Learning for an agile manufacturing

Agile Manufacturing is built around the synthesis of a number of independent enterprises forming a network to join their core skills, competencies and capacities to be capable of operating profitably in a competitive environment characterised by unpredictable and continually changing customer demands. Central to the ability to form networks is a cooperative learning of all members of an enterprise. This is an understanding of a learning enterprise. The objective is to produce a solid framework or structure for organisational learning. The introduction of organisational learning in individual as well as networked enterprises in order to prepare for virtual enterprises is discussed. The establishment of continuing improvement of work and learning processes stabilise enterprises and are a precondition for a successful network.