Preface
Empowering Production in the Face of Current Global Challenges
Contents
About the Authors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Challenges for Future Production
1.1 New Global Value Streams
1.2 Digitalisation of Value Streams and Artificial Intelligence
1.3 Uncertainty and New Pandemics
1.4 Scarcity of Natural Resources and Circular Economy
1.5 Learning and Knowledge Society
1.6 Demographic Change
1.7 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
2 Competences for Future Production
2.1 Importance of Competences for Competitiveness
2.2 The Concept of Competence
2.2.1 Knowledge
2.2.2 Qualification
2.2.3 Competence
2.3 Learning Targets in Learning Factories
2.3.1 Classification of Competences
2.3.2 Addressed Competences in Learning Factories
2.4 Competence Development and Learning Target Tracking
2.5 Learning Factories as Part of a Competence Strategy
2.6 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
3 Learning in Production, Learning for Production
3.1 Definition of Basic Terms and Notions
3.2 Historical Development of Work-Related Learning
3.3 Forms of Work-Related Learning for Production
3.4 Types of Perceived Learning Concepts in Production
3.5 Need for Learning Factories
3.6 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
4 Historical Development, Terminology, and Definition of Learning Factories
4.1 Historical Development of the Learning Factory Concepts
4.2 Terminology of Learning Factories
4.3 Definition of Learning Factories
4.4 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
5 The Variety of Learning Factory Concepts
5.1 Learning Factory Morphology: Dimension 1 “Operational Model”
5.1.1 Economic or Financial Sustainability of the Learning Factory Concept
5.1.2 Content-Related or Thematic Sustainability of the Learning Factory Concept
5.1.3 Personal Sustainability of the Learning Factory Concept
5.2 Learning Factory Morphology: Dimension 2 “Targets and Purpose”
5.3 Learning Factory Morphology: Dimension 3 “Process”
5.4 Learning Factory Morphology: Dimension 4 “Setting”
5.5 Learning Factory Morphology: Dimension 5 “Product”
5.6 Learning Factory Morphology: Dimension 6 “Didactics”
5.7 Learning Factory Morphology: Dimension 7 “Metrics”
5.8 Learning Factory Morphology: Dimension 8 “Research”
5.9 Database for Learning Factories
5.10 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
6 The Life Cycle of Learning Factories for Competence Development
6.1 Learning Factory Planning and Design
6.1.1 Overview Planning and Design Approaches
6.1.2 The IALF Approach to Competence-Oriented Planning and Design
6.2 Learning Factory Built-Up, Sales, and Acquisition
6.2.1 Analysis and Concept Definition for the Built-Up of a Learning Factory
6.2.2 Built-Up of Standardised Turnkey Learning Factories
6.2.3 Design and Built-Up of Customer-Individual Learning Factories
6.3 Learning Factory Operation
6.3.1 Offer of Learning Factory Trainings for Industrial Companies
6.3.2 Training Management for Learning Factories in Operation
6.4 Learning Factory Evaluation and Improvement
6.4.1 Quality System for Learning Factories Based on a Maturity Model
6.4.2 Evaluation of the Success of Learning Factories
6.5 Remodelling Learning Factory Concepts
6.6 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
7 Overview on Existing Learning Factory Concepts
7.1 Learning Factories in Education
7.1.1 Active Learning in Learning Factories
7.1.2 Action-Oriented Learning in Learning Factories
7.1.3 Experiential Learning and Learning Factories
7.1.4 Game-Based Learning in Learning Factories and Gamification
7.1.5 Problem-Based Learning in Learning Factories
7.1.6 Project-Based Learning in Learning Factories
7.1.7 Research-Based Learning in Learning Factories
7.1.8 Best Practice Examples for Education
7.1.9 Example: Learning Factories for Industrie 4.0 Vocational Education in Baden-Württemberg
7.1.10 MecLab—A Learning Factory for Secondary Schools
7.2 Learning Factories in Training
7.2.1 Developing Competences in Learning Factories
7.2.2 Best Practice Examples for Training
7.2.3 Success Factors for Learning Factories
7.2.4 Learning Factory Trainings as a Part of Change Management Approaches
7.2.5 Technology and Innovation Transfer in Course of Learning Factory Trainings
7.3 Learning Factories in Research
7.3.1 Learning Factories as Research Objects
7.3.2 Learning Factories as Platforms for Production-Oriented Research
7.4 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
8 Overview on Learning Factory Topics
8.1 Learning Factories for Lean Production
8.2 Learning Factories for Industrie 4.0
8.3 Learning Factories for Resource and Energy Efficiency
8.4 Learning Factories for Industrial Engineering
8.5 Learning Factories for Product Development
8.6 Other Topics Addressed in Learning Factories
8.6.1 Learning Factories for Additive Manufacturing
8.6.2 Learning Factories for Automation
8.6.3 Changeability
8.6.4 Complete Product Creation Processes
8.6.5 Global Production Networks
8.6.6 Intralogistics and Logistics
8.6.7 Sustainability
8.6.8 Worker’s Participation
8.7 Learning Factories for Specific Industry Branches or Products
8.8 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
9 Overview on Potentials and Limitations of Existing Learning Factory Concept Variations
9.1 Potentials of Learning Factories
9.2 Limitations of Learning Factories
9.3 Learning Factory Concept Variations of Learning Factories in the Narrow Sense—Advantages and Disadvantages
9.3.1 The Learning Factory Core Concept
9.3.2 Model Scale Learning Factories
9.3.3 Physical Mobile Learning Factories
9.3.4 Low-Cost Learning Factories
9.3.5 Digitally and Virtually Supported Learning Factories
9.3.6 Producing Learning Factories
