Logistics, IT Management, Digitization

Modules of the specialization

• Logistik und Produktion

  Students will learn about the different roles in logistics and production, which may be where they end up working in the future. Case studies and practical examples explain key challenges in the individual areas of production and logistics. Students will also learn different methods of problem solving and how to apply them independently.

• Internationale Logistik

  Students will acquire an understanding of the complexity of logistics in the context of global value networks. As a consequence of the different logistics, transport and traffic types and needs, they will recognize that there is no one “logistics” in the sense of a ubiquitous, consistently applicable pattern.

• Supply Chain Management

  This module teaches the types and characteristics of different supply chains (logistics chains and networks). Students will learn how and why logistics chains are changing, and how they might evolve in the future. For this purpose, the interrelationships and objectives of all the parties involved in the production and logistics chains will be examined.

• Operational IT Application Systems

  Students should be able to recognize IT as an important factor in analyzing, evaluating and solving economic operational problems in the various departments of companies. They will possess basic knowledge of various operational applications of information processing.

• Computer-Intensive Methods

  Computer-intensive methods are used for problems with high computational complexity. The aim of this module is the application of these methods to concrete problems and data sets with the statistical software R. Areas of application include, on the one hand, many topics of the so-called Industry 4.0, such as smart manufacturing, predictive maintenance, supply chain management or optimized energy management, and, on the other hand, classic areas such as market research and marketing.

• Digitale Datenverarbeitung

  In this module, students will acquire professional skills in applying and developing digital computing in organizations. 

• Development of Digital Products

  In this module, students will explore all the central elements of a product development process within the context of the special conditions of digital markets and products. They will be able to design useful new products themselves, manage product development processes, develop products in the context of a business model and make plans for marketing digital products including assessing intellectual property protection.

• Digital Project Management

  After completing the module, students will be able to plan and coordinate complex digital projects whilst adhering to established and standardized methods. They will comprehend project workflow, standards, modern digital methods/applications and current development fields.

• Business Process Management

  The module aims to qualify students to optimize business processes, undertake their analysis, as well as conduct modelling and optimization. In addition to different business models, this module focuses on project management, controlling and investment decision-making.

• Operations Research

  Students will learn to mathematically represent production processes using graphs and to analyze such processes mathematically. The module introduces various algorithms and methods which allow process flows to be analyzed in more detail and, if necessary, to uncover weak points in such processes to then optimize them in a next step.

• Unternehmensplanspiel

  The module, “Unternehmensplanspiel” will enable students to think in a holistically complex way in the fields of logistics and production. Typical company processes will be illustrated in the form of case studies.

• Project

  Students will be able to conduct independent scientific work and present their results in scientific form. In this process, students will demonstrate their ability to use modern media, methods and instruments.