Knowledge Snacks
Fresh knowledge directly from research projects, easily digestible – these are our Knowledge Snacks.
In 15 minutes, our experts from Fraunhofer IIS, Fraunhofer IISB and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg bring you closer to current topics, trends and technologies. Do you have any questions? In each Knowledge Snack, our experts answer questions in a Q&A with knowledge from research and practice!
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Data analytics in spare parts logistics
Friday, June 25, 2021 – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Philipp Gölzer will give a brief introduction to the topic of data analytics and the special requirements for the development of data-driven decision-making processes for spare parts logistics.
Good teamwork after Corona
Friday, July 2, 2021 – In this online course, Heike Nowak-Schwerdtfeger presents various methods and ideas on how teamwork works even when you are virtual and face-to-face.
High Tech Meets Human
Friday, July 9, 2021 - In his presentation, Dr. Benedikt Höckmayr explores the fascinating possibilities of co-creating X-ray applications for end users in the non-medical sector.
Innovation and sustainability
Friday, July 23, 2021 - Sophie Bauer from JOSEPHS gives you a sneak peek into the world of Sustainable Development Goals and sustainable innovation.
Digital transformation at Mittelstand – myth or reality?
COMING SOON - Dr. habilo Tassilo Schuster and Simon Klose use maturity measurement to demonstrate a methodology for approaching digital transformation.
Artificial intelligence for sales forecasts in logistics, industry and trade
COMING SOON – Benedikt Sonnleitner presents new application-relevant findings from research for sales forecasting at companies.
Employees in the digitalised workplace
COMING SOON - Susanne Sczogiel uses current research results from Fraunhofer IIS to show how to bring employees along in the digital transformation of a company.
Business Design and Innovation
COMING SOON – Expand your knowledge of business design and innovation and the uncertainties in which they work best.
Magnolinq – a new near field communication solution
COMING SOON - Dr.-Ing. Gerd Kilian presents Magnolinq, a new near-field communication solution from Fraunhofer IIS.
High-Tech meets High-Touch
COMING SOON – Martin Schymanietz presents novel and disruptive value creation models for service ecosystems.
Sustainability in Industry
COMING SOON - Lydia Bühler shows how digitalisation in industry can contribute to a climate-friendly and resource-saving future.
Digital Leadership – Human Resources Management and Home Office
COMING SOON - Prof. Dr. Matthias Fifka presents instruments for successful leadership in the digital environment.
Intelligent and efficient DC-DC converters
COMING SOON – Dr.-Ing. Bernd Eckardt presents intelligent and efficient DC-DC converters for sustainable energy use.
mioty – the next generation IoT standard
COMING SOON - Stefan Ereth and Maximilian Roth outline the possible applications of the new LPWAN standard mioty.
Knowledge Snack series on “Digital Transformation”
COMING SOON – Knowledge Snack series on "Digital Transformation"
Lunch for a snack
COMING SOON – On the podium, Prof. Dr. Alexander Pflaum, Dr. Nadja Hoßbach, Christian Menden and Prof. Dr. Andreas Harth from the Fraunhofer SCS working group will talk about the digital transformation of companies.
Control levers of digitalisation in production
COMING SOON – Prof. Dr. Philipp Gölzer explains the basic control levers for the digitalisation of production processes, explains potential application scenarios and presents suitable Fraunhofer technologies.
Process management in digitalised value creation
COMING SOON – Christoph Hohmann gives a fundamental explanation of the topic of process digitisation, the influence of digitisation on process management and methods and the question of the most important changes and challenges in the digitisation of processes.
Industrial Product Service Systems in the Internet of Things
COMING SOON - Victor Naumann will work with you to develop an understanding of product-service systems in the Internet of Things, how they can be implemented and what changes and challenges are associated with them.
The IoT prototype as an essential development step
COMING SOON – In this snack, Julian Lindner gives an overview of existing IoT technologies, clarifies the procedure for prototype development and explains the advantages of Rapid-Iot-Protoyping.
Human factor in the digital transformation
COMING SOON – Stephanie Schmitt-Rüth explains the effects of new I4.0 technologies on employees, how acceptance management helps with digitisation and what can support the interaction between people and technology.
Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management
COMING SOON – Christian Menden explains the greatest challenges that arise in the practical application of analytics methods in supply chain management, outlines possible solutions and takes a look at current and future issues in research and practice.
Fact extraction from media data via the NLP model BERT
COMING SOON – Prof. Dr. Ralph Blum explains information extraction with the help of Google's language model BERT and shows the possibilities for automated market observation using practical examples.
Insights into the “New Logistics”
COMING SOON – Martin Schwemmer explains the dynamics that start-ups bring to logistics and discusses current theses on the development of logistics.
Lean Start-up and Customer Focus
COMING SOON – Change your view on innovation processes: Learn from Simon Klose and Christoph Jahn about Lean Innovation and the central elements of Minimal Viable Products.