Gosta B. Ihde

Gösta-Bernd Ihde (mostly as Gösta B. Ihde ; born March 29, 1938 in Rostock ) is a German business economist and former university lecturer specializing in transport management and logistics .

Life

In 1953 Ihde fled the GDR . In 1959 he made his Abitur in Goslar . Ihde completed his studies of business administration in Marburg , Saarbrücken and Göttingen in 1966 with a doctorate under Wolfgang Lücke in Göttingen. In 1969 he received his habilitation there. Ihde then worked for a year in a service company before he accepted the call from the University of Mannheim to the "Chair for Transport Management" in 1970 . Ihde retired in 2003.

Ihde is married and has a son. He was a reserve officer, most recently in the rank of colonel .

Teaching

In Mannheim, Ihde developed a function- related approach to logistics in the areas of distribution logistics , production logistics and procurement logistics . The reallocation of the chair in 1971 to "Chair for General Business Administration and Logistics, especially Transport Management" made this movement from institutional transport management to the integration of logistics as a cross-sectional function in all operational areas clear. Until then, the term "logistics" in Germany only referred to military supplies . The broader understanding of logistics that is common today only introduced Ihde into the German economic debate based on the US model. His focus was on the analysis of logistics as a system and decision- oriented process optimization .

The lecture cycle "Logistics" over three semesters comprised macro-logistics, micro-logistics and planning of logistics processes. Under the term macrologistics , Ihde taught the understanding of the connections between economic trends such as specialization and globalization and the decreasing depth of added value, with increasingly intensive use of the transport infrastructure and the importance of transport policy for the division of labor between the transport modes. He saw infrastructure as a competitive advantage in international comparison. Micro- logistics aspects of logistics and industry topics were dealt with under micro- logistics. While planning logistical processes , he taught operations research tools and procedures for optimizing many microeconomic issues. In the subject Business Administration taught Ihde corporate management and corporate strategy. He showed the connections between competition, size savings, specialization, globalization and depth of added value. Through his lecture series and through his literature, he made it clear that logistics have to make a direct contribution to the specialization of the economy and global development. The micrologistic / microeconomic setup and process alignment must go hand in hand with the decreasing depth of added value in order to be able to achieve competitive advantages. Conceptually, this systemic approach also includes supply chain management .

Ihde was also a pioneer in spare parts logistics .

He was twice dean of the Faculty of Business Administration. After his retirement in 2003, Stefan Minner succeeded the Mannheim chair.

Memberships in committees

Ihde is a founding and honorary member of the Federal Logistics Association and was a board member of this association from 1978 to 1999. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development . Until 2002 he held various supervisory and advisory board mandates, including a. at Rheinmetall AG , Duravit AG and on the committees of the Röchling Group.

Fonts

Transport, traffic, logistics

Monographs and Editing

• Propositional Logic and Boolean Algebra in Business Research . Dissertation, University of Göttingen 1966.
• Basics of rationalization. Theoretical analysis and practical problems . Erich Schmidt, Berlin 1970, ISBN 3-503-00566-8 (habilitation thesis)
• Logistics. Physical aspects of goods distribution . Poeschel, Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-7910-9071-2 .
• with Jürgen Bloech : operational distribution planning. To optimize the logistic processes . Physica, Würzburg and Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-7908-0109-7 .
• Distribution size savings . Gabler, Wiesbaden 1976, ISBN 3-409-30291-3 .
• Distribution logistics . Fischer (UTB), Stuttgart and New York 1978, ISBN 3-437-40051-7 .
• Distribution logistics workbook . Fischer (UTB), Stuttgart and New York 1980, ISBN 3-437-40051-7 (same ISBN as the main volume)
• Spare parts logistics. Basics and empirical results (with Gernot Lukas, Helmut Merkel and K. Unshelm), Verkehrs-Verlag Fischer, Düsseldorf 1980.
  • 2nd revised edition. as spare parts logistics. Theoretical basics and practical handling (with Helmut Merkel and H. Neubauer), Huss, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-921455-44-8 .
  • 3rd revised edition. (with Helmut Merkel and Ralf Henning). Huss, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-931724-28-X .
• Transport, traffic, logistics. Macroeconomic aspects and microeconomic handling . Vahlen, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-8006-1060-4 .
  • 2nd revised edition. Vahlen, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-8006-1570-3 .
  • 3rd revised edition. Vahlen, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-8006-2611-X .
• Vahlens Large Logistics Lexicon . Editing with Jürgen Bloech. Vahlen, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-8006-2020-0 .

