Research at the LFO

The employees of the chair are united by their interest and passion for the permanent development and transfer of new knowledge to strengthen competitiveness in logistics, purchasing, production and maintenance.

In research, the chair team works on innovative topics for the further development of methods, concepts and instruments of corporate logistics and supply chain management. The focus is on the complementary linking of technology and management topics for the success-oriented further development of companies in the fields of "technology", "organization", "IT" and "people". Hybrid business models and the platform economy present companies with new challenges. The efficient and effective design, planning and control of increasingly digitalized processes and systems, with an integrated view of all design fields, are the focus of current research activities.