Factory planning and operation
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Industrial value creation is the backbone of our prosperity. Factories play a central role in this as the places where this value creation takes place. Today, factories are confronted with a variety of challenges, e.g. urbanization, cost pressure, sustainability, adaptability and have long since abandoned their image as monotonous, simple working environments. Instead, they represent high-tech and constantly changing places in globally networked supply chains in which a variety of digital technologies are used. The digital transformation and the design of competitive factories require highly trained specialists with an engineering background who think in an interdisciplinary and networked way.
The aim of this course is to create a fundamental understanding of established and innovative digital methods for the planning and operation of modern factory systems. In particular, the focus is on the mutual influences of factory planning and factory operation to achieve adaptability. Triggers of planning cases and the importance of permanent planning readiness are discussed in order to link these fields of activity.
Moodle workspace
We implement a flipped classroom concept for this course.
The flipped classroom concept is an innovative teaching approach in which traditional teaching activities are reversed. Instead of teaching content in frontal lectures, students learn it independently and at their own pace using digital media, literature and interactive applications at home. To this end, students receive learning materials such as videos or texts in the form of microlearnings before the classroom session, which they work through independently at home. We use the on-site attendance time to deepen understanding and apply the content learned, e.g. through joint analyses, discussions, practical examples and in-depth exercises.
The flipped classroom concept offers great potential for improving the learning process and making it more active. This method promotes active learning and interactive collaboration in the course. The time on site is then used to deepen the knowledge in such a way that the time on site and in the group is used sensibly. In doing so, we promote a deeper understanding and the application of knowledge necessary for future professional practice.
Factory planning and operation: Challenging your knowledge!
In the course of an exciting case study that accompanies the lecture, you will deepen your knowledge through practical experience and on the basis of current issues. As part of a weekly face-to-face event (exercise accompanying the lecture), the learning content of the microlearning is deepened in the context of a case study accompanying the lecture (in-class). The case study tests all the content of the lecture using a consistent application scenario. The exercise enables students to put their acquired knowledge to the test in the challenges (coursework) that take place for the respective modules. Module-specific test tasks are provided via Moodle to monitor learning.
The coursework comprises the completion of four challenges (target planning and system load determination, process planning, resource and layout planning and dynamic planning). Furthermore, the lecture is enriched by practical insights in the form of guest lectures.
After completing the course "Factory Planning and Operation", students will be able to...
- internalize the basics of factory planning,
- recognize and classify the challenges in the environment of factory planning and factory operation (strategic environment analysis)
- carry out the phases of POV-FP (system load determination, process analysis, structure planning, resource planning, arrangement structure planning, control planning) and select and evaluate different planning concepts,
- understand the relationships between the phases of the POV-FP and analyze, evaluate and optimize them,
- classify the potential of innovative approaches from practice in the context of factory planning and operation,
...to plan and operate a factory taking into account the environment, process-oriented aspects and the use of key technologies (VR, digital twin).
Please note that participation in the written examination requires prior successful participation in the coursework. The details of the scope and form will be announced by the lecturer at the beginning of the course in accordance with examination regulations §8 para. 13 and 14.
The coursework comprises a total of four challenges, the content and time frame of which will be announced by the supervisors in good time during the course. At least three of the four challenges offered must be successfully completed in order to pass the course. Timely registration for the coursework is a prerequisite.
In line with the LFO work culture, we strive to continuously improve teaching for this and all our LFO courses, which enables student-centered, application- and practice-oriented skills development through innovative and active teaching formats. Therefore, innovative didactic methods such as flipped classroom and microlearning are used to achieve the learning objectives in this course and supplemented by elements of digital teaching in the context of, for example, preparation materials (microlearnings) and Zoom lectures that are regularly made available online.