Examples of realized projects and customized IT-solutions in Supply Chain Engineering

The Supply Chain Engineering department offers consulting to customers from industry, trade and services. We develop process concepts, software implementations and training courses with and for companies involved in both national and international projects. With the following chosen references we would like to give you an insight into our innovative projects and tailor-made IT solutions.

selected references from 2022

Supply Chain Management

Proof of value for system evaluation at Sanacorp Pharmahandel GmbH

In 2022 Fraunhofer IML provided support for a "proof of value" for the evaluation of ordering systems at one of Germany's leading wholesalers of pharmaceuticals and other medical products, Sanacorp Pharmahandel GmbH

 

Contact:

Nikolas Moroff M. Sc.

+49 231 9743-290

nikolas.moroff@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Targets for a resilient order execution process at the BMW Group

The BMW-Group tasked its strategic partner, Fraunhofer IML, with developing targets for establishing a resilient order execution process.

 

Contact:

Johanna Kippenberger M. Sc. 

+49 231 9743-440

johanna.kim.kippenberger@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

"Move" keeps complex value creation networks under control

The project "Machine Intelligence for the Optimization of Value Creation Networks" (MOVE) is running since 2020 and deals with the development of data-based solutions for coping planning process which are becoming more complex. 

 

Contact:

Felix Schreckenberg M. Sc. 

+49 231 9743-411

felix.schreckenberg@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Optimized software-based planning systems for the supply chain at LANXESS HPM

Fraunhofer IML has supported the "High Performance Materials" business unit at the specialty chemicals group LANXESS in the process of selecting an optimized software-based planninig system for its own value chain. 

 

Contact:

Lorenz Kiebler M. Sc. 

+49 231 9743-198

lorenz.kiebler@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Engineering

ResKriVer: Getting safely through a crisis

The "ResCriVer - communication and information platform for resilient, crisis-relevant supply networks" has been running since June 2021 and aims to manage supply and communication processes more effectively and efficiently. 

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kfm. Dietmar Ebel

+49 231 9743-608

dietmar.ebel@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2021

Supply Chain Management

Artificial Intelligence for Forecasting Demand

In 2021 the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for forecasting demands could be analyzed with one of the leading German wholesalers of pharmaceuticals and other medical items: Sanacorp Pharmezeutica GmbH.

 

Contact:

Nikolas Moroff M. Sc. 

+49 231 9743-290

nikolas.moroff@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Adapted Instead of Bottleneck: Adapting Supply Chains

CO-VERSATILE is one of four EU funded Covid-19-projects to ensure a quick capacity adaption in manufacturing of medical products and equipment. Fraunhofer IML contributes to this project with 21 partners from eight European countries with its expertise of supply chain simulation and scenario creation for risk management. 

 

Contact:

Johanna Kippenberger M. Sc. 

+49 231 9743-440

johanna.kim.kippenberger@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

GAIA-X Data Transparency for the Automotive Industry

Since mid-2021, Fraunhofer IML has been helping to set up an open collaborative data network for automotive value chains that conforms to GAIA-X. This involves collaborating with numerous associated partners from the worlds of industry and research as part of the "Catena-X Automotive Network". 

 

Contact:

Felix Schreckenberg M. Sc

+49 231 9743-411

felix.schreckenberg@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

E²-Design Project Successfully Completed

The project called "E²-Design - Energy Efficiency in Strategic Design of Production and Logistics Networks" successfully completed in faall 2021 after three years of collaborative research work. The aim of the project was to find a way of incorporating enerfy efficiency as a trget parameter at the planning stage when designing production and logistics network. 

 

Contact:

Lucas Schreiber M. Sc. 

+49 231 9743-416

lucas.schreiber@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

SE.MA.KI - Material FLow Simulatoin for Matrix Production

In situations where the number of product variants is growing and the degree of customization is increasing but the batch size is decreasing, matrix production is a flexible and appealing option. That is why the Germann Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the Fraunhofer corporate research project called "Se.Ma.Ki" ("Control of a multi-technology matrix production concept based on simulation-assisted AI". 

Contact:

Lucas Schreiber, M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-416

lucas.schreiber@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Analyses of Potential with a View to Optimizing the Flow of Materials at the Speira GmbH Automotive Center

Speira GmbH (formerly Hydro Rolling) is a global aluminium rolling and recycling company. Given the anticipated growth in sales, the company set about optimizing the flow of materials at its Grevenbroich site and, in mid 2021, tasked Fraunhofer IML with analyzing the potential for this. 

