Y-Mas

Initial situation

The steadily growing manufacturing sector in Spanish-speaking Latin America faces the challenge of taking advantage of the opportunities presented by digitization and developing into central international production locations. However, this can only succeed if the heterogeneous national training and continuing education programs, which have so far been poorly coordinated with one another, are increasingly aligned with the needs of companies and if improved cross-border networking of the players can also be achieved. The aim is to develop concerted training programs that address the central issues of digital transformation in continuing education and, where appropriate, training.

Solution approach

Y-Mas offers dedicated training courses in the areas of maintenance, ergonomic work design, start-up management and industrial logistics. The courses are developed in an individually configurable blended learning approach for the target market and delivered on site. Special emphasis is placed on the development of a broadly effective cross-national continuing education network in order to be able to leverage the synergy potential of providers as well as potential customers much more effectively. Under the leadership of FIR e. V. at RWTH Aachen University, the consortium partners MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. and PEM Motion GmbH intend to make a further successful contribution to the internationalization of German training programs.

Expected result and benefits for the target group

With the Y-Mas offering, skilled workers, operational managers as well as trainers in Spanish-speaking Latin America will acquire valuable knowledge and skills in the subject area of production management and the active and sustainable design of digital transformation. In addition, the planned Y-Mas network, consisting of companies, industry clusters, associations, government organizations and training providers, will help to align training programs more closely with the needs of companies and to design and implement innovative learning paths for companies and their employees.