Institute for Enterprise Systems Dr. Tommi Kramer University of Mannheim, September 5, 2016
Institute for Enterprise Systems Interdisciplinary Research Institute at the University of Mannheim Founded in 2011 with support from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (MWK) in Baden-Württemberg InES Researchers InES Partners Including also the PhD students of our professors and post-docs Enterprise Systems Research 2
What are Enterprise Systems? Enterprise Systems are socio-technical systems, that optimize business processes or facilitate new business processes and models. Specific characteristics of enterprise systems are the vast number of challenges during development, introduction and application of such systems. Global Environment Branch Corporation Enterprise System Information and communication technology Tasks Responsible entity (Human / Organization) Company Performance Value added Geschäfts-prozesse Geschäftsprozesse Business processes or models 3
Focus areas of InES Within InES the life cycle of enterprise systems is researched. New enterprise systems are developed from a provider and user perspective. New concepts for enterprise systems New Solutions Development Management Life cycle of enterprise systems 4
Exemplary Projects at InES Lean Development Research: Process innovation in software engineering ProVis: Process Visibility Business processes in real time After Sales Logistics PLATES: Platform based enterprise systems and ecosystems in the energy sector DoKoES: Document based and collaborative enterprise systems Handicapped Accessibility: Enhancing a document based collaboration system 5
Cooperation model Industry Partners Complex, non-trivial problem Missing resources and competencies for addressing these problems Proven expertise in research and teaching at University of Mannheim Execution of applied research projects for knowledge transfer 6
Possibilities for master students Student Assistant (HiWi) positions Team Projects Master Thesis Springboard for a PhD position Ø Assist us in one of our research projects Ø Conduct experiments for our studies Ø Software development Ø Part of your masters program Ø Exciting projects with close contact to well-known companies Ø Applied projects with real business relevance Ø Look up a topic for your master thesis in one of our projects Ø Establish first contact to a possible employer Ø Participation in at least one of our offerings enables you to prove your qualification for our PhD job postings Ø Gain experience in academic research and writing Ø Infrastructure 7
Contact persons Dr. Tommi Kramer InES General Manager Head of Mobile Innovation Lab Consultation hour per request Contact Visitor address: L15, 1-6 4th floor, 68131 Mannheim, Germany Postal address: Schloss, 68131 Mannheim, Germany Email: kramer@uni-mannheim.de Phone: +49 621 181-1697 Dr. Christian Bartelt InES Postdoc Head of Research Cluster Intelligent Processes Consultation hour per request Contact Visitor address: L15, 1-6 Room 417, 68131 Mannheim, Germany Postal address: Schloss, 68131 Mannheim, Germany Email: bartelt@es.uni-mannheim.de Phone: + 49 621 181 3787 http://www.institute-for-enterprise-systems.de 8