Sustainable Production Systems

MODULE DEVELOPED BY INGENJÖR4.0

Industrial Symbiosis

Ongoing
 2025-11-04

Time commitment
Approx. 4 hours per week over
5 weeks (20 hours in total)

Please note
A minimum of 10 participants is required
for the module to start.

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Learn how digital transformation enables global production, supply chains and production logistics

This learning Module will introduce you to global production, supply chains and production logistics, and how these are enabled by a digital transformation.
 
More specifically, the module on Global Production and Digital Supply Chains seek to increase the understanding of supply chains and internal logistics functions, in a global production context, using digitalization.
 
The module offers unique perspectives from experts and participants through continuous cross-company collaboration in learning teams that will broaden your learning network and support your work.

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The schedule

Start Date: 2025-10-21

Learning objectives

Describe the main principles of industrial symbiosis and give examples of different forms of symbiotic partnerships.
Describe and and discuss diverse benefits and potential risks of industrial symbiosis.
Explain and discuss multiple technical and non-technical development determinants and their interconnections.
Apply approaches and tools to identify and assess symbiotic development opportunities for your organisation/context and develop initial action plans for their realisation.

Module structure

The module includes a mixture of self study and reflections, taking initial steps towards exploring symbiotic development potentials for your businesses, and interactions and discussions with peers and learning facilitators. Among others, learners will follow narrated presentation, take surveys, contribute to discussion forums, conduct and present work specific to their organisations, and interact with their peers and learning facilitators.

Targeted participants
Industrial practitioners with responsibilities for development and management of business operations with an interest to increase productive use of diverse resources and reduce waste and emissions.

 

Content

1. Introduction to the module (40 mins)
2. The need for a resource transition and industrial symbiosis (155 mins)
3. Development determinants and dynamics (160 mins)
4. Approach and tools for developing symbiotic partnerships (120 mins)
5. Application - Industrial symbiosis for your business (700 mins)
6. Wrap up (25 mins)

 

Time commitment

To complete this module, the participant is expected to schedule approximately 4 hours per week over 5 weeks (20 hours in total).

Important

After applying to the program, please secure dates in your calendar to be able to join planned webinars and assure time available required for learning.

A unique module created in co-operation between academic partners

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