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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| 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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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-83c5f6d29798467798b9679c81641d972022-12-21T22:57:12ZengEstonian Academy PublishersProceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences1736-60461736-75302021-11-0170437438210.3176/proc.2021.4.0210.3176/proc.2021.4.02Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit conceptGiorgio Colombo0Geza Heidegger1Peter Kovacs2Vladimir Kuts3Kashif Mahmood4Gianfranco E. Modoni5Tauno Otto6Johan Stahre7Walter Terkaj8Marcello Urgo9Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, ItalySZTAKI – Institute for Computer Science and Control, Budapest, HungarySZTAKI – Institute for Computer Science and Control, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia; Corresponding author, vladimir.kuts@taltech.eeDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaInstitute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing – National Research Council of Italy, Giovanni Amendola 118, 70126 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, SwedenSTIIMA-CNR, Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, ItalyThe 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.https://kirj.ee/wp-content/plugins/kirj/pub/proc-4-2021-374-382_20211101083152.pdfdigital toolsproduction engineeringvirtual learning factorymanufacturing systems. |
| spellingShingle | 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 Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences digital tools production engineering virtual learning factory manufacturing systems. |
| title | Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept |
| title_full | Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept |
| title_fullStr | Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept |
| title_short | Advancement in production engineering education through Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit concept |
| title_sort | advancement in production engineering education through virtual learning factory toolkit concept |
| topic | digital tools production engineering virtual learning factory manufacturing systems. |
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