further education

In the context of Industry 4.0, learning factories are important places for company-based learning. Studies show that they have continued to develop since their emergence and are no longer limited to vocational and academic education. This leads to the question of how much the concept of the learning factory represents an innovative approach to further training in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This article focuses on three selected learning factories relevant to continuing education that were analyzed using qualitative methods with regard to their concepts and cooperation. The findings are embedded in a theoretical framework that links the scientific discussion on learning locations and educational cooperation. The empirical findings from three learning factories illustrate relevant learning locations for continuing education in SMEs.

The shortage of skilled labor is putting pressure on many manufacturing companies worldwide. While skilled labor is becoming scarcer in traditional industrialized economies, proper training is urgently needed in countries with high unemployment. But how to solve this challenge? Find out what makes learning factories so successful in this issue.

From today, convenient concepts have to be developed and opposed against prospective skills shortage in logistics companies. To make young adults interested in education and training in this field, a platform has to be designed, where all appropriate offers can be found. The development project “Competence Atlas for Logistics in the region of Bremen” worked on an application, which can be applied as well on a Multitouch-Table as in the Internet (www.Komptenzatlas-Logistik-HB.de). It is an exemplary platform that gives information in German and English to diverse target groups.

To prepare employees for structural changes within the organization is crucial for the competitiveness of an enterprise. Pretty often changes in an organization are enabled and driven by technological innovations, e.g. information and communications technologies. The arising information and qualification deficit of the employees has to be faced with respect to the changed organizational environment. In this article we describe how these effects can be faced with the methodology of business simulation games.

Globalization and structural change exert companies under pressure of permanent change and lead to tasks of increasing difficulty and complexity for executives and high-level personnel. Accordingly the job specifications change and own competences have to be adapted. A holistic approach of managing industrial processes and systems has to be achieved. In order to meet the demand of this lifelong learning of professionals the TFH Berlin offers together with DaimlerChrysler AG the distance learning master study programme Industrial Engineering. It has the intention to impart the knowledge and key skills for an innovative and creative industrial engineer