Industrial Engineering & Management

• Practical design exercises using practical examples, in particular for the design of factory units, conveyor systems, machines and systems. Elements of machine components and conveyors are particularly noteworthy for the interaction:
• Business processes and their interaction (sales, purchasing, production, HR, finance, ..) and best practice processes
• All elements that are also relevant for the connections and conveyor technology
• Factory Optimization and layout supported by elements of digitalization and Industry 4.0. Above all, automated guided vehicles.
• Agile factory methodologies and tools

• Core processes in the production area
• Challenges in the production area against the background of existing market requirements
• Levels of production management (strategic, tactical, operational) such as location decision, in-house/third-party production, order management, work system design, production planning and control (PPS), personnel management
• Lean Management
• Interaction between man and machine
• Management of the production area with qualitative and quantitative approaches (QM approaches)
• Definition and characteristics of leadership
• Overview of Leadership Theories, Leadership: Performance; leadership success; leadership efficiency; Leadership Effectiveness
• The implementation of leadership approaches in organizations will be discussed and reflected on the basis of case studies
• Motivating work design (Job Rotation, Job Enlargement, Job Enrichment)
• Modern working world and digitalization

• Best Practice Processes and KPIs for Production
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Production planning and control
• Corporate Structures and Master Data Structures
• Support by ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems
• Integration of SCM (Supply Chain Management) and CRM (Customer Relations Management) with production and MES systems
• Support methods for optimizing production through information systems, including web applications and mobile devices
• E-skills: e-marketing mix, e-procurement, e-commerce
• Organizational requirements for digital and online processes
• Analysis and optimization of processes and key figures in e-business
• Use of appropriate tools and methods to gain insights and identify potential for improvement

To prepare the students optimally for problems in working life, practical tasks are worked on in groups, preferably on the basis of commissions from partners from industry or public institutions, or field experiences are obtained under the guidance of the course leader. The students contribute their acquired knowledge and compare it with observations and experiences in the context of the practical project. While students can deepen and improve their subject-specific competences, complementary competences such as social competence, risk management, budgeting competence and economically responsible decision-making competence are also solidified.
Based on a client briefing (by the course instructor or external partners such as associations and companies), the students work on the presented projects independently, only guided by the course instructor if necessary: Planning, coordination, budgeting, control, evaluation and final reporting are in the hands of the students. The role of the course leader is focused on project coaching. Practical project I or II must process a technical topic

Building on the experience gained in the practical project I and on the further knowledge and skills acquired in specialist teaching events, the students have the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge to real projects - above all, the competences in the area of project and quality management, as well as the subject-specific problem-solving competence, are to be consolidated and made applicable in this way. In cooperation with companies or other institutions, problems from the areas of the study course are dealt with within the framework of projects. The planning, implementation, budgeting and evaluation of the projects are carried out independently - both the formation of the project team and the implementation of quality management are carried out by the students themselves in order to promote decision-making competence and communicate real consequences. Practical project I or II must process a technical topic.

• Research of relevant literature for the selected topic of the Bachelor thesis (physical and digital literature search)
• Development and implementation of a research design
• Writing an academically oriented Bachelor thesis

• Writing an outline for the Bachelor thesis
• Setting up the structure for the Bachelor thesis

• Supplementing the theoretical knowledge of the students with practical activities and questions of commercial law in practice.
• At least 500 working hours at an external company with full employment.
• The internship ensures that the students navigate their way into their professional life and gain confidence in the implementation of their acquired knowledge through the experience they have already gained.
• Processes, workflows and situations in the professional environment should be learned and understood.
• Support of the students during their internship: Reflection, discussion of problems and success stories.

Practical design and calculation exercises using practical examples, in particular for the design of simple connecting elements, axles and shafts, as well as sliding and rolling bearing technology, shaft-hub connections, couplings, belt drives and gear drives, elements for supporting, carrying machine components and torque transmission:
• Functions and design rules as well as calculation bases for axes and shafts
• Design fundamentals and calculation bases of hydrodynamic plain bearings
• Bearing types, areas of application, bearing concepts and calculation bases for rolling bearings
• Elements for sealing machine components
• Elastic springs: Spring types, design rules and calculation bases for springs
• Clutches and brakes: Design, functions, mode of operation and calculation bases of selected clutch and brake types
• Belt drives: Design principles and calculation bases for flat and V-belt drives and timing belt drives
• Gear drives: Gear types and design, gearing law, design and calculation bases for straight, helical, bevel and helical gears

• Core processes in the development area
• Challenges in the development area against the background of existing market requirements
• Levels of development management (strategic, tactical, operational)
• Management of the development area with qualitative and quantitative approaches (Lean Engineering, Model Based System Engineering). QM etc.)

