Categories: Plant Efficiency, Assembly Efficiency, Shop Floor Management, Tool Costs Participating employees: 1,181 What the teams excel at: High flexibility, strong team spirit and striving for perfection Number of lines: 6 (R4 Global Engine Flex cylinder crankshaft, R4 Otto Global Engine Line 2 crankshaft, R4 Otto Global Engine Line 3 crankshaft, V6/V8 Otto Audi Valve Lift System [AVS] cam unit, R4 Otto Global Engine engine block and complete engine assembly, V6 TDI engine block and complete engine assembly) Categories: Plant Efficiency, Assembly Efficiency, Shop Floor Management, Process Excellence, Tool Costs Participating employees: 140 What the teams excel at: Continuous improvement of their own performance, high motivation, goal: to increase productivity and exchange best practices Number of lines: 5 (MQ200 shafts ML1, MQ200 fixed gear GA hard machining, MQ200 gears Gearshift 1, MQ200 ML4 alu mech., MQ200 ML1) Categories: Plant Efficiency, Assembly Efficiency, Shop Floor Management, Process Excellence, Tool Costs Participating employees: 930 What the teams excel at: Highly motivated and competent team, high flexibility and simply clever solutions Number of lines: 10 (EA 211 engine as-sembly, MQ200 gearbox assembly, EA 211 cylinder head, R3 EA 211 crankshaft, MQ axle drive wheel, MQ clutch body, logistics, industrial engineering, maintenance, tool management) The Passat GTE shown is a near-production-ready concept car. The next application round for Faculty 73 will open in August 2019. More detailed information is available at www.fakultaet73.de or on the Volkswagen portals. profession of mechatronics engineer at the Braunschweig Chamber of Industry and Commerce. On the side, Dennis Scheffler studied for his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in technical management. “When I got into the program, my family and friends were very happy for me.” Now some of the people in his circle are interested in applying, too.