Original title: Einführung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (EBwl)

Content

The module provides an overview of entrepreneurial activities along a case study of an exemplary company. In the further course, the lecture covers basic concepts and methods from the areas of business organisation and legal forms, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing management, supply chain management, and human resource management, which are further deepened in the accompanying exercise. The goal of the lecture is to convey basic business management thinking and methods in a corporate context, embedded in a case study with practical relevance. The course serves as an introduction to economic and corporate thinking and operational decision-making, and is intended to exemplary present basic concepts. More in-depth knowledge is to be acquired in corresponding advanced lectures.

• Study areas: Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 1
• German
• Every winter semester

Original title: Einführung in die Wirtschaftswissenschaften (EWiwi)

Content

The aim of the module is to impart basic business management mindsets and methods. For this purpose, the first section addresses business administration as a social science. Based on this, the process of business decision making will be examined in more detail. In the framework of the module, basic concepts and methods of economics, supply chain management and marketing management are taught. The course is designed to introduce economic paradigms and to present basic concepts in an exemplary manner. More in-depth knowledge is to be acquired in the corresponding advanced lectures.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Economics, Global Business Management, Business Mathematics
• Recommended study semester: 1
• German
• Every winter semester

Original title: Produktion und Logistik (PuL)

Content

The module provides a systematic introduction to the topics of industrial production and logistics. Main production and logistic planning problems are explained and basic methods available for their solution are presented in an overview. In addition to the basic concepts of production, logistics, supply chain management and decision making, the basics of strategic location and layout planning, mid-term sales planning (demand forecasts), mid-term master production scheduling as well as short-term material requirements planning, scheduling and transport planning are taught in detail using decision models. Furthermore, it will be discussed how ecological as well as economic aspects can be taken into account in the presented planning problems.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Economics, Global Business Management, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering, Business Mathematics
• Recommended study semester: 3
• German
• Every winter semester

Content

The course first introduces the general tasks of production management and the basics of model-based production planning. On this groundwork, the topics of production program planning, material requirements planning and lot-size planning as well as sequence planning are introduced and their interrelationships are analyzed. Operations research methods (e.g. linear programming, branch-and-bound, mathematical programming, heuristics and metaheuristics) are introduced and applied to solve the planning and decision problems. The application is deepened in the accompanying exercise.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Economics, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 4
• German
• Every summer semester

Original title: Sustainable Operations (SO) / Nachhaltiges Ressourcen- und Umweltmanagement (NRUM)

Content

The goal of the module is the teaching of quantitative methods associated with sustainable operations from raw material acquisition to sustainable production and transportation planning. In detail, the first part of the module covers the basics of resource management, methods for identifying and quantifying commodity price risks, as well as characteristics and functions of commodity markets. The module’s second part builds upon methods and concepts introduced in the module “Production and Logistics” (at the same chair) by extending the “Supply Chain Planning Matrix” by planning task for environmentally sustainable operations. Among others, this also covers strategic planning of closed-loop supply chains. Furthermore, the module introduces quantitative methods for environmentally sustainable location planning, transport planning, and vehicle routing, including emission taxes, emission certificates and other regulatory measures.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Economics, Global Business Management, Materials Science and Engineering, Environmental Ethics, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering

• Recommended study semester: 4
• German
• Every summer semester

Original title: Rechnerpraktikum mit ERP-Systemen (TS410)

Content

SAP University Alliances, SAP Education and the University of Augsburg offer students of business programs the opportunity to participate in a SAP certification course during their studies. The course opens up the opportunity to obtain a globally recognized SAP certificate, qualifying you to become an "SAP Certified Application Associate". The course builds on the SAP case study course and provides participants with knowledge in the area of "Business Processes Integration with SAP S/4HANA". You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the basic business processes in the areas of sales order management, material and production planning, procurement, warehouse management, project management, human resources, maintenance, finance and internal accounting.

The course is organized as a 10-day block event. The certification exam ("SAP Certified Application Associate - Business Process Integration with SAP S/4HANA 2020") takes place on another date under the supervision of a proctor from SAP SE.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Economics, Global Business Management, Law and Economics, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 5
• German
• Every semester

Only for incoming students

Content

Production and transportation planning are essential elements of Supply Chain Management aimed to fulfill customer demands most efficiently. The course starts with a general introduction to Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning. The students will be made familiar with basic terms and concepts of both. Afterwards, students will learn which planning problems in these areas exist, how specific planning problems are analyzed and structured, and with which advanced planning methods the corresponding planning/decision problems can be solved. The used planning methods from the field of Operations Research are first introduced theoretically and afterwards applied within examples. Their application will be further deepened by exercises. After the course, students will know about the overall planning contexts and interdependencies as swell as the most important planning tasks of both areas and will be able to apply advanced planning methods to fulfill the planning tasks.

