The Learning Factory is a replica of a factory where students practically assimilate real world logistics processes and activities.
This year the product assembled was skating boards. With the aid of computer programmes, the students had to order all the separate, individual component parts; manage the inbound stock; plan assembling; and ensure its on-time release to different work stations.
ABOVE: Prof Gideon Horn and Prof Vera Hummel, HOD Logistics at the Business School at the Hochschule Reutlingen