Lean Learning Factory

Abstract

Globalization has created new enormous challenges for today’s enterprises. It also presents opportunities, not only threats. The challenge is to succeed in a turbulent business environment where all competitors have similar opportunities, and where customer wants personalized product. The success can be initiated by a continuous cooperation among economies, research institutions and regional administration that goes beyond conventional limits. On the other hand, employees and its competences play a strong role in enterprises survival. Therefore, improving an education approaches for students as a future employees and utilizing Life Long Learning (LLL) for current employee increases analytical and theoretical knowledge of design, manufacturing, business realities, and professional skills. The Learning Factory’s mission is to integrate those needed knowledge into the engineering curriculum. Therefore, Lean Learning Factory at FESB (University of Split) is in continuous developing process to support practice-based engineering curriculum with possibility of learning necessary tools and methods, using real life and didactical equipment.