Annual Report 2014 of the BWI Center for Industrial Management

–Logistics, Operations, and

Supply Chain Management

Prof. Dr. Paul Schönsleben and Prof. Markus Baertschi

BWI

The top ranking university in continental Europe(Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Academic Ranking of World Universities) Staff members from 80 nations about 60% of the PhD-students from abroad > 60% of the professors from abroad 85% of the undergraduate students from Switzerland

21 nobel laureates - Examples: Chemistry 1939: Leopold Ruzicka Physics 1945: Wolfgang Pauli Chemistry 1975: Vladimir Prelog Chemistry 1991: Richard Ernst Chemistry 2002: Kurt Wüthrich

International University … Nationally Anchored

16 Departments

Architecture

Civil, Environmentaland GeomaticEngineering

Mechanicaland ProcessEngineering

Inf. Technologyand ElectricalEngineering

ComputerScience

MaterialsScience

Biosystems Science and Engineering

Humanities,Social and

Political Sciences

Mathematics

Physics

Chemistry andApplied

Biosciences

Biology

Earth Sciences

EnvironmentalSystemsScience

Health Sciencesand Technology

Architecture and Civil Engineering

Engineering Sciences

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

System-orientedNatural Sciences

Management andSocial Sciences

Management, Technology,

and Economics

Organizational Structure and Position within ETH

SecretaryMartina Wenger

Production and Technical SupportRoger Cruz

Chair of Prof. Dr. Paul Schönsleben

Deputy: Prof. Markus Baertschi

LecturersProf. Dr. Robert Alard

Dipl.-Ing. ETH René BinkertProf. Dr. Li-Choy Chong

Dr. Eric SchererDr. Raoul Waldburger

ETH, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-

MTEC)

Scientific AssistantsMatthias Baldinger, Aldo Duchi, Felix Friemann, Beat Fuchs,

Manuel Rippel, Matthias Wandfluh, Olga WillnerScientific Auxiliary

Assistants11 Students

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Students Goal ResultGlobal thinking and acting through: methods and tools, well

established in companies with international activities

globally standardized terminology

Orientation towards practice through: large case studies directly

from companies several events together

with professionals master thesis performed in

companies in Switzerland and abroad

Use of interactive teaching methods: several “serious games” numerous interactive

teaching elements (Flash) students present and

discuss their case studies coached by assistants

Teaching Areas

Teaching processAcquire know-how on strategic tactical operational level

Develop professional and social competencies: to organize

and lead operational business processes

for planning and control of value-adding systems

Become fully equipped for the employment market under at-tractive conditions

First jobs as: project leaders staff of board

members partners of start-

up businesses

In industry and service industry

Within an international and intercontinental environment

Seeking in-depth knowledge and compact teaching

Entrepreneurial decisions and fundamental concepts in Logistics, Operations and Supply Chain Management

Planning of network, location, site, and layout

Demand and resource management

ERP and SCM software systems, Industrial management methods

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Research

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Management

Supply ChainManagement

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Asia / Emerging Markets

Risk Management

Lean & Green Product Life Cycle Management

Systems Engineering

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Research Projects

Projects

C-FISH – Collaborative Financial Supply Chain Management (CTI No. 13857.2 PFES-ES)

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FastETO – Methods and tools that support a fast and efficient engineer-to-order process (ETO) for parameterized product families (CTI No. 15021.1 PFES-ES)

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GaLA – Game and Learning Alliance(EU-IST-ICT 258169)

X X X

Long-Range planning of Logistics capacities in the process industry X X X X

Developing a global manufacturing footprint corresponding to volatile environments X X X X X

Additively – Connect & Manufacture – Platform supporting companies interested in additive manufacturing X X X

Decision-support for Eco-efficiency Improvements in Produc-tion Systems Based on Discrete-event Simulation (diss.) X X X

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Research Project: C-FISH Collaborative Financial Supply Chain Management

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Research Project: FastETOMethods and tools that support a fast and efficient engineer-to-order process (ETO) for parameterized product families

(CTI-Nr. 15021.1 PFES-ES)

intelligent systems solutions GmbH

Research Project: GALA (EU/FP7)EU-IST-ICT 258169 Game and Learning Alliance

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GaLA – Game and Learning Alliance

Research Project: Additively – Connect & Manufacture – Platform supporting companies interested in additive manufacturing

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www.bwi.ch:Our Customers

Excerpt of our Reference ListABB Corporate Research Ltd, BadenABB Hochspannungstechnik AG, ZürichABB Industrie AB, TurgiAlcatel AG, ZürichAscom Business Systems, SolothurnBundesamt für Gesundheit, BernBundesamt für Verkehr, BernCanon Schweiz AG, DietlikonCargologic AG, Zürich-FlughafenClariden Leu, Private Banking, ZürichCredit Suisse Group, ZürichDie Schweizerische Post, BernElan Florian Weber AG, MenzikenEmmi Käse AG, EmmenHelsana Versicherung AG, ZürichHirslanden Holding, ZürichF. Hoffmann-La Roche AB, BaselJura Elektroapparate AG, Niederbuchsiten

Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AGMigros Genossenschafts-Bund, ZürichNovartis Pharma, BaselPhilips AG, ZürichPricewaterhouseCoopers AG, ZürichRingier AG, ZürichSBB AG, BernSchweizerische Nationalbank, BernSiemens AG, ZürichSony AG, SchlierenSunrise / TDC Switzerland AG, ZürichSwiss International Airlines, BaselSwisscom AG, BernSynthes GmbH, OberdorfUniversität St.Gallen, St.GallenV-Zug AG, ZugZurich Financial Services Group, Zürich

www.bwi.ch:Our Customers and Suppliers

Target customers:focus on lower and middle management,mainly with technical /natural scientific

background, of industry, service industry, public sector,particularly also from technology-oriented SME.

Suppliers:a network of about 50 independent trainers ,with long-standing experience in their domain

and in the network.

www.bwi.ch:Our Way of Advertising

www.bwi.ch: Our Business

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No. of Public Seminars Held No. of Public Seminar Days Held

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Range of Seminars offered 09 10 11 12 13 14 Number of Public Seminars Held 61 71 83 77 76 69 Number of Public Seminar Days Held 142 159 183 181 178 168 Number of Company-Internal Seminars Held 92 84 99 81 69 91 Number of Company-Internal Seminar Days Held 220 203 264 183 138 218