Eberhard Abele – författare

This book presents the state of the art of learning factories. It outlines the motivations, historic background, and the didactic foundations of learning factories. Definitions of the term learning factory and an updated morphological model are provided as well as a detailed overview of existing learning factory approaches in industry and academia, showing the broad range of different applications and varying contents in all continents. International learning factory best-practice examples are presented in detailed and structured manner. The state of the art of learning factories curricula design and their use to enhance learning and research as well as potentials and limitations are presented. Further research priorities and innovative learning factory concepts to overcome current barriers are offered. While today numerous learning factories have been built in industry (big automotive companies, pharma companies, etc.) and academia in the last decades, a comprehensive handbook forthe scientific community and practitioners alike is still missing. The book addresses therefore both researchers in production-related areas that want to conduct industry-relevant research and education, as well as managers and engineers in industry, who are searching for an effective way to train their employees. In addition to this, the learning factory concept is also regarded as an innovative learning concept in the field of didactics.

Global production and purchasing operations create a platform for entry into new markets. However, it takes considerable effort to plan and implement a sustainable globalization strategy; this book will help in that task. The wealth of experience and analysis featured in this book is the result of an extensive survey among leading manufacturing companies as well as countless discussions with executives who have personally wrestled with the issues of "going global." The book treats the whole range of management challenges.

In breadth and depth, the insights it offers surpass what a manager or most individual companies could acquire on their own.

Anhand konkreter Fallbeispiele wird die Umsetzung des EcoDesigns in der industriellen Praxis unter verschiedenen Aspekten aufgezeigt. Praxisnah und nachvollziehbar finden sich hier die Ergebnisse eines DFG-geförderten Forschungsbereichs an der Technischen Universität Darmstadt, in dem in Kooperation mit namhaften Industrieunternehmen das EcoDesign nachhaltig in deren Unternehmenspraxis umgesetzt wurde.Das Buch zeigt die Erkenntnisse aus den Projekten im Hinblick auf den Umgang mit zukünftigen rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen, die Implementierung des EcoDesigns in die täglichen Unternehmensabläufe, die Entwicklung umweltgerechter Energiespeicher für Kleingeräte, die Erstellung und Anpassung von Arbeitsmitteln für Investitionsgüter, die Umsetzung der ökologischen Produktbeurteilung auf Grundlage von Standardsoftwaresystemen sowie die Gestaltung der Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle für eine umweltgerechte Bedienung des Produkts. Darüber hinaus bietet ein Umsetzungsleitfaden eine Orientierungshilfe für die Anwender des EcoDesigns in der Praxis.