Interactive learning activities for education of factory level order-to-delivery process

Abstract

This paper presents interactive learning activities on both individual exercises and course implementations. The main objective is to enrich the education of production engineering both on bachelor and master level studies. The learning activities are focused on the order-to-delivery process on a factory floor as well as the related planning and scheduling tasks. The theoretical topics of the education are explained as a base for the topics of the learning activities. The core of the learning activities is a simulation model and several exercises are conducted using the simulation environment. Additional activities are added to the simulation environment to bring interactive elements to individual exercises. Similarly, the interaction elements in the course implementations are discussed. These topics are elaborated from the viewpoints of the current education and possibilities for the future development.