Projects, seminars, project seminars

Examples from business and engineering

YES GmbH, Würzburg

Topic: Showcase for the digital integration of sensor data in ERP systems
Result: An exemplary architecture which comprises sensors at a Raspberry Pi, the cloud platform Microsoft Azure and a Microsoft ERP system. With their help, the potential of digital integration for companies can be demonstrated.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Dobhan

SIEMENS, Bad Neustadt a. der Saale

Topic: Simulation of and support with the introduction of a fully automated assembly line
Result: Design of a fully automated assembly line for the assembly of a new series of servo electric motors including subsequent optimization based on a simulation model created with PlantSim (Technomatix, SIEMENS PLM)
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Schwindl

SIEMENS, Bad Neustadt

Topic: Ergonomic design, simulation and assessment of an assembly line for electric motors
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Deutschle

Intact Idea, Laguna Niguel

Topic: Developing a portable milk frother for preparing cappuccino
Result: Solution approaches and concepts for the generation of hot water, the heating of the brewing cylinder and the preparation of the espresso via the heat exchanger principle.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Schulz

Gesslein, Redwitz 

Topic: Conception of a pram for siblings
Result: Creating an integrated transport possibility for older siblings and developing an independent suspension for more leg room when pushing the pram.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Brake

Gesslein, Redwitz 

Topic: New possibilities of transport for babies and infants
Result: Developing adapter systems for prams in order to transport not only the baby, but another infant.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Schulz

Gesslein, Redwitz und Ress, Schwebheim

Topic: Entwicklung von Säuglingsfahrzeugen für den Winter
Ergebnis: Concepts to connect a pram with a wooden Davos sledge; approaches for the development of a new sledge platform for carrycots.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Schulz and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bunsen

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Examples from Logistics

Backstube Schmitt (Bakery), Bad Neustadt a. der Saale

Topic: Increasing the product availability in selected stores of the bakery
Result: Recommendations for action to improve vehicle routing, process workflows during product delivery/pick-up to/from stores, the stores’ layout design and communications between the head office, drivers and stores.
Supervising professors: Prof. Dr. Schmidt

Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH

Topic: In-house material flow
Result: Having analysed the transport orders in SAP-WM, a Sankey diagram was developed which shows the kinds and volumes of in-house material flows.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bremer

DBL Textilservice Richter GmbH

Topic: Feasibility study RFID
Result: A feasibility study was carried out to replace barcodes with RFID tags to address process and technical challenges in the sorting, cleaning and distribution of rental work wear.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bremer

Krankenhaus St. Josef

Topic: Optimizing sterilization
Result: Analysing the sterilization process for surgical instruments, determining machine shortages, considering legal hygiene requirements, smoothing out peaks in the OR by improved communication, introducing pre-cleaning processes in the OR to avoid time consuming double cleaning.Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Machholz

Lebenshilfe Schweinfurt, Werkstatt Sennfeld

Topic: Optimizing product supply processes and warehouse layouts
Result: Development of suggestions for changing the arrangement of workplaces in production; improved delivery of goods to production; analysis of floor space consumption for preparation of a move in the warehouse.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Gampl

Schäflein AG

Topic: Customizing a warehouse management system for a hazardous goods warehouse
Result: An algorithm was developed that suggests free storage locations for goods receipts, taking into account the product type, the division of the warehouse into storage areas for certain hazardous substances, the quantity of hazardous substances already stored and the free storage locations in accordance with the Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances TRGS 510.
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr. Gampl

SIEMENS, Bad Neustadt a. der Saale

Topic: Simulation of and support with the introduction of a fully automated assembly line
Result: Design of a fully automated assembly line for the assembly of a new series of servo electric motors including subsequent optimization based on a simulation model created with PlantSim (Technomatix, SIEMENS PLM)
Supervising professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bremer

Veritas

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Representation of process steps

Topic: Optimization of the product engineering process (PEP) for an automotive supplier
Result:
PEP analysis; BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) of the numerous process steps; identifying bottlenecks, unclear responsibilities and possibly unnecessary processes; increasing the transparency for the eleven departments involved.