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The link between Industry 4.0 (I40) and lean manufacturing has recently gained significant popularity in both academia and industry. The implementation of I40 has been proved to be beneficial for lean programs, supporting lean practices and increasing the flexibility of lean. In this context, the present paper introduces i-FAB, a learning factory developed by Università Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC) to demonstrate the benefit of the adoption of I40 technologies in a lean managed assembly system. The paper provides details on the i-FAB lean tools, I40 technologies and the training modules developed for Industrial Engineering and Management students and executive learning programs, showing empirical evidence of the benefits linked to the implementation of I40 technologies in a lean managed assembly system.
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Cannas, V.G., Ciano, M.P., Pirovano, G., Pozzi, R., Rossi, T. (2020). i-FAB: Teaching How Industry 4.0 Supports Lean Manufacturing. In: Rossi, M., Rossini, M., Terzi, S. (eds) Proceedings of the 6th European Lean Educator Conference. ELEC 2019. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 122. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41429-0_6
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