Abstract
The process industry is often characterised by complex, labourintensive machine set-up sequences. The cost of downtime and defective products can be very high, so an error-free machine set-up is required. The paper proposes a Visual Management (VM) and Augmented Reality (AR) approach to support the machine set-up training process, with the aim to mitigate the risk of errors and reduce the learning curve for operators. Together with the company GlobalWafers, a specific VM-AR-based machine set-up training was developed and pre-tested in a laboratory environment. Layers and colour codes were developed in order to facilitate the understanding of the correct set-up. Furthermore, information on potential strengths and weaknesses was collected by means of a semi-structured interview during the laboratory tests. Future research activities consist in testing and applying the VM-AR-based machine set-up process in practice, also setting up a specific testing area dedicated to the operators training, at the company’s facilities.