Title: PLM in a didactic environment: the path to smart factory

Authors: Joel Sauza Bedolla; Julian Mora Orozco; Álvaro De Jesús Guarín Grisales; Gianluca D'Antonio; Paolo Chiabert

Addresses: Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy ' Universidad Eafit, Carrera 49 # 7 sur-50, Medellín, Colombia ' Universidad Eafit, Carrera 49 # 7 sur-50, Medellín, Colombia ' Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy ' Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy

Abstract: Universities around the world are teaching PLM following different strategies but most of them are limited to design applications. This paper presents a didactic manufacturing plant where design and production are managed in a PLM environment. During the course, students are exposed to the complexity of managing the production of a modular chess set while at the same time they are asked to fulfil design requirements and meet production, quality and cost goals. Course description and the achieved results are analysed thoroughly. This is the first step to realise a 'learning by doing' modular course in smart factories: future practitioners must be skilled in this theme, which plays a key role for the worldwide competition. The path towards such a course is also presented.

Keywords: design management; production management; design process; evaluation; international standards; human-centred design; usability; PLM; product lifecycle management; smart factories; manufacturing education; learning by doing; modular courses.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPLM.2016.080984

International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 2016 Vol.9 No.4, pp.333 - 352

Received: 06 Mar 2016
Accepted: 25 Sep 2016
Published online: 13 Dec 2016 *

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