Contact:

Nikolas Moroff M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-290

nikolas.moroff@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2020

Supply Chain Management

Economy's fast Ramp-Up after Corona

The research project "Fast Ramp-Up" is part of of the Fraunhofer internal anti-corona-program. It's about analyzing challenges for enterprises and giving internal and cross-company recommendations for action in order to restart within complex supply chains.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Material flow simulation study for Geberit Mapress GmbH

As a basis for important investigation decisions and process design our supply chain engineering team supported the Geberit Mapress GmbH in creating a new production hall in Langenfeld by running a simulation study.

 

Contact:

Lucas Schreiber, M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-416

lucas.schreiber@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

AI based assistance for forecasting trade and service orders

Together with Industriereifen Mirgeler GmbH our supply chain engineering experts developed a concept and a prototypical application of a machine learning based demand forecasting of trade and service orders.

 

Contact:

Nikolas Moroff, M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-290

nikolas.moroff@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

Demand and capacity management of BMW-Group

The 2018 starting work on a new IT system for the demand and capacity management of BMW Group have been successfully finalized. The new IT system enables a szenario based overall check of the production programs with redard to capacity and restriction conformity.

 

Contact:

Pajtim Thaqi, B. Sc.

+49 231 9743-265

pajtim.thaqi@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

E²-Design - Energy effiziency in production and logistics networks

Further development of ongoing research project E²-Design with aims to empower enterprises to include energy efficiency in the strategic and tactical planning of value added networks aside of classical performance and cost variables.

 

Contact:

Lucas Schreiber, M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-416

lucas.schreiber@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2019

Enterprise Resource Planning & Digital Design

InCase: Potential Analysis and ERP-Selection

Fraunhofer IML supports InCase, a wholesaler for bags, hair - and beautyaccessoires, with the implementation of digital transformation of business processes in sales, purchasing and logistics.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kffr. Katharina Kompalka

+49 231 9743-428

katharina.kompalka@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Engineering

BMW-Group: Demand and Capacity-Management

The department Supply Chain Engineering of Fraunhofer IML supports BMW Group in realignment of planning and ordering-processes. We developed an operative IT-system to enable capacity and restriction conformity by the automobil device.

 

Contact:

Nikolas Moroff, M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-290

nikolas.moroff@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Simulation Study for a Spare Parts Distribution Centre

Given the fact of an expected sales growth of a supplier of cleaning technology, the Supply Chain Engineering department was comissioned with a simulation study, to identify technological and organisatory actions to stabilize the companies performance.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

IPG LANXESS: Transparency in Stock and Service Level Management

For a better control of stock and increase in the availability of goods, Fraunhofer IML supports the IPG in their development and optimisation project.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Evaluation of Cyber-Risks in the Supplier Network

In collaboration with an automobile manufacturer and Fraunhofer AISEC, Fraunhofer IML developed a strategy to identify cyber riscs within the supply chain.

 

Contact:

Lucas Schreiber, M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-290

lucas.schreiber@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Chemion GmbH: Optimization of the Chemicals Logistics

Fraunhofer IML has realized an optimization project for a globally operating chemicals company. Given the fact of a capacity overload in one of the storage locations, Fraunhofer IML was commissioned to develop concepts to create free storage capacity.

 

Contact:

Nikolas Moroff, M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-290

nikolas.moroff@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Engineering

Next-Net: Research for Future Supply-Chain-Visions

After two years of research, the EU-research-project Next-Net presents their final results in the question of how supply chains might look like in the year 2030.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2018

Enterprise Resource Planning & Digital Design

Fraunhofer Studies Supplier Market for E-Commerce Solutions

Fraunhofer IML examined 19 software providers offering e-commerce soulutions with regard to their main functions. With this study Fraunhofer is the first to gain market transparency.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kfm. Dietmar Ebel

Phone: +49 231 9743-608

dietmar.ebel@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Exploration of Demand and Capacity Management for BMW

The Supply Chain Engineering department supports BMW in the realignment of the planning and ordering process. The project collects future requirements to design processes in such a way that desired orders are coordinated with the capacity management and do not require rescheduling.

 

Contact:

Nikolas Moroff, M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-290

nikolas.moroff@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

SIMON: Automatic Decisions in Material Planning

In the project SIMON - Smart Inbound Manager ONline - the researchers developed a service-oriented and cloud-based solution that automatically suggests measures for the concrete material flow situation in case of a bottleneck.

