Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPTResearch Project "reQenrol"
Employee flexibility as a success factor
Up to now, quality-oriented workforce planning has not been comprehensively supported by established software systems, so that paper- or Excel-based qualification matrices typically serve as the basis for planning. This makes workforce planning complex and requires time-consuming manual maintenance of the data basis. At the same time, the selection of training measures is often not targeted and is not sufficiently oriented to actual training needs. This is particularly critical for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are dependent on the flexible deployment of their employees due to a shortage of skilled workers.
Making staff more flexible by using competence-based workforce scheduling and training
The aim of the FQS-funded research project "reQenrol" is to enable manufacturing companies to systematically improve the flexibility of their employees. In the course of the project, an assistance system is to be developed that supports competence-based workforce scheduling and work-related training in production. For personnel scheduling, the system provides recommendations for a competence- and quality-based allocation of employees to various activities. In addition, required training materials are selected and provided to employees via smart devices in order to close gaps between actual and target qualifications through efficient on-the-job training. The system records the increases in competencies achieved and updates the employees' competency profiles on an ongoing basis.
The planned functionalities of the assistance system include:
- a partially automated, competency-based deployment and training planning,
- a process construction kit for company-specific process definition and creation of training documents,
- the integration of smart devices for work-related employee training,
- the recording and feedback of competence developments,
- Connection options to existing production IT systems (e.g. ERP, MES and CAQ)
Final Report
The final report of the IGF project can be obtained from Maximilian Motz.
Conceptual image of the research project “reQenrol“
Project Consortium
Research institutes:
- Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT
- Institute for Factory Installations and Logistics IFA
Project Support Committee:
- AIXEMTEC GmbH
- GTT Gesellschaft für Technologie Transfer mbH
- Magna International Stanztechnik GmbH
- oculavis GmbH
- Oerlikon Metco AG
- Wolfgang Doose Werkzeug-Vorrichtungsbau GmbH & Co. KG
Funding Information
The IGF project "reQenrol" of the research association FQS Forschungsgemeinschaft Qualität e. V. was funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action via the AiF within the framework of the program for the promotion of Industrial Collective Research (Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung IGF) on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag.
Funding Number: IGF 21842 N
