After the decline in production caused by the pandemic of COVID 19, industrial production (predominantly automotive) needed to get its dynamic back. The target group that we focused on is formed especially by production managers. They implement the management decision right into the operators' work. They have a direct impact on the quality of products and the effectiveness of the process. Right now, all industrial companies lack educated employees for foremen positions. Our target groups: foremen, team leaders, and productive managers in manufacturing companies, obtained the complete educational methodology customised directly for them. Our project goal was also to unite the requirements for masters in all the EU countries. CAR Master project aimed to design and implement the educational platform, which is available at https://platform.car-master.eu. A modern and interactive platform is a new didactic tool for manufacturing companies' foremen or productive managers. Blended learning also includes a syllabus of face-to-face workshops, which the educators can use to tailor face-to-face training for the group of foremen. CAR Master methodology consists of 20 hours of online learning content and 40 hours of face-to-face training.
Our project was dedicated to the educational needs of masters/foremen because they have a key position in the industrial enterprise. It forms an important link between management and production operators. They directly affect the quality of production. They play an essential role in the implementation of innovation into production. A good master needs an education that combines the development of hard skills and soft skills with practical experience. Industrial companies miss the candidates and talents suitable for the master's job. The pandemic worsened this situation; education and further professional development stopped for a year. With our project, we developed the CAR Master xLearning platform, including the blended learning program for masters/foremen in industrial production. The learning platform preserves the content of education and its future development. The blended learning program provides the masters, foremen or productive managers with attractive and targeted training in a flexible way: according to the needs of the company and the current situation. Educational content is targeted at automotive and related industries. Contents are well transferable to other industrial production sectors.