Academic staff
Main focus: (Digitale) Plattformen, Geschäftsmodelle, Anwendungssysteme, ERP-Systeme, Digitalisierungsstrategie, Internet of Things, Industrie 4.0, IT-Sicherheit,
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system customization is often necessary because companies have unique processes that provide their competitive advantage. Despite new technological advances such as cloud computing or model-driven development, technical… (more)
Plattformanbieter sind heute in zahlreichen Branchen präsent, darunter E-Commerce, Touristik und der Servicebereich. Diese Plattformen fungieren als zentrale Schnittstellen, die Angebot und Nachfrage effizient zusammenführen. Besonders im Handelsbereich… (more)
Handelsplattformen prägen als zentrale Schnittstellen in verschiedenen Branchen das Konsumverhalten. Der Handelsverband Deutschland (HDE) schätzt, dass etwa 50% des E- Commerce-Umsatzes in Deutschland über diese Plattformen generiert wird. Amazon dominiert… (more)
hile Information Systems Research exists at the individual and workgroup levels, research on IS at the enterprise level is less common. The potential synergies between the study of enterprise systems (ES) and related fields have been underexplored and… (more)
Enterprise solutions, specifically enterprise systems, have allowed companies to integrate enterprises’ operations throughout. The integration scope of enterprise solutions has increasingly widened, now often covering customer activities, activities along… (more)
Die steigenden Kosten für den Betrieb von Unternehmenssoftware erschweren es Unternehmen, den Aufwand für den Betrieb inklusive den von Updates verlässlich abzuschätzen. Eine im Winter 2022 durchgeführte Studie zu Updateprojekten von ERP-Systemen im deutschsprachigen… (more)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are critical to the success of enterprises, facilitating business operations through standardized digital processes. However, existing ERP systems are unsuitable for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises… (more)
Die Wettbewerbsposition von Unternehmen zukunftsorientiert ausbauen Plattformen als strategisches Geschäftsmodell können die unternehmerische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit verbessern. Mittels eigener Plattformen koordinieren Unternehmen externe Wertschöpfung,… (more)
In nowadays production, fluctuations in demand, shortening product life-cycles, and highly configurable products require an adaptive and robust control approach to maintain competitiveness. This approach must not only optimise desired production objectives… (more)
Die Potenziale plattformbasierter Geschäftsmodelle im Kontext von Industrie 4.0 sind bisher nicht vollständig erschlossen. Ansatzpunkte für Plattformen und ökosystembasierte Wertschöpfung variieren zwischen Industrien. Die Kunststoffindustrie ist dahingehend… (more)
Nowadays, production planning and control must cope with mass customization, increased fluctuations in demand, and high competition pressures. Despite prevailing market risks, planning accuracy and increased adaptability in the event of disruptions or… (more)
The digital transformation sets new requirements to all classes of enterprise systems in companies. ERP systems in particular, which represent the dominant class of enterprise systems, are struggling to meet the new requirements at all levels of the architecture.… (more)
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Dass Daten und Analysen Innovationstreiber sind und nicht mehr nur einen Hygienefaktor darstellen ist heutzutage im Verständnis vieler Unternehmen angekommen. Ein wichtiger Schritt zur Erschließung dieser verborgenen Potenziale stellt die zielführende… (more)
Digital platforms, by their design, allow the coordination of multiple entities to achieve a common goal. In the public sector, different understandings of the platform concept prevail. To guide the development and further re-search a coherent understanding… (more)
Creativity is a common aspect of business processes and thus needs a proper representation through process modeling notations. However, creative processes constitute highly flexible process elements, as new and unforeseeable outcome is developed. This… (more)
Das Angebot digitaler Plattformen ist mittlerweile auch im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau weit verbreitet. Dabei konnte in den letzten Jahren der Trend verzeichnet werden, dass die Herstellerunternehmen von Maschinen und An- lagen nicht mehr ausschließlich… (more)
