Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Dr. h.c. Michael Henke
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Corporate Logistics
Phone: +49 231 755 5771
Fax: +49 231 755 5769
Room: Leonhard-Euler-Straße 5, Room 267 (registration at the secretary's office, Room 266)
About the person
Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Dr. h. c. Michael Henke is Institute Director at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML and holds the Chair of Enterprise Logistics (LFO) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU Dortmund University. He is also Adjunct Professor for Supply Chain Management at the School of Business and Management at Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland.
His research focuses primarily on the management of Industry 4.0 and platform economics with a particular focus on blockchain and smart contracts, financial supply chain management and supply chain risk management, as well as purchasing, logistics and supply chain management. He draws on his extensive knowledge from research as well as his experience from business practice.
Michael Henke began his career with a degree in brewing and beverage technology engineering at the Technical University of Munich. He then completed his doctorate and habilitation at the Department of Economics at the Technical University of Munich. During and after his habilitation, he worked for the Supply Management Group SMG in St. Gallen. From 2007 to 2013, Michael Henke researched and taught as a professor at the EBS University of Business and Law.
ORCID
0000-0002-5848-9940
- Spokesperson for the Thematic Network Mobility, Logistics, Aerospace Technology at acatech (German Academy of Science and Engineering)
- Member of acatech (German Academy of Science and Engineering)
- Member of the advisory board of The Beyond Group AG
- Member of the Experts Board for Supply Chain at Bundesblock | Blockchain Bundesverband e.V.
- Member of the Advisory Board of Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e. V.
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Purchasing at Deutsche Bahn
- Innovation Advisory Board of the German Forum for Service Research (DF)²
- Member of the board of the Digital Hub Logistics e. V.
- Scientific Advisory Board of 4.OPMC e. V. - Open Production & Maintenance Community
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Fraunhofer Academy
- Spokesman of the Board of the Graduate School of Logistics, TU Dortmund University
- Member of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA)
- Member of the International Supply Chain Risk Management Network (ISCRiM)
- Member of the advisory board of the science magazine mundo
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Open Logistics Foundation
- Member of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e. V.
- Founding and board member of the Supply Chain Finance (SCF) Community
- Member of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB) e. V.
- Board member of the Association of Scientific Institutions in Dortmund (windo e. V.)
- President of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) (until May 2020)
- Member of the World Trade Board (until April 2021)
Since April 2024: Managing Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund
October 2022 - November 2024: Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dortmund University of Technology
Since September 2022: Advisory Professor, Tongji University Shanghai, China
Since May 2022: Honorary Doctorate of Science in Economics and Business, Administration, LUT School of Business and Management, LUT University (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology), Finland
Since June 2019: Visiting Professor of Logistics, Chinese-German University College (CDHK), Tongji University Shanghai, China
Since June 2018: Visiting Professor of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Louvain School of Management, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Since June 2015: Adjunct Professor for Supply Chain Management, School of Business and Management LUT (Lappeenranta University of Technology), Finland
Since September 2013: Holder of the Chair of Enterprise Logistics (LFO), Dortmund University of Technology and simultaneously Head of Corporate Logistics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund
January 2010 - July 2013: Chair of Purchasing and Supply Management, EBS Business School (since June 2010 at EBS University of Business and Law i. Gr.)
April 2009 - August 2009: Visiting Professor Anderson School of Management UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
January 2007 - December 2009: Chair of Financial Supply Management European Business School (EBS) International University Schloss Reichartshausen
January 2007 - July 2013: Research Director Financial Supply Management Supply Chain Management Institute SMI™ EBS Business School
July 2005 - March 2006: Lecturer at the Technical University of Munich
July 1999 - June 2005: Research Assistant, Chair of Business Administration, Accounting - Auditing - Consulting, Technical University of Munich
March 1998 - June 1999: Research Assistant, Chair of Business Administration, Technical University of Munich
April 2011 - July 2013: Head of the Supply Chain Management Institute SMI, EBS Business School (from 2012 Institute for Supply Chain Management - Purchasing and Logistics (ISCM))
2006 - 2008: Senior Consultant, Supply Management Group SMG, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2002-2003: Internship of several months, Ernst & Young AG, Stuttgart, Germany
1991 - 1995: Various internships in different companies in the German brewing and food industry
Further publications
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