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Bachelor:
- Value and Supply Chain Management
- Elective module: Supply Chain Management (EN)
- Working Capital and LEAN Management (EN)
- SCM Business Cases (EN)
- Business Management Seminar (EN)
- Business Case Studies (EN)
- Business Case Study
- Business and Leadership Development (Business Administration Elective)
- Applied Biomechanics
Master:
- International Supply Chain Management (EN)
- Added Value and Sales Management (EN)
- Concepts in Creation and Development of Supply Chains (EN)
Lecture notes, slides and other documents for the respective courses of the semester can be found in the Learning Campus. The required passwords will be announced in the respective courses.
I will be happy to answer your inquiries about theses during my office hours or by mail.
Formal information about the scientific work of the Faculty of Business Administration (see regulations).
List of already supervised bachelor and master theses
Bachelor theses:
- Health as an aspect for mobility innovations: Analysis of mobility measures in the area of health and survey of relevant mobility groups.
- Analysis of material supply processes and improvements in incoming goods by using a scanner system with lean management methods.
- Implementation of an organizational integration of Customer Service according to Lean Management principles.
- Analysis and optimization approaches in the area of C-parts procurement.
- Consistent alignment of the internal logistics system of a cooktop production according to the premises of modern production systems.
- Optimization of newly introduced logistics processes in the variant-rich final assembly.
- Conceptual design and implementation of the Lean Management Method 5S in production - starting point for the change to a Kaizen culture.
- Feasibility study and cost comparison to implement a shared service center for production support processes at Giesecke & Devrient GmbH.
- New business models for cooperation in combined transport (CT).
- Improvement of processes in the intercompany area using Lean Administration.
- Market potential definition and measurements in the office furniture industry in German speaking countries.
- Concept for the introduction of a quality control and cost-benefit analysis at a 3PL service provider.
- Reduction of downtime of raw materials according to the principles of Lean Management in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Development of a sourcing strategy for selected static seals in the company EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG.
- Elaboration and implementation of a new management organization and a personnel expansion plan in the context of the growth of the solid production of a pharmaceutical company.
Master thesis:
- Reduction of process cycle times in indirect areas of a pharmaceutical company according to principles of lean management.
- Analysis of selected intervention measures to support a change process according to Ronald Heifetz.
- Analysis and optimization of online marketing in the automotive trade using the example of Autohaus Schober GmbH & Co. KG.
- Quantification of the effectiveness of lean approaches based on a laboratory simulation.
- Development of an efficient marketing strategy for Israeli real estate investments in Germany.
- Complaint management: structural optimization in the standard complaint process using the example of E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH.
- Supply Chain Management
- Lean Management
- Lean Quality
- Laboratory for simulation of business processes (production and administration)
- Change Management
- Corporate and leadership development
- Biomechanics
- The optimal lunch break
- Lean Mensa
At least 2 company visits annually with presentations and technical discussions.
Latest publications
"Good parents make better employees"
Conferences:
ELEC - European Lean Educator Conference 2018
ELEC - European Lean Educator Conference 2017
ELEC - European Lean Educator Conference 2016
ELEC - European Lean Educator Conference 2015
ELEC - European Lean Educator Conference 2014
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