Sustainable Corporate Development

BRAGECRIM - Development of Learnstruments for ensuring the transition of Brazilian and German manufacturing companies to Industry 4.0

Motivation

German and Brazilian manufacturing companies have a long tradition of cooperation with highly interconnected value networks. To ensure their competitiveness in an increasingly globalized world, the horizontal integration of their production chains must continuously adapt to new innovations. Industrial value creation in Germany is currently characterized by the development toward the fourth stage of industrialization, known as Industry 4.0. The disruptive innovations towards an Industry 4.0 have a significant impact on the manufacturing industry by establishing an interplay of smart factories, smart products and smart services embedded in an Internet of Things and Services, also called industrial Internet. To enable the benefits of Industry 4.0 for German-Brazilian value networks, the application of the new technologies of Industry 4.0 must be realized consistently across the entire production chains. To this end, a transfer of knowledge about the essential principles of Industry 4.0 must be organized from Germany to Brazil.

Objective

The aim of this project is to achieve this knowledge transfer by developing and implementing learning tools for Industry 4.0. Learning tools are artifacts that automatically demonstrate their functionality to the learner. They can be used in the classroom or directly in the workplace and aim to increase learning and teaching productivity in engineering education. The learning tools enable knowledge transfer of Industrie 4.0 production principles in vocational, higher and technical education to trainees, students and employees for work in future production environments. As a first outcome, this project provides synergies for both countries: in Brazil through access to the latest manufacturing technologies and innovations of Industrie 4.0, and in Germany through the efficient and effective horizontal integration of Brazilian factories into value networks. As a second outcome, this project prepares trainees, students and employees in Brazil and Germany to work in an Industrie 4.0 manufacturing environment. This outcome thus directly contributes to meeting the continuous demand for future engineers and highly skilled employees for the manufacturing sector in Brazil and Germany.

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Contact

Dr.-Ing. Bernd Muschard
+49 (0)30 314 24457
Room PTZ 340
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