Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization
| Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization |
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 Center for Virtual Engineering (ZVE) |
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| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Fraunhofer Society |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Seat of the wearer: |
Munich , Germany
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| Facility location: |
Stuttgart , Germany
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| Type of research: | Applied research |
| Subjects: | Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: |
Computer science , economics , social science , technology management |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (90%), states (10%) |
| Management: | Wilhelm Bauer, Dieter Spath, Oliver Riedel, Anette Weisbecker (Deputy) |
| Employee: | approx. 655 (including the cooperating Institute for Ergonomics and Technology Management IAT of the University of Stuttgart) |
| Homepage: | www.iao.fraunhofer.de |
The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization (Fraunhofer IAO) is part of the Fraunhofer Society and is based in Stuttgart . Its activities can be assigned to applied research and development in the fields of engineering , computer science , economics and social science .
Institute management
The institute management of the Fraunhofer IAO consists of Wilhelm Bauer (managing director), Dieter Spath, Oliver Riedel and Anette Weisbecker (deputy).
2018
Since July 1, 2018, the institute management has been expanded to include Oliver Riedel. With the research focus on digital product creation, he strengthens the top three of Wilhelm Bauer, Dieter Spath and Anette Weisbecker with 25 years of research and industry experience in the field of product creation and product lifecycle management.
2013 to 2016
In 2016, after three years as CEO at Wittenstein AG, Dieter Spath returned to Fraunhofer IAO. Since October 1, 2016, he has been managing the institute together with Wilhelm Bauer (executive) and Anette Weisbecker (deputy). In connection with this, Dieter Spath took over the management of the cooperating IAT of the University of Stuttgart again.
From October 2013 to October 2016, Wilhelm Bauer took over the provisional management of Fraunhofer IAO and the cooperating IAT of the University of Stuttgart .
2002 to 2013
In 2002 Hans-Jörg Bullinger became President of the Fraunhofer Society, and Dieter Spath became the new director of the institute.
From 2002 to 2013 Dieter Spath headed the Fraunhofer IAO and Institute for Ergonomics and Technology Management IAT at the University of Stuttgart in personal union.
1981 to 2002
After the Fraunhofer IAO was founded in 1981, Hans-Jörg Bullinger was appointed head of the institute and took over the chair for ergonomics at the University of Stuttgart . At the beginning of 1991 he also took over the management of the newly established Institute for Ergonomics and Technology Management (IAT) at the University of Stuttgart . From 2002 to 2012 he was President of the Fraunhofer Society.
history
In the “Work and Organization” main department of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Engineering and Automation (IPA), the first projects on the subject of work structuring in production and employee qualification were carried out in the mid-1970s . From this main department, under the direction of Hans-Jörg Bullinger, the Fraunhofer IAO emerged in 1981 with 54 permanent employees and a financial volume of 6.4 million DM.
Milestones
1981 : Fraunhofer IAO is founded
1987 : Move into the new building in the Stuttgart Institute Center. The Institute Center Stuttgart is the second largest research center of the Fraunhofer Society in Germany and comprises five institutes.
1996 : Move to another building in the Stuttgart Institute Center.
1991 : Foundation of the Institute for Ergonomics and Technology Management (IAT) at the University of Stuttgart .
2012 : Opening of the institute's new building "Center for Virtual Engineering (ZVE)".
Since the institute was founded, over 35 spin-offs have been created by former employees of the institute with more than 600 jobs.
Research and Development
Fraunhofer IAO deals with the processing of current issues in technology and innovation management , such as B. innovative product and service developments, software technologies , the optimization of business processes as well as the exchange of experience and knowledge between research and practice.
Strategically oriented research and development projects to strengthen the know-how base and innovative strength are processed. The development of innovative products and services is an essential work focus of the institute and is understood as a holistic system approach, in the issues of technology and innovation management, cooperation in virtual company structures, customer management, product design, ICT support and new work Development flow.
Important work focuses
- Holistic concepts for work design
- Organizational and corporate cultures
- Future-oriented interaction between people and technology
- Development and implementation of innovation and technology strategies
- Use of virtual and augmented reality
- Cognitive systems and artificial intelligence
- Sustainable solutions for the mobility of the future
- System innovations for livable and adaptable cities
In accordance with the application-oriented orientation of the institute, projects are carried out in cooperation with large companies, SMEs, institutions and public institutions in specific applications. The institute plans and supports the use of technology in the entire company, in research areas and in individual projects.
Research areas
- Organizational development and work design
- Service and personnel management
- Human-technology interaction
- Digital business
- Cognitive Engineering and Production
- City system design
- Mobility and Innovation Systems
- Responsible Research and Innovation
Cooperations, branch offices and associations
Fraunhofer groups
The Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research was founded in 2017 under the chairmanship of Fraunhofer IAO. With its own association for innovation research, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will in future strengthen its role in the research, technology and innovation policy dialogue with business, politics and society. The thematic areas of the group: design of innovation systems, socio-economic dimension of technology development, strategic research planning and foresight, system optimization of human-organization-technology, technology and innovation management, technology foresight, transfer and utilization of research results.
