Tele-Actor field test, dec. 4, 2002

Fabco automotive industry

 

Location Fabco Automotive industry
1249 67th street
Emeryville, CA 94608
P.O. Box 8276
Oakland, CA 94662 
 
Date Dec. 4, 2002, from 9.30 to 10.30 am
 
Scenario summary

Fabco is a manufacturer of different automotive components; axles, disc brakes, transfer cases.
The visit of the factory was organized around the discovery of the different manufacturing machines. We organized a 60 minute tour of the factory, ponctuated with questions and facts about the machines.
Contact person
in the field		 - Emmanuel Marti
- E-mail: emarti@fabcoautomotive.com
- Function: Production control
- Phone number: (510) 596 2700 ext. 132
Participant info

- Total number of users: 22
- This trip was a test trip to see how we could organize a real visit of a factory, and the users were members of different laboratories involved in the project
 
User breakdown

Type of user

Age group

Nbr

Location

Connecto speed

Alpha lab members

22 - 28

8

UCB

T1

Paul Wright’s lab members

22 - 25

4

UCB

T1

Intel Sponsors

30 - 50

6

n.a.

unknown

Miscellaneous

30 - 60

4

n.a.

unknown
Lessons learned

- Show a clear answer after each question
- Give the users a clear choice of navigation 
- Limits of the discovery cycles: repeating the same course of events many times can get boring
- Limit written facts
 
Example images  Click here to see all the questions and facts that were prepared for this trip!

 

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