A “young’ colleague of mine recently sent me this article by AJ Sweatt. I had no idea that “gamification” had reached into manufacturing. Corporate giant Seimens has designed the game Plantville for the training of Plant Managers. They even have their own Youtube MultiMedia Room!
Quoting from the article; Improving The Image Of Manufacturing – Perhaps the best example you’ll find of a company creating & maintaining an app/game for promoting the image of manufacturing is Plantville from Siemens. The online game – playable from a desktop, laptop, or any portable device – simulates the Plant Manager experience by focusing players on solving several real-world, real-time plant challenges like product quality, lead times, inventories, quality, customer service, and others. The beauty of this application is in its authenticity – by presenting a realistic shop floor experience, it naturally attracts those with the interests and passions for manufacturing, AND it smells right to them. That is, they know they’re not being misled. And that’s key to the potential and influence this technology can have on the future US industrial posture – trust.