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Orientation and research focus
- Designing digital twins as assistance systems, taking into account financial aspects, in particular working capital
- Automated generation of algorithms using large-language models (e.g. in an intralogistics context)
- Analysis of the potential of autonomous transport systems for mapping supply chain processes across company boundaries, with special consideration of digital twins for simulating the main flows of the supply chain
- Use and implementation of key technologies to build and maintain inter-organizational trust in industrial value networks
Research projects
News from the research area
06/30/2026
The FlexTools Project at CIRP CMS 2026: The Role of Digital Twins in Financial Flows in Supply Chain Management
How can digital twins not only map operational processes but also support business decisions in the supply chain? The project team from the Chair of…
06/29/2026
Fascinating insights and lively discussions at the TÜNKERS symposium!
Together with our partners, we from the Chair of Business Logistics (LFO) visited TÜNKERS Maschinenbau GmbH in Ratingen.
04/28/2026
FlexTools in practical use at HEO Coating
In the FlexTools project, the use case was successfully implemented at HEO Coating. An automated transport system was integrated into the existing…
03/22/2026
FlexTools at the LogiMAT 2026
The FlexTools project was visibly represented at this year's LogiMAT in Stuttgart. The focus was on the exchange with our project partners on current…
03/05/2026
FlexTools consortium meeting at the Fraunhofer IML
On March 5, another consortium meeting of the FlexTools project took place at the Fraunhofer IML in Dortmund. The meeting focused on the structured…
01/15/2026
Sorting multi-bay block stacking storage systems
The research paper "Sorting multi-bay block stacking storage systems" was published in the journal Computers & Operations Research. Congratulations to…
12/08/2025
Digital twin for the use of autonomous mobile robotics
The FlexTools project is developing a digital twin that supports the planning, introduction and operation of AMR.
12/04/2025
Award-winning research: IMI receives Best Paper Award in Spain
Big performance from small models: At AGENTICS, IMI presented how specialized prompt augmentation improves AI-assisted optimization. The results show…
11/17/2025
Exchange on autonomous process chains in the FlexTools project
Last week, an extremely productive and inspiring workshop with TE Connectivity and the Fraunhofer IML colleagues took place in Dortmund as part of our…