Essays

• Credit checks in the recession. In: Journal for the entire accounting system, 13th year (1967), pp. 201–203.
• For the treatment of bivalent decision alternatives. In: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Volume 38 (1968), pp. 93-104.
• Learning processes in business production theory , in: Zeitschrift für Betriebs -wirtschaft, 40th Jg. (1970), pp. 451–468.
• Farewell to the 'optimal company size . A discussion essay, in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 40th Jg. (1970), pp. 560-563; Reprinted in: Kostenrechnungspraxis, (1970), No. 4, pp. 165–168.
• Dynamic analyzes and business decisions in the event of uncertainty. In: Decision in case of uncertain expectations (Hrsg. H. Hax), Cologne and Opladen 1970, pp. 53–68.
• Logistics, business management. In: Handwortbuch der Betriebswirtschaft (Eds. E. Grochla and W. Wittmann), Volume 2, Stuttgart 1975, pp. 2524-2531.
• The competitive position of companies and the combat value of armed forces as logistical problems. In: Journal for the entire political science 1976, issue 3, pp. 513-534.
• Press wholesale as a logistic system (with Helmut Merkel and Karlheinz Eicher), in: Der neue Vertrieb, 1979, Issue 9, pp. 30–64.
• Material provision. In: Handwortbuch der Produktionswirtschaft (Ed. W. Kern), Stuttgart 1980, Sp. 1210–1216
• On 'operational time' in logistical processes (with Dirk Eybl and Helmut Merkel) in: Proceedings in Operations Research (Ed. J. Schwarze et al.), Würzburg, Vienna 1980, pp. 136–143.
• From traffic management to business logistics. In: Journal of Transport Science, Volume 51, 1980, p. 3/16
• Portfolio management. In: Wirtschaftswwissenschaftliches Studium, 9th year 1980, pp. 130–132.
• Logistics, organization of. In: Concise dictionary of the organization, 2nd edition. (Ed. E. Grochla), Stuttgart 1980, Sp. 1224-1234.
• Spare Parts Logistics in West German Industries . An empirical analysis (with H. Merkel), in: International Journal of Physical Distribution and Materials Management 1982, pp. 5-11.
• The changes in location in the iron and steel industry and their effects on the sea transport markets (with U. Barwig), in: Zeitschrift für Verkehrswwissenschaft, 53rd year 1982, issue 1, pp. 44–54.
• Logistics in a comparative perspective - treated using the example of the Federal Republic of Germany , in: Journal of the Society for Canada Studies, 1983, pp. 105–113.
• Location system as a strategic answer to economic structural changes. In: E. Gaugler, OH Jacobs, A. Kieser (Hrsg.): Strategic corporate management and accounting. Stuttgart 1984, pp. 83-96.
• Supply and disposal concepts, logistical solutions today and in the future. In: Transport processing in goods traffic: Problems, tendencies, possible solutions (Ed. Peter A. Philip), Düsseldorf 1984, pp. 11–17.
• Inventory management. In: H. Baumgarten, C. Schwarting (Hrsg.): Inventory reduction in production and supplier companies, series of publications by BVL eV, Volume 11, Bremen 1984.
• Economic structural change and industrial company sizes , in: Industrielles Management, Festgabe for the 60th birthday of Wolfgang Lücke, ed. by Jürgen Bloech, Göttingen 1986.
• Status and development of logistics. In: Die Betriebswirtschaft, Volume 47 (1987), Issue 6, pp. 703-716.
• Distribution as an element of the logistic planning chain. In: SAP GmbH (Ed.) Congress Manual - International Software Congress Karlsruhe, 7./8. September 1987, Walldorf 1987, pp. L8 / 1-10
• The relative depth of operation as a strategic success factor. In: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Volume 58, 1988, Issue 1, pp. 3–13.
• Logistics planning. In: Manual dictionary of planning, Vol.9 of the Encyclopedia of Business Administration (Ed. N. Szyperski), Stuttgart 1989, Sp. 984–992
• Air freight services: Integrated services are increasing (with B. Bjelicic). In: Jahrbuch der Logistik 1989. Ed. By Carlheinz Bonny, Düsseldorf: Handelsblatt GmbH, 1989, pp. 63–68.
• Competitive strategies of the forwarding company in the field of tension between (de) regulation and structural change , commemorative publication for the 65th birthday of Prof. Dr. R. Willeke, in: Journal for Transport Science, 60th year, 1989, issue 2/3, pp. 129-140.
