Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Dr. h.c. Michael Henke
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Corporate Logistics
Phone: +49 231 755 5771
Fax: +49 231 755 5769
Room: Leonhard-Euler-Straße 5, Room 267 (registration at the secretary's office, Room 266)
About the person
Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Dr. h. c. Michael Henke has been Head of Corporate Logistics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML since September 2013 and holds the Chair of Enterprise Logistics (LFO) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU Dortmund University.
LUT University (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT) in Finland awarded Michael Henke an honorary doctorate in 2022 for his many years of commitment as Adjunct Professor for Supply Chain Management and the resulting collaboration. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Logistics at the Chinese-German University College (CDHK) at Tongji University in Shanghai, China, since 2019 and an Advisory Professor since 2022. In addition, he has been a visiting professor for Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at the Louvain School of Management at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, since 2018. Michael Henke is also spokesperson for the Mobility, Logistics, Aerospace Technology Network at acatech (German Academy of Science and Engineering) and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Open Logistics Foundation.
His research and teaching focus on purchasing, logistics and supply chain management. His research focuses on technology management and in particular AI management, blockchain and smart contracting as well as sustainability and resilience. Other key research areas are financial supply chain management and supply chain risk management, in which he is actively involved in international networks (e.g. he is a founding member and board member of the Supply Chain Finance Community (SCF)).
Michael Henke began his career with a degree in brewing and beverage technology engineering at the Technical University of Munich. He then completed his doctorate and habilitation at the department of economics there. During and after his habilitation, he worked for the Supply Management Group SMG in St. Gallen, among others. From 2007 to 2013, Michael Henke researched and taught as a professor at the EBS University of Business and Law.
ORCID
0000-0002-5848-9940
- Technology management and in particular AI management
- Blockchain and smart contracting
- Financial supply chain management
- Supply chain risk management
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Purchasing and supply management
- Sustainability and resilience
- Spokesperson for the Thematic Network Mobility, Logistics, Aerospace Technology at acatech (German Academy of Science and Engineering)
- Member of acatech (German Academy of Science and Engineering)
- Member of the advisory board of The Beyond Group AG
- Member of the Experts Board for Supply Chain at Bundesblock | Blockchain Bundesverband e.V.
- Member of the Advisory Board of Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e. V.
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Purchasing at Deutsche Bahn
- Innovation Advisory Board of the German Forum for Service Research (DF)²
- Member of the board of the Digital Hub Logistics e. V.
- Scientific Advisory Board of 4.OPMC e. V. - Open Production & Maintenance Community
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Fraunhofer Academy
- Spokesman of the Board of the Graduate School of Logistics, TU Dortmund University
- Member of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA)
- Member of the International Supply Chain Risk Management Network (ISCRiM)
- Member of the advisory board of the science magazine mundo
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Open Logistics Foundation
- Member of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e. V.
- Founding and board member of the Supply Chain Finance (SCF) Community
- Member of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB) e. V.
- Board member of the Association of Scientific Institutions in Dortmund (windo e. V.)
- Managing Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund (until December 2024)
- President of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) (until May 2020)
- Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dortmund University of Technology (until November 2024)
- Member of the World Trade Board (until April 2021)
Since September 2022: Advisory Professor, Tongji University Shanghai, China
Since May 2022: Honorary Doctorate of Science in Economics and Business, Administration, LUT School of Business and Management, LUT University (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology), Finland
Since June 2019: Visiting Professor of Logistics, Chinese-German University College (CDHK), Tongji University Shanghai, China
Since June 2018: Visiting Professor of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Louvain School of Management, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Since June 2015: Adjunct Professor for Supply Chain Management, School of Business and Management LUT (Lappeenranta University of Technology), Finland
Since September 2013: Holder of the Chair of Enterprise Logistics (LFO), Dortmund University of Technology and simultaneously Head of Corporate Logistics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund
January 2010 - July 2013: Chair of Purchasing and Supply Management, EBS Business School (since June 2010 at EBS University of Business and Law i. Gr.)
April 2009 - August 2009: Visiting Professor Anderson School of Management UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
January 2007 - December 2009: Chair of Financial Supply Management European Business School (EBS) International University Schloss Reichartshausen
January 2007 - July 2013: Research Director Financial Supply Management Supply Chain Management Institute SMI™ EBS Business School
July 2005 - March 2006: Lecturer at the Technical University of Munich
July 1999 - June 2005: Research Assistant, Chair of Business Administration, Accounting - Auditing - Consulting, Technical University of Munich
March 1998 - June 1999: Research Assistant, Chair of Business Administration, Technical University of Munich
April 2011 - July 2013: Head of the Supply Chain Management Institute SMI, EBS Business School (from 2012 Institute for Supply Chain Management - Purchasing and Logistics (ISCM))
2006 - 2008: Senior Consultant, Supply Management Group SMG, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2002-2003: Internship of several months, Ernst & Young AG, Stuttgart, Germany
1991 - 1995: Various internships in different companies in the German brewing and food industry
Sponsorship Award 2003 of the University Forum for Accounting, Taxation and Auditing e. V. for the dissertation "Strategische Kooperationen im Mittelstand. Potentials of the coopetition concept for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)"
Förderpreis 2003 of the Bayerische Landesbank for the dissertation "Strategische Kooperationen im Mittelstand. Potentials of the coopetition concept for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)"
2000 sponsorship award from the Universitäts-Forum für Rechnungslegung, Steuern und Prüfung e. V. for the dissertation "Eventmarketing" 1999 prize from BierConvent International e. V. for the best exam in the 1997/1998 academic year
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