 

Contact:

Petyo Gadzhanov M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-491

petyo.gadzhanov@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Fraunhofer IML Supports Onboarding for the BMW Plant in Mexiko

BMW commissioned Fraunhofer IML to develop and implement a simulation-based management game. Training participants can assume various tasks within the BMW Group's oder-to-delivery-process in a virtual management game world.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Engineering

NEXT-NET: Technology Trends for Designing Future Supply Chains

Compilation of technology trends and mega-trends, and examination of the effects of significant technologies on the design of supply chains within the "Technology Mapping and Scouting" work package

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2017

Supply Chain Management

INNOKEY 4.0: Study Completed to Improve the Transfer of R&D Results

Within the framework of expert interviews with representatives from industry and research our scientists developed the effect of factors that have an influence on the success of the transfer.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

BMW Enterprise Lab for Flexible Logistics

Development of methods and concepts to integrate increasing volatility in foreign supply within the planning level.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Next-Net: Next-generation Technologies for a Networked Europe

Development of Supply Chain scenarios within the EU research project "Next-Net", which ist based on socio-economic, political and technological trends and market drivers.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Mangement

Planing and Control of Value Networks Through the Integration of Smart Objects and Smart Finance Approaches (SOFiA)

Improvement of process handling in complex production and logistics networks.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

The Fraunhofer Automobile Production Alliance

Grouping of cross-institute competencies of several Fraunhofer Institutes to develop comprehensive services and innovative solutions for the automotive industry.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

Supply Chain Modelling with OTD-Net

Advancement of OTD-NET, new network modelling and evaluation interface.

 

Contact:

Petyo Gadzhanov M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-491

petyo.gadzhanov@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

VISTAS: Parts Availability Monitoring of International Supply Chains for Volkswagen and AUDI AG

Enhencement of the decision assistance system VISTAS for the mapping of supply chains Mexico and the overall market in China.

 

Contact:

Petyo Gadzhanov M.Sc.

Phone: +49 231 9743-491

petyo.gadzhanov@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

ERP Selection at Woco Industrietechnik GmbH

Selection of an ERP-system for Woco focused on a detailled formulation of automotive-specific process and functional requirements for a new ERP system.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kfm. Dietmar Ebel

Phone: +49 231 9743-608

dietmar.ebel@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

ERP 4.0-Lab

Implementation of a cloud-based ERP-demonstrator for whom new technologies are taken up and prototypically implemented.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kfm. Dietmar Ebel

Phone: +49 231 9743-608

dietmar.ebel@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

Development of Electromobility Services

Participation in the general development of customized services for electric mobility and design of a case study concerning the supply chain of store networks and the resulting synergy potential.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Erdmann

Phone: +49 231 9743-160

ralf.erdmann@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

Process Development in Production Planning and Control

Conception of an operating environment in which CPS-units interact with each other and with the superordinate management levels.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Erdmann

Phone: +49 231 9743-160

ralf.erdmann@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2016

Enterprise Resource Planning

Expert Assessments for Deutsche Telekom Processing Times

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kfm. Dietmar Ebel

Phone: +49 231 9743-608

dietmar.ebel@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

Optmization of Gienanth GmbH's Logistics Plan

Optimization of the in-house material flow and the processes and integration of a new ERP-system to increase the efficiency of process planning

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

 

Enterprise Resource Planning

Potential Analysis at Franz Miedorf oHG

Analysis of present and future potentials and performance characteristics as well as the subsequent selection of the most suitable ERP-system.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Erdmann

Phone: +49 231 9743-160

ralf.erdmann@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

"InMachine" - Concept for a Flexible, Collaborative Production System

Support of a decentralized planning intelligence with simulation algorithms based on available real-time data.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Erdmann

Phone: +49 231 9743-160

ralf.erdmann@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

Baucycle - Converting Demolition Material into Functional Building Materials

Development of a solution for the recycling of fine-grained waste fractions into production for a sustainable, innovative recycling economy.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Erdmann

Phone: +49 231 9743-160

ralf.erdmann@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

VILOMA - The Key to Successfully Managing Supply Chains

Development of intuitive target group-specific visualizations of cross-company key figures and provision of suitable instruments.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Acatech Study INNOKEY 4.0 - The Key to Successful Transfer of Innovation

Investigation of the factors influencing the transfer of results in reseach and development and deployment of collaborative procedures in cooperation with Acatech

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Benteler Automotive - How Prepared is the IT Environment for the Future?