9.4 Learning Factory Concept Variations of Learning Factories in the Broader Sense—Advantages and Disadvantages
9.4.1 Digital, Virtual, and Hybrid Learning Factories
9.4.2 Remotely Accessible Learning Factories and Teaching Factories
9.5 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
10 International Association of Learning Factories
10.1 History of the IALF
10.2 Mission of the IALF
10.3 Working Groups of the IALF
10.4 Conferences on Learning Factories (CLF)
10.5 Past Activities of the IALF
10.6 Wrap-Up of This Chapter
References
11 Best Practice Examples
11.1 Overview Best Practice Examples
11.1.1 Best Practice Example 1: 5G Learning Factory at AMTC, Tongji University, China
11.2 Best Practice Example 2: Aalto Factory of the Future at Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University, Finland
11.3 Best Practice Example 3: Additive Manufacturing Center (AMC) at TU Darmstadt, Germany
11.4 Best Practice Example 4: A Distributed Learning Factory with a Central Hub (SEPT LF) at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
11.5 Best Practice Example 5: Aquaponics 4.0 Learning Factory (AllFactory) at University of Alberta, Canada
11.6 Best Practice Example 6: Demonstration Factory Aachen DFA at WZL & FIR, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
11.7 Best Practice Example 7: Digital Capability Center Aachen Led by ITA Academy GmbH Aachen, Germany
11.8 Best Practice Example 8: Die Lernfabrik at IWF, TU Braunschweig, Germany
11.9 Best Practice Example 9: E|Drive-Center at FAPS, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany
11.10 Best Practice Example 10: ETA-Factory at PTW, TU Darmstadt, Germany
11.11 Best Practice Example 11: Fábrica do Futuro at University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil
11.12 Best Practice Example 12: FIM Learning Factory at Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
11.13 Best Practice Example 13: FlowFactory at PTW, TU Darmstadt, Germany
11.14 Best Practice Example 14: Globale Learning Factory at wbk, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
11.15 Best Practice Example 15: Global McKinsey Innovation & Learning Center Network (ILC)
11.16 Best Practice Example 16: Hybrid Teaching Factory for Personalised Education—Towards Teaching Factory 5.0
11.17 Best Practice Example 17: IFA-Learning Factory, Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany
11.18 Best Practice Example 18: Industry 4.0 Lab at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy
11.19 Best Practice Example 19: LEAD Factory at IIM, TU Graz, Austria
11.20 Best Practice Example 20: LEAN-Factory at Fraunhofer IPK, Germany
11.21 Best Practice Example 21: Lean Learning Factory at FESB, University of Split, Croatia
11.22 Best Practice Example 22: Lean School at Faculty of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain
11.23 Best Practice Example 23: Learning and Research Factory (LFF) at the Chair of Production Systems, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
11.24 Best Practice Example 24: Learning Factory (CUBE) at the Department of Design, Production and Management (Faculty of Engineering Technology), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
11.25 Best Practice Example 25: Learning Factory jumpING at Heilbronn University, Germany
11.26 Best Practice Example 26: Learning Factory of Advanced Industrial Engineering aIE (LF aIE) at IFF, University of Stuttgart, Germany
11.27 Best Practice Example 27: Learning Factory SUM Mostar, Bosnia, and Herzegovina
11.28 Best Practice Example 28: Lernfabrik für schlanke Produktion (LSP) at the iwb, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
11.29 Best Practice Example 29: Manufacturing Systems Learning Factory (iFactory) at University of Windsor, Canada
11.30 Best Practice Example 30: Model Factory @ Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore
11.31 Best Practice Example 31: MPS Lernplattform at Mercedes-Benz AG in Sindelfingen, Germany
11.32 Best Practice Example 32: Operational Excellence at Department of Engineering, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
11.33 Best Practice Example 33: Pilotfabrik Industry 4.0 at TU Wien, Austria
11.34 Best Practice Example 34: Process Learning Factory CiP at PTW, TU Darmstadt, Germany
11.35 Best Practice Example 35: Recycling Atelier Augsburg at the Institut für Textiltechnik Augsburg and University Augsburg for Applied Sciences, Germany
11.36 Best Practice Example 36: SDFS Smart Demonstration Factory Siegen at PROTECH, University Siegen, Germany
11.37 Best Practice Example 37: Smart Factory AutFab at h_da, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany
11.38 Best Practice Example 38: Smart Factory at SZTAKI (Institute for Computer Science and Control), Budapest, Hungary
11.39 Best Practice Example 39: SmartFactory-KL at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
11.40 Best Practice Example 40: Smart Mini Factory, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
11.41 Best Practice Example 41: Stellenbosch Learning Factory (SLF), Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
11.42 Best Practice Example 42: SZTAKI Industry 4.0 Learning Factory, Győr, Hungary
11.43 Best Practice Example 43: The Centre for Industry 4.0 at Chair of Business Informatics, esp. Processes and Systems, University of Potsdam, Germany
11.44 Best Practice Example 44: The Learning Factory at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA
11.45 Best Practice Example 45: The Purdue Learning Factory Ecosystem—Preparing Future Engineers, West Lafayette, USA
11.46 Best Practice Example 46: Werk150, ESB Business School, Reutlingen University, Germany
11.47 List of Contributors
References
12 Conclusion and Outlook
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