The institute is also a guest in the Fraunhofer Group for Information and Communication Technology (IuK). This is the largest European research association for information and communication technology, in which the competencies of 15 Fraunhofer institutes are bundled, the networking enables targeted, industry-specific and holistic solutions from application-oriented research: tailor-made IT solutions, competent technology advice and preliminary research for new products and services.
Basic research
In the university sector, there is a cooperation agreement with the Institute for Ergonomics and Technology Management (IAT) at the University of Stuttgart, which covers the basic research needs of the Fraunhofer IAO. This is facilitated by the double function of the institute director (also head of the department).
Branch offices
Funded by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation , a "Research and Innovation Center for Cognitive Service Systems (KODIS)" was set up in Heilbronn in 2019 in order to put research questions on artificial intelligence in direct application to customer-oriented service offers.
Since 2015, “LOGWERT - Competence Center for Logistics and Value Creation” in Heilbronn has been combining the expertise of Fraunhofer IAO in the areas of mobility and urban system design with the logistics expertise of Heilbronn University. This gives the economy and the municipalities in the Heilbronn-Franconia region an application-oriented research structure at the interface between urban logistics and regional added value.
Since 2014 the branch “Center for Responsible Research and Innovation CeRRI” in Berlin has been dealing with new approaches and methods in order to focus future topics as well as research and project plans on social requirements right from the start. The aim is to develop socially accepted, innovative technologies, products, services, models and strategies.
In 2012, the institute and the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences set up the Fraunhofer application center “KEIM - Competence Center for Energy and Information Technology Mobility Interfaces”. Here, scientists and students at the university research and develop hardware and software for intelligent traffic systems.
Since 2012, the institute has been supporting the “Model Community Electromobility” in close cooperation with local partners from business and science in evaluating and testing the opportunities offered by electromobility and tourism as part of the branch in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
In 2009 the Fraunhofer Innovation Engineering Center IEC was founded in Bolzano, South Tyrol; Together with the Free University of Bozen and the Entrepreneurs Association of South Tyrol, the institute works on projects with medium-sized industry in the region.
Infrastructure
A total of around 655 people are employed at Fraunhofer IAO, around 80% of whom are scientific staff, mainly engineers , computer scientists , economists and social scientists . In addition, there are visiting scientists, administrative staff, trainees and around 250 research assistants . Around 160 employees are employed at the partner institute IAT of the University of Stuttgart.
The total budget of the institute grew by € 2.8 million to € 38.2 million in 2019. The operating budget grew to € 37 million. Of this, € 31.6 million was generated in the form of own income. Accordingly, the grants in 2019 were in the order of € 5.4 million.
More than 15,000 m² of modern offices, laboratories and demonstration centers are available for processing research assignments. This also includes the Center for Virtual Engineering, which opened in June 2012. The ZVE laboratories are not only used for research through virtual reality simulations, new working world concepts are being lived and tested in everyday office life throughout the building.
Former Employees
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.iao.fraunhofer.de/lang-de/ueber-uns/fraunhofer-iao/institutsleitung.html
- ↑ Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Riedel strengthens the institute management of Fraunhofer IAO. In: press release. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed July 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Professor Dr. Dieter Spath will return to the institute management in Stuttgart on October 1st. In: press release. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed October 4, 2016 .
- ^ Change of institute director at Fraunhofer IAO. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed October 3, 2013 .
- ↑ Service and personnel management: www.dlpm.iao.fraunhofer.de. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Human-technology interaction www.hci.iao.fraunhofer.de. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Digital Business: www.digital.iao.fraunhofer.de. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Cognitive Engineering and Production: www.engineering-produktion.iao.fraunhofer.de. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Urban system design: www.muse.iao.fraunhofer.de. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Mobility and innovation systems: www.muse.iao.fraunhofer.de. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Responsible Research and Innovation: www.cerri.iao.fraunhofer.de. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research. Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research, accessed on January 18, 2018 .
- ^ Institute for Ergonomics and Technology Management IAT. Institute for Ergonomics and Technology Management IAT, accessed on January 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Research and Innovation Center for Cognitive Service Systems (KODIS). Research and Innovation Center for Cognitive Service Systems (KODIS), accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ LOGWERT competence center. Competence center LOGWERT, accessed on January 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Fraunhofer CeRRI. Fraunhofer CeRRI, accessed on January 18, 2018 .
- ↑ KEIM application center. KEIM application center, accessed on January 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Fraunhofer Italia. Fraunhofer Italia, accessed January 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Annual report 2019 (PDF; 4 MB) Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Center for Virtual Engineering ZVE. Fraunhofer IAO, accessed on February 16, 2016 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 '26.1 " N , 9 ° 5' 48.9" E