, and photonics including Laser Welding, Marking and Micro-machining. Performed a detailed assessment of what capabilities small and medium sized manufactures will need to function in a Digital Thread supply chain.

? Provide broad training in Digital Literacy to SMM's to support implementation of a digital thread framework for smart manufacturing as well as tactical assistance to pioneering companies connecting data across their supply chain through a digital thread framework

Discussion: Manufacturing has changed dramatically. Many are unaware that manufacturing technologies/jobs are rapidly requiring full-fledged STEM skills. The shop floor from 1900 to today is vastly different. In the early 1900's workers predominantly worked at the data and information or "assembly line levels". The shop floor of the 21st Century will operate at the higher hierarchical knowledge levels of knowledge and wisdom ? where man and machine come together as one ? Cobotics ? to achieve product manufacture. Ohio's key differentiator in manufacturing has been in the area of precision manufacturing, which is at the very core now of an art and skill that Digital Engineering can more effectively enable as we continue to drive from I4.0 to I4.0x capabilities.

Why should Ohioan's care?

? Manufacturing is core to Ohio ? 3rd largest manufacturing state ? today driving towards #1 in the future through focused efforts such as Digital Engineering

? Digital skills moving from design and inspection ends to the full digital thread ? enabling greater throughput by existing workforce and systems

? Trained/available workforce is a huge limiting factor on regional job growth. Digital Engineering empowers workers to work at a higher knowledge level. One worker can now oversee the operation of up to 13 systems through autonomy and AI

? These are desirable, highly paid, highly rewarding jobs ? a sense of accomplishment through product creation

? Historically aerospace with its high-performance demands has been the vanguard in new processes and these processes flow to medical, automotive and energy sectors enhancing the quality of life for all

? This is perfect for a series of certificates--digital skills, CNC, welding, inspection, etc

Manufacturing has entered the digital age and includes the initial product design created in computer aided design (CAD), the development of process parameters and material selection, process monitoring and control during fabrication, and inspection of the finished part with precision vision systems - digitally. The World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2018 predicts the loss of 75 million jobs by 2022, and the creation of 133 million "new" jobs by 2022. These new jobs are not the traditional blue collar or whitecollar jobs of the past. These jobs are multidisciplinary in nature and will take advantage of man/machine synergies. These "NextGen" jobs require a workforce skilled in the high value tasks of reasoning and

decision making. In the traditional sense of data, information, knowledge and wisdom hierarchy, manufacturing facilities were designed/operated with the human working on redundant tasks, at the "data" level in the hierarchy. Future manufacturing facilities will utilize machines and algorithms to perform these redundant tasks at the "data" level and integrate the human into the system at a higher hierarchical "information" level. These highly satisfying, powerful "NextGen" Cobotics jobs will enhance the distinctive human skills of creativity, integration, thinking and discernment by linking those skills with the multidisciplinary nature of cyber-physical systems, interconnected networks of machines, cognitive computing, programming and man-machine operations. Ohio's higher education capabilities through regional career centers, and community colleges will deliver this understanding through hands-on, real-world pilot projects to Ohioans throughout the state.

The AF ManTech program established an industry led consortium with the 2019 PDAC Smart Manufacturing ? Ohio Digital Thread Initiative funding they received. The consortium is focused on ensuring that Ohio aerospace companies retain their leadership position in precision manufacturing of aerospace parts by working through the state community college system to skill, reskill, and upskill students and workers. Three community colleges were chosen to pilot the Digital Thread concepts with Lorrain County Community College, (LCCC), Clark State Community College, (CSCC), and Sinclair Community College, (SCC).

At LCCC, the creation of a dedicated I4.0 classroom has improved their partnerships with local High School and Career Tech Centers, enhancing their capabilities and offerings in I4.0 while engaging students on advanced manufacturing pathways earlier. Of special note is their Train the Trainer program that upskills high school teachers so that they can teach the basics of Automation & Robotics in high schools. The program, which includes a Capstone project with an "Externship" with industry, is open to all teachers, even those new to STEM. The program is heavily oversubscribed and additional funding will allow LCCC to create multiple training models that reach even more target groups as well as provide custom and ongoing training in I4.0 for local industry.

