Implementing Strategic Objective 1 of the EU’s Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 — Smarter Europe: An innovative and smart industrial transformation" for innovation, digitalisation and economic transformation is essential to increase the digital skills of manufacturing enterprises. This is directly related to the Lithuanian fashion industry, which operates under the conditions of global markets and must remain competitive in the development, development and production of new products, especially as the need for individualised products and sustainable production increases. Although design applications have been successfully used in the fashion industry for a long time, production process simulation tools are applied episodicly due to the uneven innovation uptake and lack of experience among companies. The aim of the project is to develop the student’s ability to create simulation models of clothing production processes and visualise them and to form practical skills to analyse and investigate problematic production development situations by providing balanced solutions. The student’s scientific practice will consist of three stages: during the first phase, literature analysis will be performed and the database of production parameters and business indicators required for simulations will be compiled, the FlexSim program (discrete event simulation platform with integrated 3D graphics and detailed activity reports) will be mastered in the second phase, computational and simulation models of the production stream will be compiled, and in the third phase, on the basis of the simulation model, the following situations of development of the fashion industry will be virtualised, investigated and comparable, such as the introduction of new equipment into the production stream and its extension to the design and production of personalised and zero-waste products. The knowledge acquired during the internship and the practical skills of simulation and research are important not only for the further career of students, but also for companies that will employ Fashion Technology and Business Studies graduates, as this will provide them with innovative experience in seeking competitive advantage in international fashion design and production markets.