• Logistics. In: GBM, Handbook of German Business Management, Vol. 2 (Ed. Erwin Grochla et al.), Stuttgart, Poeschel, 1989, pp. 1363-1376.
• New logistics systems to increase flexibility and reduce costs. In: Initiative '92, 59th series of publications by the Association of the Automotive Industry, Frankfurt / Main 1989.
• The development of the EC transport market. In: Steps towards the European Single Market (Ed. E. Dichtl), Munich 1990, pp. 145–164.
• The model of direct product profitability as an instrument to support logistics decisions in the consumer goods trade , (with Chr. Femerling and M. Kemmler) in: Handelsforschung 1990, yearbook of the Research Center for Retail Berlin (FfH) e. V., ed. von Volker Trommsdorff, Wiesbaden 1990, pp. 173-193.
• Logistics lowers costs - Unwanted stocks - Minimal storage increases productivity and also reduces the burden on the environment. In: Wirtschaftswoche, No. 48, 1990, pp. 113–116.
• Logistics as a central competitive factor in the European internal market. In: Securing the future through strategic corporate management. Perspectives of medium-sized companies for the 1990s (Ed. Hans Zinken), Droege & Comp., Gütersloh 1991, pp. 418–422.
• Transport infrastructure as a logistics bottleneck? in: Yearbook of Logistics 1991, ed. by Carlheinz Bonny, Düsseldorf: Handelsblatt GmbH, 1991, pp. 75-77.
• More traffic through just in time? in: Zeitschrift für Verkehrswwissenschaft, Vol. 62, 1991, Issue 4, pp. 192–198.
• Organization of the transport companies (with B. Bjelicic), in: Handwortbuch der Organization (HWO) (Ed. E. Frese), 3rd edition. Stuttgart: Poeschel, 1992, Sp. 2541-2554.
• Logistics - The management of complex goods flow systems. In: Blick durch die Wirtschaft No. 26 of February 5, 1992, p. 7.
• Opinions on the subject: Euro logistics, opinion mirror in: Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis, Volume 44 (1992), Issue 3, pp. 240 f., P. 244 f., P. 248 f., P. 252.
• The development of the EC transport market. In: Steps to the European Single Market, ed. by E. Dichtl, 2nd edition. Munich 1992, pp. 171-193.
• Profit-oriented price and capacity management for logistic service companies. In: Bloech, Jürgen / Götze, Uwe / Sierke, Bernt (eds.): Management-oriented accounting. Concepts and analyzes for decision-making, Wiesbaden: Gabler, 1993, pp. 104–119.
• From spare parts supply to integrated parts logistics through IT support , (with F. Schuppert) in: m & c-Management & Computer, 1st year, 1993, issue 1, pp. 11-17.
• Planning. In: Bartscher, Susanne / Bomke, Paul (eds.): Introduction to corporate policy, Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel, 1993, pp. 223–244.
• The design of take-back systems as a logistical task - illustrated using the example of end-of-life vehicle disposal (with E. Dutz) in: Journal for Applied Environmental Research, 6th year, 1993, No. 2, pp. 197-209.
• Possibilities and problems of an environmentally oriented consumer goods distribution , (with E. Dutz and A. Stieglitz) in: Marketing, 16. Jg. (1994), Heft 3, pp 199-208.
• The effects of industrial structural changes on the mechanical engineering industry in Baden-Württemberg , (with H. Hartmann and F. Merath) in: Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Baden-Württemberg in words and numbers, no year, 1995, booklet 4, pp. 171-175.
• Competitiveness through location arbitrage. In: Sierke, BRA / Albe, F. (Ed.): Cross-industry success factors. Controlling, organization, logistics, growth, Wiesbaden 1995, pp. 52–58.
• Location and Competitiveness Under Open Market Conditions. In: Business & the Contemporary World, Volume VII, Number 3, 1995, pp. 34-38.
• The importance of the transport infrastructure equipment for securing the industrial location Baden-Württemberg , (with H. Hartmann and F. Merath) in: Internationales Verkehrwesen, 47th year, 1995, issue 9, pp. 519-527.
• Industrial structural change and traffic effects. An investigation of long-distance road freight transport in Baden-Württemberg , (with H. Hartmann and F. Merath) in: Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 53rd year, 1995, issue 6, pp. 444–452.