Clark State has worked closely with school districts including the Dayton Regional STEM School, regional career centers, University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), and Wright State University to create stackable credentials for the laser material processing and laser-based additive manufacturing. Clark State has developed a novel educational model where post-doc students in in physics, chemical physics, and engineering from WSU collaborate with instructors at Clark State and the Dayton Regional STEM School to develop training modules for the latest laser processing technologies. Having WSU postdocs interact with students from Clark State and STEM school students has exposed them to new career pathways in laser/photonics, metal additive manufacturing, laser material processing, material science, computer science, systems integration, and robotics. Students with an Associate degree that encompasses the skill sets outlined above are in high demand in Ohio and could work in industry or proceed onto more advanced education.

In today's "big data" world, most companies collect and use data to harness greater capability from their manufacturing processes. Companies wanting to build capacity to adopt increased digitalization must develop a strong data-driven culture. The attainment of data literacy and data empathy is foundational to a digitalization effort. To be data literate is to have the skills, knowledge, and abilities to read, write, argue, and communicate with data. To have data empathy

is to have an understanding of how data travels throughout the organization: how it is used, what systems and processes support it, the formats needed and what actions are derived from it. Recognizing that the transition to a data-driven culture is challenging for any company, especially the small to medium-sized manufacturing firms prevalent in the Dayton region, Sinclair Community College has initiated a set of pilot programs to guide local companies as they adopt digital technologies in incremental steps. Additional resources will enable SCC to develop scaled data literacy and data empathy awareness programs that lead to credentials that are industryrecognized and transportable.

Quality is fundamental to success in a global economy. Driving real and lasting improvements in quality requires expertise using cutting-edge metrology data. This includes data on materials, measurements, tolerances, manufacturability, performance, failure, and countless other things that can be measured. Data need to be connected and shared across the product lifecycle, from idea to design, to prototyping, to manufacturing, to testing, to service life. Finally, it needs to be well organized, fully analyzed and easily accessible via the "Digital Thread".

The Smart Manufacturing ? Ohio Digital Thread Initiative II focuses on developing the skills required by industry for the next generation of digital manufacturing workforce by skilling, reskilling and up-skilling workers through the principles of Problem-Based Learning focused on the rapidly emerging digital thread economy. Students and workers will solve real-world digital manufacturing problems provided by industry using state of the art precision digital manufacturing equipment and are exposed to careers in the disruptive technologies of additive manufacturing, photonics, trusted systems, autonomy and robotics as well as the significance of big data analytics to the manufacturing process.

Digital Learning Factory

If medicine has Teaching Hospitals for doctors, nurses, and medical technicians, why aren't there Learning Factories for engineers, technicians, and machine operators?

It is important that students are exposed to the latest in manufacturing technology. In many cases,

schools, colleges, and universities

become a repository for donated

equipment that is outdated. This is of

no value and results in students being

"trained in a museum". It is

important that students and industry's

workforce are trained on the latest

state-of-the-art equipment. This can

be quite costly and, in most instances,

when this new high-tech equipment is

located at a college facility it is

underutilized.

The Smart

Manufacturing ? Ohio Digital Thread

Initiative II will establish a pilot

program across Southwestern Ohio to

flesh out the Digital Learning Factory concept. A "distributed" Digital Learning Factory in the Miami Valley where schools share capabilities with other schools, industry partners, etc. will provide students access to state of the art I4.0 systems without duplicating resources. Through asset mapping and a scheduling app, state of the art I4.0 equipment will be made available for students and workers to secure training time on the latest equipment. It is envisioned that this will be established through an industry consortium which would provide payment to the equipment owner for consumables and operations cost leveraging the SOCHE and DAGSI Models. In addition, the ability to mix and match a wide range of capabilities across the Miami Valley will enable schools to quickly develop sets of micro-credentials that fit the unique needs of various manufacturing eco-systems.

Summary: Twenty-first century manufacturing requires a workforce educated in the STEM disciplines, but there is a shortage of qualified personnel to meet the manufacturing demands of the future. Additionally, the face of manufacturing is changing; it is not the dirty and noisy assembly line business of the past. It is now governed by the digital world; and in I4.0x it will be governed by integrating the human hands and minds with Cyber, Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy to take precision manufacturing to new levels of speed and perfection. The Smart Manufacturing ? Ohio Digital Thread Initiative II will continue the path of educating students, parents, workers and teachers in chemistry, physics, math, engineering, computer science, lasers, optics, robotics and leadership to provide a skilled, higher knowledge level NextGen workforce.

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