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PublicationPatterns for Resilient Value Creation: Perspective of the German Electrical Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic( 2021)
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PublicationEntwicklung eines Assistenzsystems zur Konfiguration und Implementierung von GPS. GPS-Einführung in KMU der Pharmaindustrie( 2020)The introduction of a Lean Production System (LPS) is a suitable means of enhancing competitiveness. For small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies such an introduction is a challenge due to industry characteristics. A methodology for the selection, configuration and implementation of suitable methods was developed and made available in the form of software to support the introduction of LPS in small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies.
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PublicationEffectivity of Learning Factories to convey problem solving competencies( 2020)The ability to solve problems in a structured way is an essential competence of people in a factory, from the shopfloor operator to the management level. This is already the case for established lean management approaches and is gaining relevance with the increasing complexity of production systems through progressive automation and digitisation. As learning factories have shown to be an effective approach for learning and teaching production-related topics in a practical manner, a learning module for the A3 problem solving methodology was implemented at an industrial learning factory. In order to continuously improve the learning and teaching productivity, the effectiveness of different approaches to convey the A3 methodology was investigated with over 100 participants. The results show that while the setting of learning factories can be used in a beneficial way for learning the A3 methodology, additional advantages regarding learning as well as process performance can be generated by including real und current content from the learner`s specific workplaces.
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PublicationImplementation with agile project management approaches: Case study of an industrie 4.0 learning factory in China( 2020)With the ""Made in China 2025"" strategy, the People's Republic of China intends to achieve a turnaround from a cheap production location to a technology pioneer, notably through digital technologies, which necessitates qualification of employees in Chinese production companies. To facilitate this, an Industrie 4.0 Learning Factory is being set up in Jiangsu Province, China. Against the background of a rapidly developing state of the art as well as cultural peculiarities of the Chinese target group, classical project management approaches quickly reach their limits. In order to address continuously changing framework conditions, approaches for an ambidextrous project management as well as agile technical-didactic development of the Learning Factory have been established. This enabled the early adaptation of the Learning Factory to the concrete target group of learners and faster realization of a train-the-trainer concept as well as the efficient execution of repetitive processes with rigid requirements.
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PublicationLearnstruments: Learning-conducive artefacts to foster learning productivity in production engineering( 2018)Learnstruments are artefacts, which automatically demonstrate their functionality to the learner. They can be used directly at the workplace and aim at increasing the learning and teaching productivity. The huge variety of design paths for Learnstruments requires a systematic approach for their development. A morphology for Learnstruments is introduced. Exemplary learning-conducive applications for manual assembly in international organizations like 3D-PDFs and a Smart-Assembly-Workplace are presented. They help avoiding assembly errors and improve productivity by providing interactive instructions to the learners. By implementing these along the morphology guideline, the consideration of important didactical and technical criteria is ensured.
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PublicationImplementation of lean production systems in small and medium-sized pharmaceutical enterprises( 2018)In order to ensure a sustainable supply of the population with affordable medicines, it is necessary to organize pharmaceutical production processes efficiently in terms of costs, process quality, time and flexibility. Lean Production Systems (LPS) have proved as an effective way to respond appropriately to these requirements. To date, the transfer of established models to the pharmaceutical industry and especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is difficult, because of special characteristics regarding production processes and regulatory requirements. At the same time, SMEs often lack the necessary knowledge to develop suitable LPS themselves. The paper describes Lean success factors and barriers and proposes an LPS implementation process taking into account the unique features of SMEs in the pharmaceutical industry. Special attention is given to the consideration of human oriented factors and the appropriate selection of Lean methods, which are aligned with business goals.
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PublicationLearning process planning for special machinery assembly( 2018)Special machinery manufacturers provide customer specific solutions. These specific solutions create tremendous challenges for employees during first assembly, erection at the customer site and future service activities. Especially in serial production, Learning Factories proved to be an effective solution to convey competencies for employees on how to improve production related processes. In special machinery, product specific competencies like working principle and built up of machines are additionally important. Therefore, to utilize the advantages of Learning Factories in special machinery it is necessary to shift the focus from processes to products. This results also in additional requirements regarding versatility of the technical infrastructure. A learning process planning approach which addresses requirements of special machinery assembly, has been designed. It was exemplarily applied for the knowledge transfer regarding the assembly process of an integrally geared compressor. As every product in special machinery is unique, learning process steps have to be adapted for each product. Therefore, a shorter assembly learning process is necessary to cope with continuing product innovations and customer requirements. Around a basic compressor casing that represents the least common denominator regarding product variety, specific interchangeable sub-assemblies for product variants are implemented that utilize digital content. This allows a fast adaption to different product variants.