• Best practice processes and KPIs for product development
• Authorization concept
• Product lifecycle management
• Product data management (PDM) - various systems
• Interfaces CAD, PDM, PLM and ERP
• Product development system, Windchill
• Production planning and control
• Support through ERP Enterprise resource planning systems
• Special features of SCM Supply Chain Management during product development
• Influence of customers on product development viewed under consideration of Customer Relation Management (CRM)
• Effects of integration and networking on product development (smart products)
• Application integration, long-term archiving

A1 – Beginner
Understand and use familiar, everyday expressions and very simple sentences aimed at satisfying concrete needs. Introduce themselves and others, ask people questions about personal details – e.g., where they live, the people they know, or the things they have – and respond to such questions. Communicate in a simple way if the conversation partners speak slowly and clearly and are prepared to help.

A2 – Elementary Knowledge
Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g., personal and family information, shopping, work, local environment). Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Describe in simple terms their background, education, immediate environment, and matters in areas of immediate need.

B1 – Intermediate Language Use
Use clear standard language in academic and business contexts and communicate about familiar topics related to work, school, leisure, etc., applying relevant conversational skills. Express themselves simply and coherently on familiar topics and areas of personal interest. Report on experiences and events, describe dreams, hopes, and ambitions, and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

B2 – Independent Language Use
Express themselves on the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics in academic and business contexts and participate in technical discussions in their own field of specialization. Communicate with such a degree of fluency and spontaneity that normal conversation with native speakers is quite possible without strain for either party. Express themselves clearly and in detail on a wide range of subjects, explain a viewpoint on a topical issue, and outline the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

C1 – Advanced Language Proficiency
Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognize implicit meanings. Use the language effectively and flexibly in academic and business contexts and express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for words. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors, and cohesive devices.

C2 – Near-Native Proficiency
Communicate effortlessly in all language situations. Summarize information from various written and spoken sources and reconstruct arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Express themselves spontaneously, very fluently, and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

• Presentation and lecture techniques
• Structure and arrangement of presentations
• Use of media for presentations
• Exercises and video analysis

A1 – Beginner
Understand and use familiar, everyday expressions and very simple sentences aimed at satisfying concrete needs. Introduce themselves and others, ask people questions about personal details – e.g., where they live, the people they know, or the things they have – and respond to such questions. Communicate in a simple way if the conversation partners speak slowly and clearly and are prepared to help.

A2 – Elementary Knowledge
Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g., personal and family information, shopping, work, local environment). Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Describe in simple terms their background, education, immediate environment, and matters in areas of immediate need.

B1 – Intermediate Language Use
Use clear standard language in academic and business contexts and communicate about familiar topics related to work, school, leisure, etc., applying relevant conversational skills. Express themselves simply and coherently on familiar topics and areas of personal interest. Report on experiences and events, describe dreams, hopes, and ambitions, and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

B2 – Independent Language Use
Express themselves on the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics in academic and business contexts and participate in technical discussions in their own field of specialization. Communicate with such a degree of fluency and spontaneity that normal conversation with native speakers is quite possible without strain for either party. Express themselves clearly and in detail on a wide range of subjects, explain a viewpoint on a topical issue, and outline the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

C1 – Advanced Language Proficiency
Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognize implicit meanings. Use the language effectively and flexibly in academic and business contexts and express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for words. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors, and cohesive devices.

C2 – Near-Native Proficiency
Communicate effortlessly in all language situations. Summarize information from various written and spoken sources and reconstruct arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Express themselves spontaneously, very fluently, and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

Consolidation through courses such as Business Communication, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, International Business Communication, Bargaining Behavior.

