A "made in Germany" modular game for embracing the smart factory concept, and gaining support from the ground up. 

Aim:
Preparing your factory for Industry 4.0

​Target audience:
Floor Management, Team Leaders, R&D. & Middle Management

Players:
6 - 12 per box
6 - 200 per event (multiple boxes)

Tags:
Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0

Board Game + Workshop

6 - 200 participants

4 hours +

order with facilitation

Aim

The Programme aims to:

• develop your employees' common understanding of digitalisation
• offer understanding of the effects of digitalisation on the company (e.g. digital value chains)
• enable your employees to assist the management in driving positive digital change withing the company
• provide hands-on knowledge about digital impacts on the workplace and
• promote interdisciplinary thinking

Modules

The Programme consists of 3 modules:

1. Understanding digitalisation - fundamental notions & concepts of the Industry 4.0, workshop with the simulation game "Smart Factory"
2. Initialising Digitalisation - Smart-Factory Ideation Map: self-directed ideation combined with idea-sparring
3. Shaping Digitalisation - Concretisation of ideas, presentation

Target Audience

The Programme is designed for team leaders, floor management and middle management, with emphasis on production companies.

A Selection of References

• Siemens
• Kärcher
• Audi
• China Railways
• AHK - German-Slovene chamber of Commerce

Authors:
Dr. Bernhard Albert (Foresight Solutions) and André Winzer (Schaltzeit GmbH)

Game Material

Picture 1: A top down look at the table

Picture 2: The players play the game with a mix of resources management, investments and outside events

 

Runs

Modules	Run Tech	Duration	Goals
1	Understanding Digitalisation	7-8h	One full-day training. Addressing changes that come with Industry 4.0 from the participants' perspectives and situations and the effects that digitalisation has on them.
2	Initialising Digitalisation	4-6h	Detecting HotSpots for digital change in business. Participants develop independent ideas and use facilitators as sparring partners. This runs through the course of two weeks.
3	Shaping Digitalisation	4h	Helping participants refine and finalise their ideas. Completed ideas are discussed with management. The companies' actions in the context of digitalisation are then introduced in a way that employees understand how to support and act in accordance with the new strategy.