Study to investigate the future ability of Benteler IT-environment with special focus on the connections between future developments in procution and logistics and the resulting IT-requirements.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Smart Face - Smart Microfactory for Electric Vehicles with Lean Production Planning

Conception of an automobile factory of the future with driverless transport systems and exemplary implementation of prototype demonstrators.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Teaching Materials for the Distance Learning Program in Logistics Management Provided by the EURO-FH

Since September 2008 the Euro-FH offers the distance learning course Logistics Management (B.Sc.) which logistics content was developed by Fraunhofer IML.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

Visualization Concepts for the Future Workplace within the Operative Supply Chain Mangement

The prototype of the workstation 2025 integrates various apps for the user and allows navigation based on abstact "thermal-pictures".

 

Contact:

Petyo Gadzhanov M.Sc.

+49 231 9743-491

petyo.gadzhanov@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2015

Supply Chain Management

Study to Determine the Benefits of 'Industry 4.0' for BENTELER Automotive

Identification of fields of application for technology and methods of industry 4.0 in supply chain, intralogistic and IT.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Development Guidelines for Logistics in the Technical Development of the AUDI AG

Identification of measures to increase efficiency and performance in the logistics of Audi vehicle development.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

Selection and Parametrerization of Forecasting Methods for SAINT-GOBAIN Performance Plastics

Optimization of methods and processes for forecasting of finished products, semi-finished products and raw materials.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

"EC02LAS"-Availability Planning in long Supply Chains

Development of the web-based decision support system ECO2LAS, which supports the operative planning processes of procurement logistics in multimodal and dynamic logistics networks of vehicle production.

 

Contact:

Petyo Gadzhanov M.Sc.

Phone: +49 231 9743-491

petyo.gadzhanov@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Design

Supply Chain Design (SCD): Simulation-based Design of Value Creation Networks

Development of a Tool to model and simulate Design Scenarios in a fast and low-cost way.

 

Contact:

Petyo Gadzhanov M.Sc.

Phone: +49 231 9743-491

petyo.gadzhanov@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2014

Supply Chain Management

Fanuc: Optimization of European Supply Chain

Examination and Optimization of Inventory and Logistics Costs as well as the achievable Delivery Time

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain Management

"Continental Tire the Americas": Dynamic Inventory Management for Distribution Networks

Development of a Tool to optimize Inventory Management Processes for Tire Distribution in the US Market

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

ERP-Selection for the L-Shop-Team-GmbH: ERP-System for 6 Companies in 5 European Countries

Accompaniment of the ERP-Selection for the entire Enterprise - from Definition of Requirements to the Optimization Analysis and Tender to the Signing of the Contract

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kfm. Dietmar Ebel

Phone: +49 231 9743-608

dietmar.ebel@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Recource Planning

Selection and Introduction of a ERP-System for the Hark GmbH & Co KG

Selection and Introduction of a Future Oriented ERP-System

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kfm. Dietmar Ebel

Phone: +49 231 9743-608

dietmar.ebel@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

Simulation Tool for Program Simulation within the global Production Network of AUDI AG

Development of a Tool to ensure a safe Supply and a stable Program Planning in the Design Process of a Production Base.

 

Contact:

Petyo Gadzhanov M.Sc.

Phone: +49 231 9743-491

petyo.gadzhanov@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

Support of the Demand- and Capacity Management in the Engine Network of BMW AG

Development of an IT-Tool for the multi-steps Demand Resolution and scheduling in the Production Chain

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2013

Supply Chain Management

Immediate Delivery for BMW-Brilliance Automotive

Definition of the Processes for a direct Container Delivery or new Container Concepts from the Logistics Service Center

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Export of Logistic Competence to Brazil

Mediation of Know-How and Methods for the implementation Logistic Consulting- and Research Projects. A Training Courses and two Industrial Projects with On-The-Job-Training were carried out for this purpose.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Enterprise Resource Planning

Successful Selection of an ERP-System at the Thomas Group: One ERP-System for 8 Production Locations

Guidance in ERP-Selection fot the entire Enterprise of Thomas Group - from the Definition of Requirements and Optimization Analysis to the Tendering and Contract Signing.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Kfm. Dietmar Ebel

Phone: +49 231 9743-608

dietmar.ebel@iml.fraunhofer.de

selected references from 2012

Establishment of a Logistic Competence Centre in Santa Catarina, BRA

Transfer of Logistic Knowledge and Methods for the Implementation of Research- and Consulting Projects.

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de

Supply Chain IT

Long term precise Program Planning of Productions in the Automotive Industry

Development of a customized Tool based on OTD-Net for Production Planning

 

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Marco Motta

Phone: +49 231 9743-338

marco.motta@iml.fraunhofer.de