Experiences from 10 years LEAD Factory and a Roadmap for the Next Decade

Christian Ramsauer, Kai Rüdele*, Matthias Wolf, Markus Hammer

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Abstract

After three years of development, the first learning factory course was taught with 16 students in June 2014 at Graz University of Technology, Austria. What began as a small-scale assembly site to offer students hands-on training experience on the subject of lean production ten years later, is now a learning factory for Industry 4.0 and beyond. The learning content has been extended including digitalization, human-centered work design, sustainability, and agility or resiliency topics. Its equipment has been continuously updated, including small-scale production machinery and digital technologies. Consequently, also the name was changed to LEAD Factory to address all subjects and challenges covered in education, research, and industrial training. Just like real production systems, the LEAD Factory has to keep reinventing itself. This paper outlines the history of one of the first Austrian learning factories and frame plans for the near future.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLearning Factories of the Future - Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Learning Factories 2024
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 14th Conference on Learning Factories 2024, Volume 2
EditorsSebastian Thiede, Eric Lutters
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages3-12
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-65399-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jul 2024
Event14th Conference on Learning Factories: CLF 2024 - University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Duration: 17 Apr 202419 Apr 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume1060 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

Conference14th Conference on Learning Factories
Abbreviated titleCLF 2024
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityEnschede
Period17/04/2419/04/24

Keywords

  • action-oriented learning
  • competency development
  • didactic transformation
  • learning factory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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