The idea of the continuous improvement process (CIP) helps companies to continuously improve their operation and thereby contributes to their competitiveness. Through digitization, new potentials emerge to solve known CIP issues. This contribution specifically… (more)
Increasingly fast development cycles and individualized products pose major challenges for today's smart production systems in times of industry 4.0. The systems must be flexible and continuously adapt to changing conditions while still guaranteeing high… (more)
Digital platforms, by their design, allow the coordination of multiple entities to achieve a common goal. Motivated by the success of platforms in the private sector, they receive attention in the public sector. However, different understandings of the… (more)
Die Ausgestaltung qualitativ hochwertiger Lehre erfordert eine Zusammenwirkung zwischen Lehrenden und Lernenden. Die Präsenzlehre profitiert hierzu von einer langjährigen Tradition, digitale Lehre dagegen befindet sich vergleichsweise noch am Anfang ihrer… (more)
Software platforms allow for the extension of features by third-party contributors. Thereby, platform innovation is an important aspects of platforms attractiveness for users and complementors. While previous research focused the introduction of new features,… (more)
This paper presents a research agenda on the current generation of ERP systems which was developed based on a literature review on current problems of ERP systems. The problems are presented following the ERP life cycle. In the next step, the identified… (more)
The COVID-19 crisis has caused an extreme situation for higher education institutions around the world, where exclusively virtual teaching and learning has become obligatory rather than an additional supporting feature. This has created opportunities… (more)
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) steht für die softwareunterstützte Bedienung von Softwarelösungen über deren Benutzeroberfläche. Das primäre Ziel, das mit RPA erreicht werden soll, ist die automatisierte Ausführung von Routineaufgaben, die bisher einen… (more)
E-mail tracking provides companies with fine-grained behavioral data about e-mail recipients, which can be a threat for individual privacy and enterprise security. This problem is especially severe since e-mail tracking techniques often gather data without… (more)
In response to the impending spread of COVID-19, universities worldwide abruptly stopped face-to-face teaching and switched to technology-mediated teaching. As a result, the use of technology in the learning processes of students of different disciplines… (more)
Über Wachstum, Absatzsteigerung und Wettbewerbsvorteile durch Industrie 4.0, digitale Plattformen und künstliche Intel-ligenz berichten Zeitschriften, Nachrichtenagenturen und Pu-blikationen. Umsetzungen werden häufig anhand von Global Playern wie SAP,… (more)
Digitale Plattformen finden zunehmende Verbreitung in unterschiedlichen Industriezweigen. Immer mehr Unternehmen sind an der Erschließung verbundener Potenziale für ihr Geschäft interessiert. Im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau wird die Vernetzung von Maschinen… (more)
Produkte werden zunehmend internetfähig. Gerade im Kontext der Industrie 4.0 statten beispielsweise Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer sowie Komponentenhersteller ihre Produkte mit Option zur Netzwerk- und Internetanbindung aus. Neben der technischen Realisierung… (more)
Blockchain has the potential to change business transactions to a major extent. Thereby, underlying consensus algorithms are the core mechanism to achieve consistency in distributed infrastructures. Their application aims for transparency and accountability… (more)
Die Auswahl von Standardsoftware stellt viele Unternehmen vor Herausforderungen. Gerade im deutschen Mittelstand kommen vermehrt eigenentwickelte Individuallösungen zum Einsatz. Ent- sprechende Unternehmen sind daher nicht mit komplexen Soft- wareauswahlprojekten… (more)
As Industry 4.0 infrastructures are seen as highly evolutionary environment with volatile, and time-dependent workloads for analytical tasks, particularly the optimal dimensioning of IT hardware is a challenge for decision makers because the digital processing… (more)
Digital software platforms allow third parties to develop applications and thus extend their functionality. Platform owners provide platform boundary resources that allow for application development. For developers, platform integration, understood as… (more)
Modern web browsers are digital software platforms, as they allow third-parties to extend functionality by providing extensions. Given the intense competition, differentiation through provided functionality is a key factor for browser platforms. As browsers… (more)
