Autor: Stefan Wiesner

Sustainability in SME through Digitalization

Sustainability in SME through Digitalization

SME Use Cases for Improving Sustainability with Digital Technologies
Henry Ekwaro-Osire, Stefan Wiesner, Dennis Bode, Alexandra Pehlken
The impact of rapid technological change in a competitive global market is reaching small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) at an increasing rate; digitalization increases the interconnectedness among manufacturers, products and customers. Within this context, SME need to improve both their business processes and their technological capabilities in order to achieve internal and external sustainability goals, to be successful in the marketplace and to meet customer needs. This article discusses the opportunities of digitalization to improve sustainability by presenting two use cases from SME.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 2 | Pages 36-40
Framework Development for a Dynamic Production Platforms

Framework Development for a Dynamic Production Platforms

Anwendung einer strukturierten Vorgehensweise beim Aufbau einer dynamischen Produktionsplattform
Larissa Eger, Stefan Wiesner
In recent years, the potential of cloud manufacturing in the B2B business fields has evolved enormously due to the increasing utilization of new digital technologies. Digital business processes confront manufacturing companies with new opportunities and challenges. For the digital transformation of these companies, the structured analysis of corresponding platform concepts is essential. In the first step, this can be supported by a framework that analyses basic insights and framework conditions for the development of dynamic cloud manufacturing platforms for the production sector. A corresponding framework is developed and presented in this article.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 37 | 2021 | Edition 5 | Pages 39-43
Empiric Research on Dynamic Production Platforms

Empiric Research on Dynamic Production Platforms

Potenziale für den Einsatz von dynamischen Plattformen während der COVID-19 Pandemie
Larissa Behrens, Stefan Wiesner
In recent years, the potential of B2B cloud manufacturing has developed steadily. Through the use of digital platforms, companies can expand their business models and open up new business areas, which is of decisive economic importance, especially during a pandemic. The potentials of production platforms were examined in a company study to derive recommendations for actions for companies. The study shows that the interest for a platform participation on the supply side is higher than on the demand side.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 37 | 2021 | Edition 1 | Pages 7-11
Smart Service Lifecycle Management

Smart Service Lifecycle Management

Rahmenkonzept und Anwendungsfall
Mike Freitag, Stefan Wiesner
The growing amount of available data due to the digitalization of value creation is accelerating the transformation of manufacturing industries into providers of customer-oriented services. Smart services, currently the most highly developed level of data-based digital services to complement physical products for specific customer expectations, are an example of this. However, the analysis of expert interviews as well as of use cases from business practice shows that the knowledge of how such smart services can be developed is still rudimentary. This article presents a framework for Smart Service Lifecycle Management that supports the systematic development of Smart Services, taking into account business models and the value network. The framework concept will be implemented and validated based on an application example from the textile industry.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 5 | Pages 35-39 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_19-5_S35-39
Product-Service Systems in the Context of Industry 4.0

Product-Service Systems in the Context of Industry 4.0

Auf dem Weg zu CPSS
Christian Gorldt, Stefan Wiesner, Ingo Westphal
The development of industry 4.0 concepts in production and logistics has progressed rapidly in recent years. The systems being affected by rapid technological changes, such as the introduction of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). The realization of CPS requires interdisciplinary considerations of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, information and business management. The full potential of industry 4.0 can only be deployed, when in addition to technical challenges also business opportunities are involved in the development. The aim of this paper is to show specific requirements for development of CPS systems and to identify approaches for Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems (CPSS).
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 32 | 2016 | Edition 1 | Pages 15-18
Increasing the Product Attractiveness of Electric Vehicles

Increasing the Product Attractiveness of Electric Vehicles

New product-service combinations
Ingo Westphal, Jasmin Nehls, Stefan Wiesner, Klaus-Dieter Thoben ORCID Icon
Product attractiveness can be substantially increased when offering service extensions alongside. These services may create additional demand for the product by addressing new customer groups. The main challenge however is the development of services which increase customer value of the product to such an extent that leads to a purchase decision. The paper presents a method of idea generation for new product-service combinations following a systematic search approach for possible options. The basic concept of the suggested method as well as its search methodology for identification of promising services will be discussed using the example of the electric car, which so far lacks mass market success due to inadequate business models.
Industrie Management | Volume 29 | 2013 | Edition 5 | Pages 19-24
Electric Mobility from an Extended Products Perspective

Electric Mobility from an Extended Products Perspective

Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt „Personal Mobility Center“ (PMC)
Jens Eschenbächer, Stefan Wiesner, Klaus-Dieter Thoben ORCID Icon
Electric mobility is currently subject to intensive discussions. New business models, products and services, as well as innovation concepts are developed by R&D and tested in real-life. In this context, the project “Personal Mobility Center” has been carried out in the Bremen/Oldenburg model region for electric mobility. On the basis of the Product Life-Cycle, first approaches for product-related services in the different phases of electric mobility have been worked out. Analysis of these “Extended Products” has shown that battery electric vehicles have to overcome several challenges before new mobility offers based on them can compete on the market.
Industrie Management | Volume 28 | 2012 | Edition 5 | Pages 25-28
Need for Vocational Training and Intelligent Cargo

Need for Vocational Training and Intelligent Cargo

Begleitung der Einführung von IuK-Technologien in der Logistik
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Marcus Seifert, Stefan Wiesner
It is expected that employment will increase in the next 5 years. Furthermore, several surveys examining the training needs state that there is a large need for improving the qualification of employees working at all different positions within the supply chain. The need for qualified persons cannot only be fulfilled by motivating the employees in continuous learning. This article shows an approach used for vocational training in the field of Intelligent Cargo.
Industrie Management | Volume 27 | 2011 | Edition 4 | Pages 77-81
Knowledge Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Knowledge Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

A Business Process Oriented Approach
Stefan Wiesner, Marcus Seifert, Klaus-Dieter Thoben ORCID Icon
The handling of customer-individual requirements, product variants and a worldwide market requires the professionalization of knowledge-intense processes. Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) often have excellent individual competencies, but lack a systematic management of the associated knowledge. IT-solutions for Knowledge Management in SMEs provide limited functionalities and are thus rarely used. Therefore, a need exists for the business process oriented approach for Knowledge Management in SMEs, featured in this article. Implemented in a portal for information management, it supports optimization of knowledge-intense processes.
Industrie Management | Volume 27 | 2011 | Edition 4 | Pages 31-34