• Softwarestructure, function of the CAD-System
• Sketch mode, dimensions and relationships
• Volume features such as rotation, extrusion, discharging
• Patterns, chamfers, curves, walls etc.
• Assembly design, links
• Integration of local standard parts libraries and parts from online catalogs
• Hands-on practical examples
• Standard-compliant drawing derivations

• Preparation of workpiece drawings with standard-compliant view arrangement, cuts, dimensions, surface and tolerance specifications, workpiece details
• Creation of parts lists and interpretation of exploded drawings

Standard-compliant representation of basic machine elements:
• Representation of threads, countersinks
• Representation of screw, bolt and pin connections
• Representation of shaft-hub connections, bearings, gear wheels

• Equations: linear, quadratic, system of linear equations, matrices and determinants
• Functions: Linear functions, polynomials, trigonometric functions, exponential functions and logarithms
• Vector calculus
• Differential calculus in a variable: Derivation rules, curve discussions, extreme value tasks, Taylor series, Newton methods
• Integral calculation in one variable: Fundamental theory of integral calculus, integration techniques

Tolerances and fits:
• Basic concepts of tolerances and fits
• Tolerance and fit selection, tolerance systems
Fundamentals of the calculation methods:
• Simple stress types: Tensile and compressive stress, surface pressure, bending and torsion
• Static and dynamic stress types
• Durability and design strength, permissible stresses and safety
Connecting elements in mechanical engineering:
• Functions and design variants of bolts, pins, screws and rivets
• Fundamentals of soldering, gluing and welding connections
• Design rules and calculation bases for feather keys, spline shafts, polygon connections, serrations, press fits, clamping and spline connections, clamping element connections

• Introduction and basic terms
• Basic laws of electrical engineering
• Sources of voltage and current
• Basic circuits
• Electric field and capacitor
• Magnetic field and coil
• Circuit technology
• Alternating current and three-phase current technology
• Electrical installations and machines
• Protective measures
• Fundamentals of electronic components

• Power systems and balance on the rigid body
• Bearing reactions, focus
• Rod, beam, frame - internal forces
• Level framework
• Adhesion and friction on machine parts
• Stress types: Tension/compression, shear, surface pressure, moment of area and resistance, bending, torsion
• Change of shape
• General information about forces; breakdown, resultant, reduction, moment of a force, distributed forces
• Cutting methods, equilibrium in central and general force groups
• Coulomb friction
• Center of gravity & area torques
• Internal forces on rod and beam
• Stress state, principal stresses, Hooke’s law
• Tensile/compressive stresses, shear stresses, bending stresses, torsion, deformations
• Strength hypotheses, composite loading

• Measurement of current, voltage and resistance
• Interpretation of the fundamental electrotechnical laws
• Series and parallel connection
• Capacitor and coil in AC circuit
• Use and switching of electrical equipment and electrical machines
• Structure of basic logic functions with integrated circuits (IC)
• Electronic components

• Introduction to programming languages (classification, principles, history)
• Teaching skills for procedural and object-oriented programming using C# as an example
• Structure of programs, data types, operators
• Structured programming, functions, file handling, modularization
• Aspects of the software development process (conception, implementation, test, introduction)
• References to industrial engineering-specific application fields (e.g. programmable control and regulation systems)
• Understanding and differentiating the structure of information systems
• Identification of interfaces to mobile devices
• Cloud computing
• Data security
• Testing
• Use and Inegration of AI with ERP Systems
• Role of AI with new Business Processes

Differential calculus in several variables:
• Extreme value tasks with and without constraints technical applications, nonauthentic integrals, numerical integration
• Complex numbers and functions

Important differential equations (DGI):
• General information about linear and nonlinear DGI, DGI 1st order with separated variables, linear DGI 1st order with constant coefficients and technical applications, linear DGL 2nd order with constant coefficients and vibration problems

Production engineering:
• Overview of manufacturing processes in the fields of prototyping, forming, separating, joining, changing material properties and coating. As well as additional new processes like 3D Printing.
• Machining: Turning, milling, drilling, grinding
• Cutting with cutting tools with progressive and complete cutting tools
• Prototypes: Casting with lost molds and with permanent molds, sintering
• Forming: Forging, rolling, sheet metal working by bending, deep drawing, bending
• Joining: Welding, soldering and adhesive technology
• Changing substance properties: Annealing, hardening, tempering and tempering
• Basic design of machine tools and manufacturing equipment for different machining processes
• Practically relevant determination of key production figures for various manufacturing processes
• Metrology

Production engineering:
• Manual and automated handling technology in the production area, in the special construction, programming and application areas of industrial robots
• Fundamentals of fixture construction: Positioning, clamping devices and additional functions of turning, milling, drilling and welding devices
• Processes and methods for increasing productivity by optimizing the cutting values
• Procedures and methods for quality assurance and improvement as well as for ongoing quality control in the production area

