Startups in the Logistics Industry

Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Version 7.0 vom 06.05.2021

22B1536

Startups in the Logistics Industry

• Betriebliches Informationsmanagement (B.Sc.)
• Betriebswirtschaft und Management - WiSo (B.A.)
• International Business and Management (Bachelor) (B.A.)
• Wirtschaftsrecht (Bachelor) (LL.B.)

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Logistics is an essential driver for the dynamic processes of change and development in the economy. Innovative solutions for digitally controlled value chains and automation, for the intelligent networking of transport modes and for the development of alternative drives and business processes against the backdrop of climate change are conceived in logistics. Many entrepreneurial opportunities for start-up companies arise from this innovation potential of logistics.

The module provides an understanding of the role and importance of logistics innovation in business and society. Particular learning outcomes focus on the processes and methods for creatively discovering and developing logistics innovations, as well as the steps involved in creating start-up companies. In addition, current concepts and developments in the logistics start-up environment are discussed in order to understand what makes innovations successful.

1. Introduction to the topic of start-ups in logistics
2. Creativity and logistics innovations
3. Startup! From the idea to the business model
4. Current developments in the logistics start-up scene
5. Conclusion and outlook

Wissensverbreiterung
Students who have successfully studied this module have knowledge in the field of business start-up, especially in the environment of logistics.
Wissensvertiefung
Students who have successfully studied this module will be able to apply creativity methods and use them to develop innovations.
Können - instrumentale Kompetenz
Students who have successfully studied this module will be able to apply the methods learned to concrete logistical problem areas.
Können - kommunikative Kompetenz
Students who have successfully studied this module will be able to explain start-up ideas and communicate self-developed concepts to experts and interested parties by means of various oral, written and technical forms of communication (discussion contribution, presentation, lecture, essay).
Können - systemische Kompetenz
Students who have successfully studied this module are able to critically/systematically compare different logistics innovations and evaluate them in terms of their start-up suitability.

Lecture,Group work,Case studies,Student presentations,Excursions

Attendance of the module Logistics, Procurement and Production

Freye, Diethardt

• Bruns-Vietor, Sabine
• Freye, Diethardt
• Jacob, Axel

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Dovbischuk, Irina; Siestrup, Guido; Tuma, Axel (Hrsg.) (2018): Nachhaltige Impulse für Produktion und Logistikmanagement. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag

Göpfert, Ingrid (Hrsg.) (2019): Logistik der Zukunft – Logistics for the Future. Logistikvisionen und erfolgreiche Strategien von Industrie-, Handels- und Dienstleistungsunternehmen. Springer Gabler

Krause, Diana E. (Hrsg. (2013): Kreativität, Innovation, Entrepreneurship. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler

Moreira, António C.; Ferreira, Luis Miguel D. F.; Zimmermann, Ricardo A. (Hrsg.) (2018): Innovation and Supply Chain Management. Relationship, Collaboration and Strategies. Springer International

Müller, Johannes (1990/2012): Arbeitsmethoden der Technikwissenschaften: Systematik, Heuristik, Kreativität. Berlin [u.a.]: Springer

Ries, Eric (2018): The Startup Way. Das Toolkit für das 21. Jahrhundert, mit dem jedes Unternehmen erfolgreich sein kann. München: Verlag Franz Vahlen

Zijm, Henk; Klumpp, Matthias; Clausen, Uwe; ten Hompel, Michael (2016): Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation. Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice. Springer International

as well as current specialist articles

• Klausur 2-stündig
• Hausarbeit
• Portfolio Prüfung

Die Portfolio-Prüfung umfasst 100 Punkte und besteht aus einer einstündigen Klausur (K1), einer Präsentation (PR) und einem Lerntagebuch (LTB). Die K1 wird mit 50 Punkten gewichtet, die PR mit 30 Punkten und das LTB wird mit
20 Punkten gewichtet

1 Semester

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Englisch