How will factories look like in ten or twenty years from now?
Will production continue to move out of the most industrialized countries?
How can manufacturing be environmentally sound?
What will be the future relationship between suppliers and manufacturers in a globalized economy?

A group of 16 MIT students spent 10 days in Germany to discuss these questions with young Germany scientists and engineers from DaimlerChrysler and Siemens. They also got a look behind the scenes at the Mercedes Benz production facilities, investigated how cutting-edge machine tools are manufactured at Trumpf, and learnt Siemens' technological impacts on the production of beer in one of the Berlin's breweries.

Topics of DaimlerChrysler workshops and presentations.

Journal

Trip itinerary, student observations, and photos.

Participants

List of MIT, DiamlerChrysler, and Siemens participants.