Practice
Cooperation with companies is an important instrument for the chair to transfer research results into practice and to raise new research questions. Together with the practice partners, we develop innovative, methodologically sound and sustainable solutions from the fields of "Production Management", "Supply Chain Management" and "Resource Management".
Our work areas in detail:
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Production Management
? Master planning
? Capacity planning
? Lot sizing
? Scheduling
? Process optimization
 
        
    
Supply Chain Management
? Strategic network design
? Layout planning
? Location planning
? Distribution planning
? Transportation planning
? Inventory planning
 
        
    
Resource Management
? Circular economy systems
? Reverse logistics
? Urban mining
 
        
    
Practice projects
The chair works on projects with industry funding and other funded projects. The following projects are a selection of projects carried out at the PSCM Chair and the Resource Lab:
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	Optimization of volume allocation to suppliers in a multi-level production network 
 Automotive supply?(OEM)
 11/2018 – 01/2019
 Objective: Cost minimization
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	Conducting a simulation study to optimize material flow and develop production control mechanisms of a final assembly line 
 Automotive supply?(OEM)
 03/2017 – 12/2017
 Objective: Maximization of output quantity
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	Elaboration of a technology roadmap and estimation of the development of global CO2 emission prices 
 Steel industry
 08/2014?– 01/2016
 Objective: Decision support for strategic location?planning
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	Restructuring of the value network –?Location?and capacity planning 
 Chemical industry
 02/2014 – 09/2014
 Objective: Location and capacity planning taking into account multi-stage production processes at distributed locations
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	Conception of a management cockpit to improve inventory management Chemical industry 02/2011 – 09/2011 Objective: Decision support for the allocation of customer orders 
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	Conception and implementation of a planning tool for medium-term production program planning and customer order planning Aerospace industry 10/2008 – 04/2009 Objective: Leveling of resource utilization and improvement of customer order lead time 
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	Analysis of the potential of optimized campaign planning Chemical industry 05/2008 – 08/2008 Objective: Optimization of inventories under consideration of sequence-dependent setup times 
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	Conception and implementation of a decision support system for the sequence planning of a final assembly line Aerospace industry 11/2006 – 04/2008 Objective: Reduction of lead times (WIP?inventories) and increase of delivery reliability 
 
    
    
    
    