• Competitiveness through location arbitrage. In: Sierke, BRA / Albe, F. (Ed.): Cross-industry success factors. Controlling, organization, logistics, growth, Wiesba-den 1995, pp. 52–58.
• Location and Competitiveness Under Open Market Conditions. In: Business & the Contemporary World, Volume VII, Number 3, 1995, pp. 34-38.
• Supplier integration. In: Kern, W./Schröder, H.-H./Weber, J. (Hrsg.): Handwörterbuch der Produktionswirtschaft, 2nd, completely redesigned edition. Stuttgart 1996, Sp. 1086-1095.
• Circular economy - a logistical challenge. In: Eichhorn, P. (Ed.): Ecology and market economy. Problems, causes and solutions, Wiesbaden 1996, pp. 123–144.
• Controlling vertical integration , (with Ch. Femerling) in: Schulte, Ch. (Ed.): Lexikon des Controlling, Munich 1996.
• On the way to time-defined logistics. In: Deutsche Verkehrszeitung (DVZ), No. 82 of July 10, 1997, p. 92.
• Logistics management as time controlling. In: Bogaschewsky, R./Götze, U. (Ed.): Unternehmensplanung und Controlling, Festschrift for the 60th birthday of Jürgen Bloech, Heidelberg 1998, pp. 203-214.
• Micro and macro logistics. In: Weber, Jürgen / Baumgarten, Helmut (Ed.): Handbuch Logis-tik. Management of material and goods flow processes, Stuttgart 1999, pp. 115–128.
• Planning . In: Alfred Kieser , Walter A. Oechsler : Unternehmenspolitik . Schäffer-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-7910-1265-7 , pp. 275-303.
• Statement on the question 'Macroeconomic growth effects of transport'. In: Research Society for Roads and Transportation e. V. (Ed.): Costs and benefits of traffic. Recent developments in macroeconomic evaluation. Contributions to the FGSV symposium on 17./18. February 1998 in Freiburg, Cologne 1999.
• Book review about: Martin Grünendieck: The financing of local public transport. A business analysis with special consideration of the legal regulations. (Writings on the economic analysis of law, Vol. 36). Publishing house Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, In: Journal for public and public enterprise. (ZögU), Volume 22, Issue 4, 1999, pp. 482-484.
• Logistics megatrend. In: Logistik Today. Volume 21 (1999), Issue 7/8, pp. 20-22.
• Infrastructure. The transport infrastructure as a framework for logistics. (with O. Janz) In: Helmut Baumgarten (Hrsg.): Logistikmanagement. Heidelberg 2000.
• Design principles of logistics. (with O. Janz) In: WISU Economics Studies. 29th vol. (2000), No. 3, pp. 332-341.
• Road infrastructure : ways to finance in line with the market. Recommendations from February 2000, In: (with: Scientific Advisory Board for Transport at the BMVBW) International Transport. 52nd Jg. (2000), No. 5, pp. 186-190.
• Network effects in logistics systems. (with Th. Kloster) In: Logistics Management. 3rd volume (2001), edition 2/3, pp. 25-34.
• Structure and development tendencies of the freight forwarding markets. (with D. Wolff) In: D. Arnold, A. Isermann, H. Tempelmeier (eds.): Hut manual logistics. 2002.

literature

• Helmut Merkel , Borislav Bjelicic (eds.): Logistics and the transport industry in transition. Cross-company supply networks are changing the economy. Festschrift for Gösta B. Ihde . Vahlen, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-8006-2933-X . ( Table of contents ); therein, among others
  • Helmut Merkel, Jens Heymanns: Logistics as a coordination task in cross-company supply chains, pp. 3–19.

Web links

• Literature by and about Gösta B. Ihde in the catalog of the German National Library
• A thought leader at the Mannheim business administration faculty for over three decades . Press release of the University of Mannheim, February 11, 2003
• Chair homepage ( Memento from December 24, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Information on Gösta B. Ihde ( Memento from December 24, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Logistics alumni Prof. Ihde

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Who is who? The German who's who , 2003.
2. ↑ Merkel / Heymanns 2003.
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.