Für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Unternehmen hat der Kontinuierliche Verbesserungsprozess (KVP) eine hohe Bedeutung. Hinsichtlich der Qualität und Quantität der Beiträge für den KVP durch die Mitarbeitenden stoßen Unternehmen, insbesondere KMU, jedoch… (more)
Modern production infrastructures of globally operating companies usually consist of multiple distributed production sites. While the organization of individual sites consisting of Industry 4.0 components itself is demanding, new questions regarding the… (more)
E-Mail tracking mechanisms gather information on individual recipients’ reading behavior. Previous studies show that e-mail newsletters commonly include tracking elements. However, prior work does not examine the degree to which e-mail senders actually… (more)
Der Wandel zur automatisierten Produktion, die fortschreitende Digitalisierung der Wertschöpfungsprozesse sowie die stetige Implementierung von mobilen Industrial Internet of Things-Technologien (IIoT) in diese zur Unterstützung der Mitarbeiter stellen… (more)
Email tracking allows email senders to collect fine-grained behavior and location data on email recipients, who are uniquely identifiable via their email address. Such tracking invades user privacy in that email tracking techniques gather data without… (more)
Faced with the increasing needs of companies, optimal dimensioning of IT hardware is becoming challenging for decision makers. In terms of analytical infrastructures, a highly evolutionary environment causes volatile, timedependent workloads in its components,… (more)
Web tracking seems to become ubiquitous in online business and leads to increased privacy concerns of users. This paper provides an overview over the current state of the art of web-tracking research, aiming to reveal the relevance and methodologies of… (more)
Today’s mobile devices are part of powerful business ecosystems, which usually involve digital platforms. To better understand the complex phenomenon of coring and related dynamics, this paper presents a case study comparing iMessage as part of Apple’s… (more)
The paper deals with the increasing growth of embedded systems and their role within structures similar to the Internet (Internet of Things) as those that provide calculating power and are more or less appropriate for analytical tasks. Faced with the… (more)
E-mail advertisement, as one instrument in the marketing mix, allows companies to collect fine-grained behavioural data about individual users’ e-mail reading habits realised through sophisticated tracking mechanisms. Such tracking can be harmful for… (more)
Die optimale Dimensionierung von IT-Hardware stellt Entscheider aufgrund der stetigen Weiterentwicklung zunehmend vor Herausforderungen. Dies gilt im Speziellen auch für Analytics-Infrastrukturen, die zunehmend auch neue Software zur Analyse von Daten… (more)
In times of digitalization, the collection and modeling of business processes is still a challenge for companies. The demand for trustworthy process models that reflect the actual execution steps therefore increases. The respective kinds of processes… (more)
E-Mail tracking uses personalized links and pictures for gathering information on user behavior, for example, where, when, on what kind of device, and how often an e-mail has been read. This information can be very useful for marketing purposes. On the… (more)
Shortening product development cycles and fully customizable products pose major challenges for production systems. These not only have to cope with an increased product diversity but also enable high throughputs and provide a high adaptability and robustness… (more)
The digitalization of value networks holds out the prospect of many advantages for the participating compa- nies. Utilizing information platforms, cross-company data exchange enables increased efficiency of collab- oration and offers space for new business… (more)
Digital software platforms such as iOS or Android evolve quickly. Through regular updates, their set of built-in (core) features increases. While innovation allows strengthening platforms amidst competition, it can hurt contributors when introducing core… (more)
Das Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrages ist es aufzuzeigen, auf Basis wel- cher Klassifizierungsmerkmale IIoT-Technologien zukünftig systemati- siert werden können, um diese etwa weiterführend in konkreten Schu- lungssituationen zur Kompetenzentwicklung involvierter… (more)
