Industry 5.0 and the associated transformation into Society 5.0 require a complete realignment of the skills required of the engineers of tomorrow. Thereby, the pre-dominant and policy-driven drivers of digitalization, and sustainability in particular, demand a complex variety of enhanced special competencies (e.g., lean thinking, data science skills) and transversal competencies from engineers working in manufacturing companies which must be systematically developed and continuously expanded. Since methodical approaches to systematic competence development in the environment of Industry 5.0-related engineering education are scarce, this article develops a competence profile for industrial logistics engineering education as an example of Industry 5.0-related vocational education and training initiatives. After elaborating on the relevant theoretical aspects of systematic competence development in adult education, an exemplary competence profile for industrial logistics engineering education is developed. Moreover, this paper presents a preliminary investigation of the impact of competencies on job performance and job satisfaction. The research results serve as a basis for the development of new teaching and learning concepts as well as for the investigation of causal relationships between competence-orientation and individual performance for industrial engineers in manufacturing enterprises.

Industry 4.0 mainly focuses on the application of modern technologies (digitalization) and the changing role of human beings (digital transformation) in modern production and logistics systems. Besides the basic principles of digitalization, interconnectivity, and autonomization, the importance of human-centered decision-making processes, such as the selection of strategic suppliers, is also increasing, as complex, novel, and unstructured decisions cannot be fully computerized. In this context, there is still a lack of understanding of which formal patterns in the strategic supplier selection process will lead to better supplier performance. Until now, most of the literature emphasizes a minor number of process-related factors in the strategic supplier selection process leading to limited support for the individual decision-maker. This study introduces a cause-effect model that extends prior research by investigating the impact of process formality, as a comprehensive measurement construct of target-, information-, organization-, and heuristics-related process factors in the strategic supplier selection process on supplier performance and purchaser satisfaction. Based on the usage of variance-based structural equation modeling in a large-scale field study, a significant relationship between process formality and supplier performance as well as between process formality and purchaser satisfaction is substantiated.

A multitude of European strategic development papers and policies highlight the importance of equipping people with 21 st-century skills (e.g., the paper "Towards a sustainable Europe by 2030", the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, the industrial strategy for Europe and the small and medium enterprise (SME) strategy, the Commission Recommendation on Effective Active Support to Employment (EASE), and the European Education Area). The main goal is to enhance skills and competences mainly in the areas of circular economy and digitalization. Therefore, to foster further economic development and competitiveness in Austria, adaptations in higher education towards green and digital transition are needed. Furthermore, given the important role that industrial engineering and management (IEM) graduates play in the economic, societal, and environmental development of society, through innovations and technology applications, a special focus should be placed on the up-to-date education of IEM students. In this paper, the requirements for future IEM graduates were surveyed within the framework of the Austrian IEM study. The job profile study is conducted by the Austrian Association of Industrial Engineering and Management (WING) every four years to identify trends and developments in the IEM discipline. Thus, a transparent insight into the educational content and training opportunities and the possible occupational fields and functions should be ensured. The results can be used as a starting point for potential professionalization efforts. For the methodological approach in this study, both secondary data research and primary data from a questionnaire survey were combined to be able to incorporate literature-based findings and empirically collected data into a future competence profile. As part of the secondary data analysis, all Austrian higher education

The necessary focus on sustainability issues, especially concerning tertiary engineering education at universities, has increased massively in recent years. On the one hand, the European Commission aims at a long-term examination of sustainability concepts and concrete implementation measures (e.g., Agenda 2030) with concrete initiatives (e.g., Green Deal. On the other hand, there is also a need for reform in the education system to equip the engineers of tomorrow with the necessary competencies for the use and implementation of these measures. This paper presents a model curriculum for a postgraduate master's programme on circular economy in the extractive industry based on a curriculum search and primary data collection in the extractive industry.