• English
• Every winter semester

Content

Supply Chain Management (SCM) has been omnipresent in theory and practice for several years, primarily due to its high rationalization potential. In the lecture Supply Chain Management 1 the basics of SCM are explained. After an introduction to general concepts for planning and decision-making in a company, these are applied to the strategic planning of a production network and the individual production sites. In addition, strategies for inventory management are discussed and their interrelationships with the supply chain are demonstrated. Aspects of sustainability are discussed on all topics. With reference to the planning tasks, the analysis, structuring and modelling of planning problems and the solving of these with suitable software support are the focus of the lecture.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering, Business Mathematics
• Recommended study semester: 1
• German
• Every winter semester

Original title: Ressourceneffizienz und Resilienz (RR) / Industrial Ecology (IE)

Content

This course provides an interdisciplinary look at the geographic, environmental, socio-economic, and financial areas of resource efficiency and resilience. Various methods of industrial ecology, operations research, and statistics are used in the course. The lecture provides an introduction to the global consumption of resources as well as the sustainable use of resources. The method of criticality analysis is used to identify and calculate critical raw materials. A methodological focus of the course is life cycle assessment (LCA), which quantifies ecological impacts and damages of products over their entire life cycle, from raw material provision to end-of-life. Based on current literature, the design of an efficient production network from the bioeconomy is presented. Here, the trade-off between economic and ecological goals is addressed in particular. In a further step, it is shown how the production network can be designed resiliently. In addition, resilience is considered from a financial perspective and the behavior on commodity markets. The lecture concludes with a discussion of concepts for the design of future resilient cities and living spaces.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Global Business Management, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 2
• German
• Every summer semester

Original title: Wertschöpfungsorientiertes Ressourcenmanagement (WRM)

Content

The subject of the seminar is a holistic analysis of the distribution and value creation system for selected strategic metals and their functional use in key products of modern industrial societies. For this purpose, after a fundamental consideration of the operational environmental and resource management, the focus is in particular on the structure of an inter-company material flow management. Special attention is paid to the areas of recycling and dissipation, in addition to extraction, production and consumption. As an example, the evaluation of the criticality of strategic metals is discussed using platinum as a case study and its use in the automotive and pharmaceutical industries. In a subsequent phase, the methodological knowledge imparted will be transferred to other strategic metals (e.g., silver, gold, lithium) in group work.

• Study areas: Business Informatics
• Recommended study semester: 3
• German
• Every winter semester

Content

In this seminar, various decision problems from the fields of production and logistics are analyzed, modeled and solved by groups of students using operations research methods. For the solving of optimization problems "ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio" from IBM is used. In addition to solving the actual problem, special attention is paid to analyzing the information relevant to the decisions and interpreting the results so that decisions are made efficiently and transparently. 

Examples of optimization problems:

• Location planning for a waste disposal network
• Configuration of a reusable system
• Reverse logistics in the computer industry

Rough sequence

In a block course the students receive an introduction to the theoretical basics of mathematical optimization and to the "ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio". This is followed by independent group work on a topic from the above-mentioned areas (supervised in each case by a member of the chair). The seminar concludes with the group presentations of the results at the end of the work period (end of the semester).

Prior knowledge for the course

The basic requirements for the seminar are good PC skills and fun in learning a software tool. Programming knowledge is an advantage. Furthermore, the lectures "Production and Logistics" and "Production Management" are advantageous, but not a prerequisite.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Economics, Global Business Management, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 3
• German
• Every winter semester

Content

In this seminar, various decision problems from the fields of production and logistics are analyzed, modeled and solved by groups of students using operations research methods. "Plant Simulation" from Siemens PLM is used to conduct the simulation studies. In addition to solving the actual problem, special attention is paid to analyzing the information relevant to the decisions and interpreting the results so that decisions are made efficiently and transparently.

Examples of simulation studies:

• Simulation of a call center
• Evaluation of different priority rules to control the final assembly of helicopters
• Comparison of different strategies for the optimization of traffic flow at Königsplatz (Augsburg innercity)

Rough sequence

In two block courses the students receive an introduction to the theoretical basics of simulation, the execution of simulation studies and - on the basis of a case study - an insight into the exemplary implementation with the simulation software "Plant Simulation". This is followed by independent group work on a topic from the above-mentioned areas (supervised in each case by a member of the chair). The seminar concludes with the group presentations of the results at the end of the work period (end of the semester).

Prior knowledge for the course

The basic requirements for the seminar are good PC skills and fun in learning a software tool. Programming knowledge is an advantage. Furthermore, the lectures "Production and Logistics" and "Production Management" are advantageous, but not a prerequisite.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Economics, Global Business Management, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering

• Recommended study semester: 4
• German
• Every summer semester

Original title: Zukünftige Energiesysteme (ZESys)

Content

In this bachelor seminar, students deal with the challenges and opportunities of future energy systems in an interdisciplinary way. In the seminar, questions from the fields of engineering and environmental sciences as well as geography are combined with methods of Operations Research (OR) in order to derive optimal decisions regarding a sustainable energy strategy. While working on a selected topic, students are expected to develop application-oriented solutions. In addition, the students receive an introduction to scientific work in the seminar, so that they can present research results in a systematic and independent way. Furthermore, the communication of the acquired knowledge is trained and improved via presentations within the seminar.

