Knowledge Snacks
Snack time? In the Knowledge Snacks, experts from Fraunhofer IIS, Fraunhofer IISB and the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg regularly hold compact online presentations on current topics, trends and technologies and answer your questions afterwards!
We regularly inform you about upcoming topics and dates in our newsletter.
High-Tech meets High-Touch
Friday, April 16, 2021 – Martin Schymanietz presents novel and disruptive value creation models for service ecosystems.
Sustainability in industry
Friday, April 9, 2021 - 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
Friday, March 19, 2021 - Prof. Dr. Matthias Fifka presents instruments for successful leadership in the digital environment.
Magnolinq – a new near field communication solution
Friday, March 12, .2021 - Dr.-Ing. Gerd Kilian presents Magnolinq, a new near-field communication solution from Fraunhofer IIS.
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.
Digitalisation as an Opportunity for the Further Development of Industrial Service Processes
COMING SOON – In this snack, Christoph Hohmann links digitisation with service systems, talks about change mechanisms and explains the challenges of structured service development.
From Data Lakes to Knowledge Graphs
COMING SOON – In this session, Prof. Dr. Andreas Harth will not only explain which technologies are suitable for modern data management and how they can be used in companies, but will also show suitable methods for storing and processing mass data.
Application-dependent evaluation and selection of the most suitable IoT software platform
COMING SOON – In Sebastian Lempert's Snack you will learn more about the market and the essential function of IoT platforms, understand their functionality and learn a method to choose the most suitable platform for your needs.
The Ambidextrous Challenge of Digital Transformation
COMMING SOON – Dr. Nadja Hoßbach introduces the concept of organisational ambidexterity and illustrates the three main motivations of digital transformation of companies
Reference Process Digital Transformation
COMMING SOON – Prof. Dr. Alexander Pflaum will show a tried and tested reference process for digital transformation based on the vision of the data-driven company
Digital Transformation in Business
COMMING SOON – Prof. Dr. Alexander Pflaum introduces the topic of digital transformation in business and gives a general overview
Mass Customization: Has it taken off?
COMING SOON – Dr. Leontin Grafmüller gives an introduction on Mass Customization
Lean Logistics: Ground Markings – Everything Clear?!
COMING SOON – Knowledge Snack PLUS – In this online course Dr. Julia Boppert & Dr. Janina Durchholz explain why floor markings in logistics are an important tool for process design in terms of lean management