Our current focal topics

• Goal-oriented data collection and validation: optimization perspective on data collection and validation, explicitly pricing-in achievable business results.
• Multistage planning under uncertainty: quantitative planning for systems with dynamically incoming information.
• Integrated, sustainable planning in manufacturing and beyond: methodological approaches for integrated production planning that consider manufacturing holistically, incorporating material supply and other processes (e.g., integrated planning of supply chains, synchronized operation of machines and robots, integrated scheduling and routing).

We aim at conducting relevant and meaningful research at a top international level. Our papers have been published in renowned journals and have received academic and praxis awards. We work interdisciplinary – especially, at the interface to Industrial Engineering and Data Analytics – as well as in international cooperation.