‘It costs you two percent on an annual basis, but it makes you ten percent more effective’

Mechatronics System Design 1 and 2 are amongst the most popular training courses in the high tech industry. The courses originated in Philips CFT, where system development became increasingly complex in the 1980s. Rien Koster saw that the solution lay in better collaboration between disciplines. Former CFT member, Jan van Eijk, explains why it is good for top specialists to hang out with, and talk regularly to colleagues from other disciplines.

Read the entire interview with Prof. Jan van Eijk here:
– English version