Günther Schuh (engineer)

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Günther Schuh (born November 19, 1958 in Cologne ) is a German engineer and has held the chair for Production Systems at RWTH Aachen University since 2002 . He is also director of the FIR - Research Institute for Rationalization e. V. , member of the board of directors of the machine tool laboratory WZL at RWTH Aachen University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT). He is co-founder of the electric vehicle manufacturer Streetscooter , managing director of the electric vehicle manufacturer e.GO Mobile and CFO of the company e.SAT, which was founded in 2018 for the development of the Silent Air Taxi. Another university task is the management of RWTH Aachen Campus GmbH . From 2008 to 2012 he was Vice Rector for Industry and Business at RWTH Aachen University.

Life

From 1978 to 1985, Günther Schuh studied mechanical engineering and the post-graduate course in business administration as an architect at RWTH Aachen University . In 1988 he received his doctorate in engineering with distinction, also at RWTH Aachen University. He obtained his habilitation in Switzerland from 1990 to 1993 at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

During his doctorate, he initially worked as a research assistant and from 1988 as a senior engineer at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Operations Management (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University. From this position he founded GPS mbH in Herzogenrath in 1989 and remained its managing director until 1996. He then became active in management consulting with Schuh & Co. GmbH in Würselen .

In 1990 he became a full-time lecturer for manufacturing management and industrial management at the University of St. Gallen. This led to a professorship for business production management at the same university in 1993 .

In 2002 he was appointed to the professorship for production systematics in Aachen , succeeding Walter Eversheim , and as a member of the board of directors of the WZL and the IPT .

In June 2010, Schuh and Achim Kampker founded StreetScooter GmbH , a privately organized research initiative that, together with 80 medium-sized companies and numerous research institutions, developed the first electric vehicle specifically for short-haul traffic. The research initiative has meanwhile developed into an independent company.

For the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2012 , Schuh was nominated by the CDU's top candidate Norbert Röttgen as a member of his shadow cabinet . After Röttgen's electoral defeat and discussions in the RWTH Rectorate, Günther Schuh announced his early resignation as Vice Rector for Industry and Research at RWTH Aachen University on November 30, 2012.

As a co-founder of the electric vehicle manufacturer Streetscooter and managing director of the electric vehicle manufacturer e.GO Mobile , Schuh tries to implement a design for emission-free mobility that differs significantly from the approaches of the automotive industry.

Schuh is a member of the executive committee of the German Academy of Science and Engineering acatech .

Honors (selection)

Works

As an author

  • Managing product complexity: strategies - methods - tools . Munich: Carl Hanser 2014. ISBN 978-3-446-44354-9 (1st edition 2001)
  • Business engineering: management basics for engineers . Aachen: Apprimus-Verlag 2013. ISBN 978-3-86359-042-0
  • Complexity is a top priority: navigation for managers . Together with Stephan Krumm and Wolfgang Amann. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler 2013. ISBN 978-3-658-01613-5
  • Procurement logistics in mechanical and plant engineering . Together with Achim Kampker, Claus Narr, Thomas Jasinski, Stefan Sander and Claudia Vogel. Aachen: Apprimus 2009. ISBN 978-3-940565-36-5
  • Future prospects for German mechanical engineering: Expertise for the Hans Böckler Foundation . Together with Achim Kampker, Till Potente and Thomas Jasinski. Aachen: Apprimus 2012. ISBN 978-3-86359-155-7
  • Lean innovation . Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer Vieweg 2013. ISBN 978-3-540-76915-6
  • Success through cooperation - cooperation in toolmaking . with Fritz Klocke and Carsten Schleyer. Aachen: WZL 2008; ISBN 978-3-926690-14-2
  • Cooperation management: systematic preparation, targeted development and expansion, decisive success factors with Thomas Friedli and Michael A. Kurr. Munich, Vienna: Hanser 2005; ISBN 3-446-40036-2
  • Fit for service: Industry as a service provider . With Thomas Friedli and Heiko Gebauer. Munich, Vienna: Hanser 2004; ISBN 3-446-22665-6
  • Change management: from strategy to implementation Aachen: Shaker Verlag 1999 (2nd edition). ISBN 3-8265-5797-2

Editors' publications

  • Enterprise integration: on the way to a collaborative company . Together with Volker Stich. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer Vieweg 2014. ISBN 978-3-642-41890-7
  • 11th Aachen Management Days - Return on Engineering . Together with Achim Kampker and Volker Stich. Aachen: Apprimus 2015. ISBN 978-3-86359-301-8
  • Strategy and management of manufacturing companies: Production and Management Manual 1 (VDI book) . Together with Achim Kampker. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer 2010. ISBN 978-3-642-14501-8
  • Availability-oriented maintenance - levers to increase availability in manufacturing companies (mind) . Together with Achim Kampker and Romeo Odak. Aachen: Apprimus 2009. ISBN 978-3-940565-98-3
  • Smart Wheels: mobile in the internet of energy . Together with Volker Stich. Aachen: FIR 2013. ISBN 978-3-943024-16-6
  • WInD - adaptable production systems through integrated IT structures and decentralized production planning and control . Together with Volker Stich. Aachen: FIR 2013. ISBN 978-3-943024-13-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Between Elon Musk and Jürgen Klopp. In: FAZ Plus . September 14, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ e.SAT. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Campus management. RWTH Aachen Campus, accessed on May 22, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Günther Schuh. Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, June 10, 2016, accessed on May 22, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Röttgen brings scientists into his shadow cabinet. In: FAZ.net . April 11, 2012, accessed May 22, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Professor Schuh prematurely terminates his work as Vice Rector. RWTH Aachen press release, May 24, 2012, accessed on May 22, 2018 . Jürgen Kaube : Aachen prevents. In: FAZ.net. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Wilfried Urbe: Engineer Günther Schuh on electric cars: “You don't have to drive far” . In: The daily newspaper: taz . August 4, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed August 7, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Schuh, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer, institute director, director and managing director of various institutions at and at RWTH Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne