New Approach to Knowledge Transfer Environment Development

Contemporary teaching, research and process innovation is directly connected with most up-to-date information, solutions and testing opportunities. In process analysis, improvement or re-organization for production planning, supply chain engineering, production or transport logistics, knowledge-driven innovation derives from best opportunities of testing and simulations. In the era of information technology, the computer-based simulations are tools of teaching and planning. The cooperation of both academia and businesses are at the same time valuing the opportunity of hands-on practicing and visualizations, prototyping processes and having physical demonstrations of planned processes. The current research focuses on combining digital and hands-on approach towards interdisciplinary business-case-solutions in development of modern knowledge transfer organization for students delivering solutions of process simulations in Logistics and Supply Chain Engineering, Production Planning or Factory Development. The renewed environment providing input for knowledge-based supply process development and production planning is the Innovation Lab of Logistics and Supply Chain at Tallinn University of Technology. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.