• Study areas: Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 4
• German
• Every summer semester

Original title: Nachhaltige Ressourcenstrategien (NRS)

Content

The seminar "Sustainable Resource Strategies" or "Hands on Materials" is conducted in cooperation with companies in the region and the Swabian Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The topics of environmental management, waste management and resource efficiency are addressed. Students learn to develop and combine scientifically based solutions with innovative approaches for a specific application. 

• Study areas: Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 1
• German
• Every winter semester

Original title: Produktions- und Logistikmanagement mit ILOG - Advanced (IlogOpt - Advanced)

Content

In modern production and service networks, many dependencies make it increasingly difficult and even impossible to make precise statements about system behavior. Moreover, since humans and machines never behave exactly predictably, these networked systems are also difficult to access by human intuition. With the help of mathematical modeling, decisions can be optimized with the aid of software in a finite decision space that is limited by (non-)linear (in-)equations.
During this seminar, students analyze and model different problems from the areas of production and logistics (e.g., from the lectures Production and Logistics, Production Management, or Supply Chain Management 1) and solve them with the help of mathematical optimization. The optimization software "ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio" from IBM is used.

Rough sequence

In a block course the students receive an introduction to the theoretical basics of mathematical optimization and to the "ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio". This is followed by independent group work on a topic from the above-mentioned areas (supervised in each case by a member of the chair). The seminar concludes with the group presentations of the results at the end of the work period (end of the semester). 

Prior knowledge for the course

Basic requirements for the seminar are good PC skills, analytical skills as well as fun in learning a software tool. Knowledge of mathematical modeling, programming, and of the "ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio" is advantageous, but can also be acquired in the course of the seminar.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 1
• German
• Every winter semester

Original title: Simulation mit Plant Simulation - Advanced (PlantSim - Advanced)

Content

In modern production and service networks, many dependencies make it increasingly difficult and even impossible to make precise statements about system behavior. Moreover, since humans and machines never behave exactly predictably, these systems are also difficult to access by human intuition. With the help of simulation, it is possible to experiment in a system without risk, from which essential findings can be derived, e.g., with regard to the interrelationships of resource use, arrangement of process steps, order loading and malfunctions.
During this seminar, students analyze and model different problems from the areas of production and logistics (e.g., from the lectures Production and Logistics, Production Management, or Supply Chain Management 1) and solve them with the help of simulation. The simulation software "Plant Simulation" from Siemens PLM is used to carry out simulation studies.

Rough sequence

In two block courses the students receive an introduction to the theoretical basics of simulation, the execution of simulation studies and - on the basis of a case study - an insight into the exemplary implementation with the simulation software "Plant Simulation". This is followed by independent group work on a topic from the above-mentioned areas (supervised in each case by a member of the chair). The seminar concludes with the group presentations of the results at the end of the work period (end of the semester).

Prior knowledge for the course

Basic requirements for the seminar are good PC skills, analytical skills as well as fun in learning a software tool.

Knowledge of programming (especially the principle of object orientation) and of "Plant Simulation" is advantageous, but can also be acquired in the course of the seminar.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 2
• German
• Every summer semester

Content

The aim of the course is to apply the knowledge acquired in Supply Chain Management 1 to the design of value creation systems (supply chains) using an "on-line" simulation (Supply Chain Game). The subject of the "Supply Chain Game" is the decision for production sites, distribution centers as well as corresponding production, warehousing and transport policies in a fictitious continent with several regions. For this purpose, in a first part, necessary basics from the areas of "Forecasting and Inventory Management" are repeated. In a test round, the basics of the "Supply Chain Game" are explained and deepened. This is followed by the actual game round, which is included in the assessment together with the written paper and a seminar presentation. At the end of the course, the participants will be able to analyze basic, decision-relevant data and holistically evaluate and classify the effect of individual supply chain decisions.

• Study areas: Business Administration, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 2
• German
• Every summer semester

Original title: Nachhaltiges Ressourcenmanagement (NRM)

Content

Sustainable Islands - The seminar "Sustainable Resource Management" focuses on islands and their challenges in dealing with sustainable development. Using selected islands as examples, the students will deal with "Industrial Ecology" and discuss whether or how a circular economy can be implemented on islands. The following questions will be discussed: What is the state of the art in terms of circular economy principles? Which gaps can a functioning Circular Economy close? Can a Circular Economy be built in harmony with nature and natural resources?

• Study areas: Environmental Ethics, Business Informatics
• Recommended study semester: 2
• German
• Every summer semester

Original title: Interdisziplinäres Seminar zur Masterarbeit

Content

The students present the progress and the results of their thesis in two seminar presentations and discuss them with other students, doctoral candidates, and professors.

• Study areas: Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: complementary to the master thesis
• German
• Every semester

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Content

At the end of this course, each student has applied a quantitative method learned in the preceding lecture on Industrial Ecology. Throughout the seminar, we focus on data collection and management, computation of the mathematical models and sound display of quantitative results. Case studies tackle relevant research questions in the field of life cycle assessment, material and energy flows, clean energy technologies, critical raw materials and sustainability.

Prior knowledge for the course

Students taking this seminar should have previously taken the lecture "Industrial Ecology".

• Study areas: Industrial Engineering
• Recommended study semester: 3
• German / English
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