Global Education in Manufacturing GEM

1. Global Education in ManufacturingGEM

2. Global Education in Manufacturing • GEM (International project - IMS) • GEM-X (Regional project) • GEM-AUSTRALIA • GEM-EUROPE • GEM-JAPAN • GEM-USA

3. Intelligent Manufacturing SystemsIMS • International research collaboration covering several geographical regions • International and regional secretariats • Project endorsement • Each region funds its own participation • CCE – Consortium Co-operation Agreement

4. IMS Regions

5. GEM – GEM-X • Common objectives • Projects with same WP structure • Inter-regionally coordinated • Sharing of work • Exchange of results

6. GEM Objectives • Define and understand the needs of the manufacturing industry for training and education in manufacturing strategy on a global basis to comply with the concept of digital business and extended products • Develop detailed specifications for a manufacturing strategy curriculum focusing both manufacturing and business administration topics. This curriculum will provide a basis for a world standard. Selected modules will be tested in allIMS regions applying a modern IT-based delivery of training and education (web-based multimedia solutions).

7. Digital Business - Extended Products

8. The curriculum reflecting the new needs of the industry • Working with digital tools for communication • Working in a multicultural environment • Working in interdisciplinary, multi-skill teams • Sharing of work tasks on a global and around the clock basis • Working in an virtual environment

9. Products • A world standard curriculum in manufacturing strategy • Training courses for industry aiming at updating the human capital employed in industry • Education for a Masters degree in manufacturing strategy to be delivered by universities to students either on-campus or off-campus

10. Overall Strategy for Approach • Strong involvement of industry • Acknowledge cultural differences • Involve leading universities world-wide • Wide coverage in each region • Wide dissemination • Meet future industrial needs • Combine technology, business, management and entrepreneurship • Use IT to deliver on the job training

11. Measures of Success • That the curriculum meets the needs of industry for content and time and place independent delivery • That leading educational institutions adopts this as a standard curriculum • That GEM obtains commitment from sufficient international IMS partners

12. Partnership Structure

13. GEM-EUROPE Partners

14. GEM-EUROPE Partners cont.

15. GEM-JAPAN Partners

16. GEM-USA Partners

17. GEM-AUSTRALIA Partners

18. Role of Participants • Partner • Development work • Academic associate • Define needs • Comment on curriculum • Participate in demonstrators and workshops • Industrial associate • Secure industrial relevance • Define needs • Pilot testing of demonstrators • Comment on curriculum and participate in workshops • IFIP WG5.7 and other organisations • Commenting and dissemination

19. Learning Mechanisms • Kolbian learning model • Idea proposal • Experiment preparation • Experiment execution • Result analysis • Use of cases and best practices • Mixture of classroom learning and e-learning • Use of multimedia • Web-based learning management system (LMS)

20. Guiding Principles for Curriculum • Ensure a focus on a learning environment rather than a teaching environment • Highly focused on industrial needs with industry projects and ongoing involvement • Prepare participants to serve in the new economy and to be change agents • Award degree structures to participants based on industry needs as appropriate to each region and country • Linkages to IMS projects for collaboration, expertise and case work as appropriate • Ensure a viable business plan that shows sustainability and viability beyond the IMS project • IMS accreditation of the degree • Allow for multiple exit points for the student

21. Curriculum Structure proposal

22. Positioning of Academic Programme

23. Workplan Structure

24. GEM Results • A set of best industry practices and cases suited for training in manufacturing strategy based on input from enterprises • A survey of industry training and education needs in manufacturing strategy based on interviews input from all regions • A survey of existing manufacturing engineering curricula • A recommended pedagogic approach and delivery mechanism adapted to time and place independent training. The approach is verified through a demonstrator in project management delivered to companies in all regions

25. GEM Results (continued) • Specifications of a full international curriculum in manufacturing strategy published on a web-page and as a book including for each module a definition of: • Content defined as lecture topics for each lecture hour • Text-books and other training material connected to each lecture • Delivery mechanisms to industry and students for each course in each module • Examination, grading and credit transfer for each course in each module

26. GEM Results (continued) • Demonstration and testing of selected modules (at a total of 5 full course days) at partners, agents, industrial associates and possibly others in all participating countries as well as an industrial evaluation of the experience • An international industrial education workshop to confirm industrial needs and obtain support for a world standard for a manufacturing strategy curriculum • Extensive dissemination activities including. • External web-page • Journal papers • Conference papers

27. Inter-regional management structure

28. Inter-regional co-ordination • Discuss interfaces and common approach • Consolidate needs, results and experience from demonstrators • Exchange and amend results • Organise inter-regional workshops and training demonstrators • Define standard for documentation • Jointly disseminate results

29. Regional responsibility • Develop all results and documentation for their respective modules • Develop demonstrators to test pedagogic approach • Develop demonstrators for their modules to be tested in several IMS regions • Exploitation and dissemination within their area • Secure industrial relevance in their region

30. Exploitation • The universities involved will exploit the results by offering an updated engineering curriculum and applying modern pedagogic approaches based on the results from the project. • The industrial partner will offer the developed software product for administration and delivery of training in the open market. In addition it sees an opportunity for a consultancy in this field. • The research institute, often involved in change processes in industry on a consultancy basis, sees a business opportunity in offering short training courses.

31. Product distribution • The curriculum will be distributed free to all that have an interest. It will be available on GEM's homepage but will also be distributed to industry and via different networks and through the three tier structure • The test modules and demonstrators developed will be marketed by institutes and SW-vendors in all regions as well as the universities towards industry as short training courses using distance learning. • The universities involved will implement the curriculum in their education. The participating universities will develop the remaining modules in a joint co-operation and will co-operate to deliver a Master of manufacturing strategy based on distance learning and industrial co-operation.

32. GEM information • www.sintef.no/gem • GEM@sintef.no