Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics

Research in Supply Chain Engineering

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Research Projects

Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics is the biggest European research and development facility for logistics subjects. Since 1981, new methods and instruments to optimize supply chains have been constantly developed at Fraunhofer IML and put into operational use. The following overview outlines the current research projects and subjects of the Supply Chain Engineering department.

Fast Ramp-Up: Transparenz und Supply Chain Simulation

Forschungsprojekt Fast Ramp-Up
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Risikomanagement und Wiederanlauf der Wirtschaft nach disruptiven Ereignissen

The pandemic had a huge impact on the German export-oriented economy with its complex supply chains existing in the manufacturing industry such as the automotive industry. It is of great interest for the entire economy and for the survival of small and medium sized business, to perform the Ramp-Up, or in other words the economic recovery, with its complex supply chains in a fast way but also with forecast and foresight.  

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Energy Efficiency in Strategic Design of Production and Logistics Networks

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The project "E²-Design" focuses on the integration of energy efficiency as a planning target in the design of production and logistics networks. This is the first time that energy efficiency has been consistently taken into account within the framework of supply chain design.

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NEXT-NET: Next Generation Technologies for Networked Europe

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Next-Net project creates a cross-sectoral and cross-technology initiative at European level. The aim is to coordinate future research in production and logistic to propose research and innovation priorities for the future of supply chains.

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InMachine

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Local intelligence and networked planning to increase the efficiency of technical production machines in collaborative production networks of SMEs.  

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SOFiA - Smart Objects and Smart Finance Approaches

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The goal of this project is the improvement of process handling in complex production and logsitics networks with the integration of Smart Objects and digital B2B Smart Finance Approaches.

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INNOKEY 4.0

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Collaboration as a key to the successful transfer of innovation using automotive logistics 4.0 as an example.  

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SMART FACE – Smart Micro Factory for Electric Vehicles

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The challenge of the Smart Face project is to link approaches of CPS with existing technologies and production structures in order to create new and innovative solutions for lean production in small batch productions.

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Visual Logistics Management

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The VILOMA project investigated target group-specific and intuitive visualizations for better control of logistics networks.

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InKoRISK – Collaborative Risk Management in the Automotive Industry

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This project pursues the approach to add an overlapping risk management to the order scheduling and transport planning in automotive logistics networks in order to enable a logistic-oriented risk assessment.

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SCD − Supply Chain Design

© Effizienz Cluster Management GmbH, BMBF

Within the framework of the EffizienzCluster LogistikRuhr, in this project selected default elements for logistics assistance systems for design tasks in value adding networks are developed.

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SCP – Supply Chain Planning

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Within the framework of the EffizienzCluster LogistikRuhr, in this project new methods and tools in the form of solution modules ("Plug & Plan-Suite") are developed, which can be customized to the logistical assistance systems for supply chain planning.

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SCE – Supply Chain Execution

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Within the framework of the EffizienzCluster LogistikRuhr, in this project an overlapping business logistic solution for the regulation of order processing and material flow with the support of mobile devices is developed.

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E²Log – Energy Efficiency in Production and Logistics

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This project addresses how the logistic network and production environment can be synchronized in a better way to reach a holistic improvement of the energy efficiency.

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RAN - RFID-Based Automotive Network

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An efficient production and a low-cost and inventory-optimized logistics should be realized through an intelligent overlapping business material flow control. The goal of the project is to control processes of the automobile industry in a transparent and optimized way.

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