Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept

The growing relevance of digitalization in production requires the enhancement of human skills and competences in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Higher education has to cope with this need by providing the necessary ICT skills to future industrial engineers, so that the...

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Autores principales: Giorgio Colombo, Geza Heidegger, Peter Kovacs, Vladimir Kuts, Kashif Mahmood, Gianfranco E. Modoni, Tauno Otto, Johan Stahre, Walter Terkaj, Marcello Urgo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:83c5f6d29798467798b9679c81641d972021-11-17T17:48:21ZAdvancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept1736-60461736-753010.3176/proc.2021.4.02https://doaj.org/article/83c5f6d29798467798b9679c81641d972021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://kirj.ee/wp-content/plugins/kirj/pub/proc-4-2021-374-382_20211101083152.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1736-6046https://doaj.org/toc/1736-7530The growing relevance of digitalization in production requires the enhancement of human skills and competences in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Higher education has to cope with this need by providing the necessary ICT skills to future industrial engineers, so that they have a good understanding of the complexity of industries in the 21st century. This paper presents the conceptual development and testing of a Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit (VLFT) that integrates digital tools used in production management with engineering education. The digital tools integrated into the VLFT can help students to exploit enabling technologies such as simulation and virtual reality in their manufacturing studies and practical projects with industrial companies. Moreover, digital tools were tested by using a structured workflow that consists of different learning activities related to manufacturing system configuration. Students practised the digital tools with the help of use cases in the form of joint learning labs, after which the studentsâ feedback was collected and analysed.Giorgio ColomboGeza HeideggerPeter KovacsVladimir KutsKashif MahmoodGianfranco E. ModoniTauno OttoJohan StahreWalter TerkajMarcello UrgoEstonian Academy Publishersarticledigital toolsproduction engineeringvirtual learning factorymanufacturing systems.ScienceQENProceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Vol 70, Iss 4, Pp 374-382 (2021)
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topic digital tools
production engineering
virtual learning factory
manufacturing systems.
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production engineering
virtual learning factory
manufacturing systems.
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Giorgio Colombo
Geza Heidegger
Peter Kovacs
Vladimir Kuts
Kashif Mahmood
Gianfranco E. Modoni
Tauno Otto
Johan Stahre
Walter Terkaj
Marcello Urgo
Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept
description The growing relevance of digitalization in production requires the enhancement of human skills and competences in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Higher education has to cope with this need by providing the necessary ICT skills to future industrial engineers, so that they have a good understanding of the complexity of industries in the 21st century. This paper presents the conceptual development and testing of a Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit (VLFT) that integrates digital tools used in production management with engineering education. The digital tools integrated into the VLFT can help students to exploit enabling technologies such as simulation and virtual reality in their manufacturing studies and practical projects with industrial companies. Moreover, digital tools were tested by using a structured workflow that consists of different learning activities related to manufacturing system configuration. Students practised the digital tools with the help of use cases in the form of joint learning labs, after which the studentsâ feedback was collected and analysed.
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author Giorgio Colombo
Geza Heidegger
Peter Kovacs
Vladimir Kuts
Kashif Mahmood
Gianfranco E. Modoni
Tauno Otto
Johan Stahre
Walter Terkaj
Marcello Urgo
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Geza Heidegger
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Kashif Mahmood
Gianfranco E. Modoni
Tauno Otto
Johan Stahre
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Marcello Urgo
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title Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept
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