One of the major challenges as we continue through the 21st century for industrial corporations and global companies will be a quick and flexible reaction to customer requirements in the digital age. Those who are able to act effectively can expect to be well prepared for the future.

“Here,” emphasises Tayfun Kaymakci, Head of the Learning Campus, the competence centre for training and qualification at ROI-EFESO, “the digitisation of products and processes plays a vital role. It offers many opportunities, but can become quite challenging if companies fail to properly address the topic of digitisation.”

Specialising in companies of discrete manufacturing, as well as the process industry (e.g. automotive, engineering, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods industry), ROI-EFESO is the leading management consultancy in the field of Operational Excellence and Industry 4.0. With more than 3,000 successfully implemented projects, the company’s experience is considerably broad in order to initiate and to sustainably establish digital transformation in organisations, and to thus prepare them for the industrial future.

Here, the mission of the ROI-EFESO Learning Campus is to convey practical know-how and to strengthen competencies for further development of processes, people and technologies in organisations. Kaymakci explains: “When we didactically prepare our training and content we pay special attention to a balanced combination of theory, practical elements and best practice; whereby, of course, we benefit from our broad practical experience. We know what works well and what doesn’t. For example, we specifically use the gamification approach in our Mobile Learning Factory in order to impart valuable knowledge about Lean Production and Industry 4.0 by means of learning simulations. In doing so, we provide the opportunity for learning through experience, which motivates the participants to apply their acquired knowledge at their own workplace. Next to our more than 70 training topics we also offer comprehensive services for companyspecific qualification. This includes, e.g., the analysis of competence needs, the development of learning paths, or the creation of Blended Learning Programmes relating to process, leadership and digital excellence.”

Kaymakci is convinced of the added value of the Learning Campus with regard to future challenges and summarises it as follows: “Qualification pays off! The earlier that professionals and managers build up valuable knowledge of digital transformation, the faster and stronger the company will position itself in the market. A shared understanding of processes, the ability to change as well as agility are important prerequisites for a successful transformation.”

TEXT: SILKE HENKELE