Master

In the Master's degree programme in Industrial Engineering, students can choose the business administration specialisation "Production and Operations Management" (in German language). This compulsory elective area of business administration comprises 15 ECTS.

In the lecture Supply Chain Management (POM 1), methods for planning and optimising value chains and company networks are taught. In this context, the knowledge of Operations Research and sustainable production management is deepened and discussed in the context of current research and business practice.

In the lecture Plant and Energy Management (POM 2), methods for the techno-economic evaluation of industrial plants are dealt with. In addition to methods for cost and investment estimation, particular emphasis is placed on the evaluation of the sustainability of products and production processes by means of life cycle assessment (LCA).

The courses Supply Chain Management (POM 1) and Plant and Energy Management (POM 2) are designed in such a way that they can also be taken by students of the Master's degree programmes Automotive Engineering & Management and Technical Logistics as a business administration elective module. In addition, they are open to students of all engineering Master's degree programmes in their free elective area.

In the exercise Methods for Production and Operations Management (POM 3), quantitative procedures and methods of Production and Operations Management are presented and applied by the students to concrete industrial case studies by presenting methods conceptually, interpreting them economically and implementing them with the help of learning and standard software.

In the Master’s Seminar on Production and Operations Management (POM 4), students work independently on current issues from the areas of "Production and Operations Management", e.g. tour planning models for food transports, sustainability in water supply, location planning for electric charging stations.