Alumni of the Chair of Production Management –
Making an impact in industry and academia!
Dr. Peter Bebersdorf
Werkleiter Traktoren
AGCO Fendt
Marktoberdorf, Germany
Dissertation:
Variable Montage - Varianz beherrschen mit variabler Taktung und dem VarioTakt, 2022
Dr. Andreas Cornet
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Munich, Germany
Dissertation:
Plattformkonzepte in der Automobilentwicklung, 2000
Dr. Sebastian Doetsch
Consultant, BCG
Munich, Germany
Dissertation:
Bespoke Supply Chain Resilience, 2023
Dr. Andreas Enders
Partner, EY-Parthenon
Düsseldorf, Germany
Dissertation:
Management Competence: Resource-Based Management and Plant Performance, 2004
Dr. Marius Häntsch
Strategy Production, Mercedes Benz Cars
Sindelfingen, Germany
Dissertation:
Strategic Capacity Planning under Risk in the Automotive Industry, 2014
Dr. Cem Mercikoğlu
Dissertation:
Bottom-up Operations Strategy Formation and Competitiveness, 2022
Dr. Tobias Mönch
Consultant, McKinsey & Company
Munich, Germany
Dissertation:
Variable Takt Times in Mixed-Model Assembly Lines, 2020
Dr. Maik Schlickel
Head of Quality Management & Packaging Technology, nobilia-Werke J. Stickling
Verl, Germany
Dissertation:
Strategy Deployment in Business Units: Patterns of Operations Strategy Cascading Across Global Sites in a Manufacturing Firm, 2012
Dr. Thilo Scholz
Management Trainee, Stadler Service AG
Bussnang, Switzerland
Dissertation:
Bottom-up Operations Strategy Formation, 2020
Dr. Marc Steuber
Vice President Transformation Projects - Driveline, GKN Automotive
Offenbach, Germany
Dissertation:
Global Production Sourcing
A Benchmark Study on Manager's Strategic Decisions, 2016
Professor Dr. Fabian Sting
Full Professor Strategy and Innovation, University of Cologne
Cologne, Germany;
Chaired Professor of Digital Supply Chain Innovation, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dissertation:
Flexible Sourcing: Operational Hedging, Diversification and Contracting under Supply and Demand Uncertainty, 2008
Professor Dr. Fabian Sting
Full Professor Strategy and Innovation, University of Cologne
Cologne, Germany;
Chaired Professor of Digital Supply Chain Innovation, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dissertation:
Flexible Sourcing: Operational Hedging, Diversification and Contracting under Supply and Demand Uncertainty, 2008
Dr. Andreas Breiter
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Redwood City, California, USA
Dissertation:
Hedging Retail Promotions: Zero Out-of-Stock and Zero End-of-Period Coverage with Supply Options, 2010
Dr. Julia Freiheit
Certified public auditor, Certified tax consultant, FREIHEIT GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Hamburg, Germany
Dissertation:
Smart Customers and Retail Promotions: Empirical evidence and supply chain implications, 2000
Dr. Ralph Gerrit Fürderer
Chief Technical Officer and Member of the Board, Hager Group
Blieskastel, Germany
Dissertation:
Option and Component Bundling under Demand Risk, 1995
Dr. Verena Höllriegl
CEO, MEDICON
Nuremberg, Germany
Dissertation:
Customer Reactivation Management in the Pharmacy Market: Resource-efficient Implementation of Direct Marketing Campaigns for Long-Term Profit Maximization, 2018
Dr. Stefan Mohr
Managing Director, SPINcapital GmbH
Munich, Germany
Dissertation:
Store Performance Optimization: Demand and supply side implications, 2002
Dr. Bernhard von Mutius
Associate, AT Kearney
Munich, Germany
Dissertation:
Segment-of-One Marketing. Data-Driven Models for CLV and ROI Optimization, 2020.
Dr. Devadrita Nair
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, Boston, USA
Dissertation:
Human-Machine Forecasting for E-Commerce
Dr. Michaela Pfleger
Program Manager, Corporate Supply Chain Management, Siemens
Erlangen, Germany
Dissertation:
Relational Supply Contracts: Optimal Concessions in Return Policies for Continuous Quality Improvements, 2008
Dr. Daniel Ringbeck
Head of Product, vetevo
Berlin, Germany
Dissertation:
Retail Data Analytics – Personalized Online Shopping, Churn Prevention, and Dynamic Pricing, 2020
Dr. Michael Schmälzle
Principal, The Boston Consulting Group
Stuttgart, Germany
Dissertation:
Improving Promotional Demand Forecasts in Retailing, 2014
Dr. Dmitry Smirnov
Team Lead Assortment Monitoring Discount, REWE Group
Cologne, Germany
Dissertation:
Prescriptive Analytics in Retailing: Application in Shelf-Space Optimization, Labor Planning, and Retention Management, 2018
Dr. Nils Tönshoff
Head of Site Development, Energy, Environmental Protection
Munich, Germany
Dissertation:
Modular Machine Tools: Bundling and Pricing Strategies under Demand Uncertainty, 1996
Professor Dr. Daniela Wiehenbrauk
Professor for Retail Management, Marketing and Sales, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn, Germany
Dissertation:
Collaborative Promotions: Optimizing Retail Supply Chains with Upstream Information Sharing, 2009
Jannik Wolters
Dissertation:
Retail Pricing Analytics: Seasonal Promotion Demand Forecasting and Subscription Program Design, 2022
LinkedIn
Publikationen & mehr
Dr. Christoph Diermann
Senior Project Manager, INVERTO
Cologne, Germany
Dissertation:
Judgmental Demand Forecasting in Direct Sales, 2016
Professor Rita Maria Difrancesco
Assistant Professor, Marketing, Operations & Supply, EADA Business School
Barcelona, Spain
Dissertation:
Returns Management in Online Business: Effects of Late Returns, Restocking Fee Legislation and Multichannel Competition, 2015
Professor Dr. Ralf Elsner
Professor for Marketing and Sales, Steinbeis Hochschule
Berlin, Germany
Habilitation, 2008
Dr. Felix Röllecke
Co-Founder & Managing Director, vetevo
Berlin, Germany
Dissertation:
Return Chain Management: Salvaging Returns Optimally and Influencing Customers to Shop Effectively, 2016
Dr. Dominic Seeberger
Senior Manager, Bain & Company
Frankfurt, Germany
Dissertation:
Profiting From Product Returns: Perspectives on Return Policies, Consumer Reviews, and Salvaging Portfolios, 2018
Dr. Christian Artmann
Executive Vice President, Moehwald
Homburg, Germany
Dissertation:
The Value of Information Updating in New Product Development, 2008
Ole Frauen
Engineering Data Analyst
Strategic R&D Management
Volkswagen Wolfsburg, Germany
Dissertation:
Managing Distributed and Complex Product Development Projects: The Effect of Work Design and Product Architecture on Process Quality, 2023
Publikations & more
Professor Jürgen Mihm
Professor of Technology and Operations Management, INSEAD
Fontainebleau, France
Dissertation:
Complexity in New Product Development: Mastering the Dynamics of Engineering Projects, 2001
Dr. Rainer Brosch
CEO & Managing Director, Rubidium Management
Berlin, Germany
Dissertation:
Portfolios of Real Options, 2007
Professor Benoît Chevalier-Roignant
Associate Professor, EMLyon
Écully, France
Dissertation:
Investment under Market and Strategic Uncertainty, 2011
Dr. Rolf Hellermann
CFO, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Gütersloh, Germany
Dissertation:
Capacity Options for Revenue Management: Theory and Applications in the Air Cargo Industry, 2005
Daniel Hellwig
Principal, Kepler Cannon New York
New York, USA
Dissertation:
DLT and FHE for Supply Chain Efficiency: Information Sharing Among Competing Retailers, 2023
Dr. Randolf Scheller
Managing Director, ANSER
Munich, Germany
Dissertation:
Performance of Corporate Acquisitions over the Medium Term in Germany, 1998
Dr. Rob Smith
President and CEO, KONECRANES
Helsinki, Finland
Dissertation:
Global Supply Chain Performance and Risk Optimization: The Value of Real Options Flexibility Demonstrated in the Global Automotive Industry, 2001
Professor Dr. Stefan Spinler
Kühne Foundation Endowed Chair for Logistics Management, Director, Kühne Institute for Logistics Management,
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Vallendar, Germany
Dissertation:
Capacity Reservation for Capital-intensive Technologies: An Options Approach, 2002
Habilitation, 2008