This report presents a perspective on the needs of companies and students towards Industry 4.0 development. 72 companies from Thailand (50) and EU (22) and 450 industrial engineering master students from Thailand (232) and Europe (218) participated in surveys. The main results show that, for Industrial Engineering, there should be considered three main technologies needed by industries: Big Data, Sensor and Mobile Devices. Each of these technologies was crossed with the main domains of applications needed by industries: Product Development, Production Technology, and IT-based Integrated Systems. The area considered more important to be developed in the curriculum is Big Data applied to production technology/systems, immediately followed by product development. Moreover, the results of data analysis of the questionnaires also show the high importance of transversal competences, both for industry and for students, being possible to identify the three most important as Adaptability and ability to change, Teamwork and Communication skills.
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