Overview
- Presents the international state of the art on learning factories
- Teaches the reader how to use the concept for his/her company or research institute
- Makes an overview on best-practice examples easy to grasp experts in individual fields
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book presents the state of the art of learning factories. It outlines the motivations, historic background, and the didactic foundations of learning factories. Definitions of the term learning factory and an updated morphological model are provided as well as a detailed overview of existing learning factory approaches in industry and academia, showing the broad range of different applications and varying contents in all continents. International learning factory best-practice examples are presented in detailed and structured manner. The state of the art of learning factories curricula design and their use to enhance learning and research as well as potentials and limitations are presented. Further research priorities and innovative learning factory concepts to overcome current barriers are offered. While today numerous learning factories have been built in industry (big automotive companies, pharma companies, etc.) and academia in the last decades, a comprehensive handbook forthe scientific community and practitioners alike is still missing. The book addresses therefore both researchers in production-related areas that want to conduct industry-relevant research and education, as well as managers and engineers in industry, who are searching for an effective way to train their employees. In addition to this, the learning factory concept is also regarded as an innovative learning concept in the field of didactics.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Metternich studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt and received his doctorate in 2001. After his time as assistant of the CEO of TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH, he headed a production group at Bosch Diesel s.r.o. in the Czech Republic. He then took over the responsibility for the worldwide lean production system of Knorr-Bremse SfS GmbH, a manufacturer of systems for rail vehicles. Since 2012 he is directors of the Institute of Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools (PTW). Hisresearch interests include lean manufacturing and its digital upgrading, and the use of learning factories for competence development in manufacturing. He is the author and co-author of more than 200 articles and book chapters. He is also a member and past president of the International Association of Learning Factories (IALF) and the Scientific Society for Production Engineering (WGP).
Dr.-Ing. Michael Tisch studied industrial engineering with a technical specialisation in mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Until July 2018 he worked as chief engineer at the Institute of Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools at the Technical University of Darmstadt. In his research and in his doctoral thesis (2018) he dealt with the design of learning factories for lean production. Since 2018 he has been at MTU Maintenance Hannover GmbH, currently as a senior managerof a repair department for engine parts.
Dr.-Ing. Antonio Kreß studied industrial engineering with a technical specialisation in mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Until June 2023 he worked as a research associate and post-doc at the Institute of Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools at the Technical University of Darmstadt. In his research and in his doctoral thesis (2022) he dealt with the configuration of learning factories. Since 2023 he has been at Schunk Holding GmbH, currently as a senior manager for global operations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Learning Factories
Book Subtitle: Featuring New Concepts, Guidelines, Worldwide Best-Practice Examples
Authors: Eberhard Abele, Joachim Metternich, Michael Tisch, Antonio Kreß
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46428-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46427-0Published: 03 February 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46430-0Due: 06 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-46428-7Published: 03 February 2024
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 642
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 370 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial and Production Engineering, Engineering/Technology Education, Production