Work planning:
• Tasks of work planning
• Schedule creation

Materials engineering:
• Internal structure of metallic materials and plastics
• Basic principles of alloy formation and description using phase diagrams
• Properties of iron and iron alloys and of selected non-ferrous metals
• Properties, characteristics and applications of important steel groups, non-ferrous metals and plastics
• Methods of static and dynamic material testing

Dynamics component:
• Kinematics of the mass point; description of the movement of the mass point, velocity, acceleration, relative movement
• Kinetics of the mass point; Newtonian law, momentum theorem, spin theorem, energy conservation theorem
• Kinematics and kinetics of the rigid body: Kinematics of the general motion of a rigid body, mass moment of inertia, impulse theorem, twist theorem, energy conservation theorem, systems of rigid bodies
• Impact processes; straight central impact, eccentric impact
• Vibrations; classification of vibrations, free and forced vibrations, damped and undamped vibrations, resonance

Hydromechanics component:
• Substance properties of liquids and gases
• Hydrostatic pressure
• Buoyancy
• Equation of continuity
• Energy equation
• Pipe hydraulics
• Outflow from containers
• Principle of linear momentum
• Principle of angular momentum
• Laws of similarity

• Design of pneumatic, electropneumatic and hydraulic circuits
• Recording measured values
• Measurement of non-electrical quantities such as temperature, pressure, speed, sound level, frequency
• Measured value transmission
• Programming of control units (SPS)
• Structure of control transmission elements
• Industrial bus systems and robot systems

• Power and working machines, classification and history
• Hydropower plants: Low, medium and high pressure plants, Hydropower machines
• Pumps: Displacement, centrifugal and vacuum pumps. Pump systems
• Thermal plants: Steam generators, steam and gas turbines, power plant construction forms
• Compressors: Compressors with displacement effect, turbo compressors
• Internal combustion engines: Two-stroke and four-stroke, petrol and diesel engines.
• Conveying systems: Lifting machines (winches, cranes, elevators), continuous conveyors and floor conveyors
• Sustainability and renewable Energies

• Main theorems of thermodynamics
• Equation of state and change of state of ideal gases
• Cyclic processes
• Water and steam
• Thermal machines
• Heat transfer, combustion

• Statistics:
Descriptive Statistics: Characteristics, frequency, mean values, scatter measures, regression, correlation, time series
• Inductive statistics: Elements of probability theory, random variables and their distribution, forecasting, estimation methods, hypothesis tests

• Tools for industrial design
• Innovation management
• Reverse engineering / surface reconstruction
• Rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, rapid manufacturing
• CAD (computer aided design)
• PDM (Product data management)
• Simulation and analysis technologies
• CAM (computer aided manufacturing)
• Interfaces in the manufacturing process
• Quality assurance

Logistics:
• Goals and conflicting goals in logistics against the background of the following framework conditions
• Levels of logistics (functional service function, coordination, flow rationing, supply chain)
• Storage/warehousing
• Demand planning
• Internal and external transport
• ABC/XYZ analysis
• Approaches like Kanban, JIT/JIS, value stream analysis
• Order picking
• Types of order control
• Procurement, production, distribution and disposal logistics
• Supply chain management
• Procurement, production, distribution and disposal logistics
• Supply chain management

Information Systems:
• ERP lifecycle management
• ERP enterprise resource planning
• SCM supply chain management
• CRM (customer relation management)
• Production planning and control
• Application integration, long-term archiving
• PDM (Product data management)
• PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)

Consolidation through courses in the following two areas:

1. Higher engineering science (e.g. fluid mechanics, heat transfer, machine dynamics, multi-body dynamics, modelling and simulation, higher strength, quality assurance, corrosion and corrosion protection, composite materials, welding, metrology, forming technology, foundry technology, joining technology, etc.)

2. Product development (e.g. mechatronic systems, internal combustion engines, drive and control technology, thermal turbomachinery, hydraulic fluid machines, robotics, plant simulation, etc.)

