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News from the LFO
06/04/2025
Innovation you can touch: FlexTools live at Tünkers
Together with our project partners, we were guests at the Tünkers symposium - a great opportunity to present the FlexTools project and gain valuable…
05/09/2025
Training and further education for silver workers in PSM at LEARNTEC
At LEARNTEC, Europe's largest event for digital education, the EXPERTISE project team presented the project results, in particular the skill…
04/30/2025
Discussion with scientists and buyers at IPSERA 2025
At this year's IPSERA, one of the world's leading conferences in purchasing and supply management, the EXPERTISE team presented and discussed two…
04/07/2025
Research successes and exchange: purchasing team at IPSERA 2025
International stage for Dortmund's purchasing expertise in Rotterdam! Exciting insights & exchange.
02/27/2025
Keynote speech on the future of digital supply chains - how uniform standards can prevent media disruptions.
Matthias Braun and Julian Brinkmeyer gave a joint keynote speech on February 27, 2025
02/24/2025
EXPERTISE project meeting
On February 24 and 25, the next EXPERTISE project meeting took place at TU Dortmund University, where researchers from the University of Twente, the…
01/14/2025
Half-time milestone reached!
Our FlexTools project has successfully reached the half-time milestone!
10/23/2024
Building block kit for the introduction of flexible mobile robotics
Our publication "Bausteinkasten zur Einführung flexibler mobiler Robotik" was published in the Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb!
Service for students
Current scientific work
01/01/2024
Take the initiative and apply for a thesis!
Are you about to write your Bachelor's or Master's thesis and want to put your own exciting idea into scientific practice?
07/07/2025
Systematic analysis of the use of digital twins in the context of automated guided vehicles
Digital twins offer diverse potential for the control, simulation and coordination of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). But how exactly are they being…
07/07/2025
Integration of a Sankey diagram to visualize material and transport flows in an Excel-based AMR planning tool using Power BI
The aim of this work is the development and prototypical implementation of a visualization solution for the representation of material and transport…
07/03/2025
LLM-supported decision support for AGVs
The aim of this work is to develop an LLM-supported system for decision support in the selection of AGVs
07/03/2025
Requirements for the use of automated guided vehicles to network supply chain nodes
Automated guided vehicles, such as AMRs or AGVs, are already being used successfully in internal material flows. However, their potential is far…
07/03/2025
Development of an ontology for modeling risks and temporal dependencies in global supply chains (BA/MA)
Global supply chains are increasingly complex, digitally networked and susceptible to disruptions caused by geopolitical crises, natural disasters,…
05/20/2025
Sustainable logistics in the social sector: Optimization approaches for Diakonie's environmental workshops
The Umwelt-Werkstatt of Diakonie im Kirchenkreis Recklinghausen with locations in Datteln, Recklinghausen and Herten is actively committed to…
05/16/2025
Use of survival analysis to assess supply chain resilience
Survival analysis methods, originally used in medicine and reliability engineering, offer exciting approaches for analyzing failure and recovery…
Career opportunities and application process
Current vacancies
01/01/2024
Apply intuitively at the LFO!
An interest in research is the be-all and end-all for us! We are looking for someone who enjoys scientific work.
07/03/2025
Hiwi wanted!
The Chair of Business Logistics (LFO) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking to fill a (SHK / WHF) position to support teaching and…
04/04/2025
Creative assistants wanted for science content
The Technical University of Dortmund has a vacancy for a student assistant for science communication in logistics and in the context of Supply Chain…
