A Teaching Concept Towards Digitalization at the LEAD Factory of Graz University of Technology

The ongoing digital transformation is offering significant potentials in the manufacturing industry. As a result, competences for digital technologies and their implementation are in great demand. In this context, a digitalization teaching concept has been introduced in the learning factory of Graz University of Technology. The aim of this paper is to identify competencies that will be required from the future workforce, to discuss if learning factories are suitable for transferring those competencies and to introduce a digitalization teaching concept. This teaching concept consists of alternating and complementary theoretical and practical training sessions. The training aims to enhance understanding of how digital technologies can improve the production process, how digital technologies and strategies can be implemented in a company, and how value is created with business models based on digitalization.

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