Introduction to Business Administration:
• Definition and objectives of business administration
• Legal and organizational forms of enterprises
• Management functions: planning, organizing, leading, controlling
• Fundamentals of corporate governance and business ethics

Marketing & Sales:
• Principles of marketing and market segmentation
• Marketing mix: product, price, place, promotion
• Market research and consumer behavior

Human Resource Management:
• HR planning, recruitment, and development
• Motivation and leadership theories
• Performance appraisal and compensation

Procurement, Production, Logistics:
• Fundamentals of supply chain management
• Procurement and sourcing strategies
• Production systems and inventory management

Fundamentals of Economcis:
• Microeconomics: supply, demand, and market equilibrium
• Elasticities, cost and production theory
• Macroeconomics: GDP, inflation, unemployment, fiscal and monetary policy
• Economic systems and global trade

Accounting and Financial Management:
• Introduction to double-entry bookkeeping
• Balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement
• Cost and performance accounting (cost types, cost centers, cost units)
• Investment appraisal (static and dynamic methods)
• Financing: equity and debt financing, capital structure

• Positioners and actuators in pneumatics, electropneumatics, hydraulics and electrical engineering
• Path-step diagram (state diagram)
• Sensor technology and data acquisition
• Measuring non-electrical quantities
• Binary, digital and analog signals
• Basic knowledge of digital control technology (SPS)
• Control design
• Disjunctive and conjunctive normal form
• Basic logical functions
• Basic knowledge of control engineering and control algorithms
• Concepts and applications of bus systems
• Principle of automation technology
• Overview of robotic systems

• Presentation of the specifics of the project organization and the organizational integration into, impact on, or resulting problems in companies.
• Imparting basic project management methods, such as
• Planning of goals, structure, time, costs and organization
• Performing environment, risk and interdependency analyses or project controlling/communication in the various phases of projects (start, implementation/controlling, conclusion) on the basis of a selected project management standard.
• Addressing the relevant social skills for successful project work and the mediation of successful practical projects and typical pitfalls.
• Classification of the terms project management, program management and multi-project management.

• Strategic relevance of innovation (competitiveness)
• Structured handling of innovations (innovation-promoting organizational forms, corporate culture, management forms)
• Importance of product development for companies
• Scope and integration of product development in companies
• Design forms of the product development process and organizational forms
• Approaches in product development with regard to concept, concept and elaboration such as functional analysis, QFD, specification, FMEA, concept evaluation (quality approaches) and production transition
• Variant management and approaches for the representation of external complexity
• Management of target costs

• Fundamentals of law
• History of law, significance of law, structure of the legal system, classification of law
• General private law
• Classification of private law, legal entities and legal objects, time, introduction to property law, legal transaction, contract law
• Commercial law
• Entrepreneur status, company register, forms of enterprise, establishment of an enterprise
• European law
• EU institutions, EU legal sources, fundamental freedoms of the internal market
• Technology law
• CE marking, intellectual property (IP) law
• Access to legal information systems

Marketing:
•Importance and tasks of marketing in the 21st century
•Fundamentals of capital goods, consumer goods and services marketing
•Marketing plan
•Market research
•Market segmentation/positioning
•Strategic marketing
•Marketing mix

Financing & Investment:
• Introduction to financial management
• Economic business processes (investment, financing and risk management)
• Differences in financing needs for: Enterprises, public budgets and private budgets
• Structure and legal basis of the credit business of credit institutions
• Supply of credit to the credit markets
• The European Central Bank
• Execution and processing of credit transactions, e.g. credit types
• Company assessment and analysis
• Collateral, credit agreement and credit decisions
• Introduction to investment calculation
• Goals and tasks of a modern investment calculation
• Fundamentals of business investment decisions
• Static methods of investment calculation
• Dynamic methods of investment calculation

• Introduction to academic research
• Rules and principles of science and academic research
• Hermeneutic text analysis
• Seminar papers at a high academic level
• Dealing with literature as well as discussions about the quality of academic research
• Criteria of scientific work such as intellectual honesty and intersubjective comprehensibility

Consolidation through courses in the following three areas:

1. Management (e.g. Strategic Management, Competitive Strategies, Management of Multinational Corporations, Organizational Theory, Corporate Behavior, Corporate Culture, Knowledge Management, Management of Innovations, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Managerial Decision Behavior, HRM, Leadership, Quality, etc.)

2. Marketing/Sales (e.g. Advanced Marketing Management, Consumer Behavior, Customer Service Excellence, Global Marketing, Sales Management, Sales Techniques etc.)

3. Accounting/Finance/Controlling/Purchasing (e.g. Financial Management, Portfolio Management, Options and Futures, International Finance, Global buying, Buying, E-Procurement etc.)

4. Law (e.g. patent law, product labelling, product liability, etc.)