Guest Lectures

Winter semester 2025/26

  • Dirk Steffes: Intermodal operators play a key role in intermodal transport. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics Management

Summer semester 2025

  • Samer Ghandour, Terminal Networks & Processes, BASF SE: Intermodal Transport Services @BASF. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Services
  • Philipp Kappus, Geschäftsfeldleiter Produktion, Rothbaum Consulting Engineers: Location identification. As part of the lecture Management of Value-added Networks

Summer semester 2024

  • Sebastian Ruckes, Manager Busineess Development, TX Logistics: Combined Transport (CT) as a competitive and sustainable way of transporting goods. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Services
  • Dr. Horst Kayser, Chairman Siemens Portfolio Companies, Siemens: Value-based business strategy. As part of the lecture Management of Value-added Networks

Winter semester 2023/24

  • Sascha Barthel, Head of Innovation, House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) GmbH: Innovation in Aviation and Future Mobility. As part of the lecture Airport Management

Winter semester 2022/23

  • Mathias Hanke, CEE Head of Travel & Logistics Client Team – Managing Partner Switzerland, Roland Berger: Considerations from the perspective of Logistics Service Providers and Carriers. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics Management
  • Dr. Katja Hambsch, Senior Project Manager, Benedikt Pöhner, Managing Consultant, and Daniel Zwetzich, Consultant, Horvath & Partners: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (SCDDA). As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics Management
  • Dr. Sebastian Heger, Senior Consultant at M2P Consulting and OR-Specialist at WePlan Software: Software-supported Workforce Planning in logistics. As part of the lecture International Logistics Systems

Summer semester 2022

  • Dr. Felix Heusler, Managing Director and CFO, Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG: Harte Landung – Supply Chain Disruptions als „New Normal“?. As part of the lecture Management of Value-added Networks
  • Axel Marschall, CSO and SMO in Logistics Mobility and Service Industry, Infront Consulting & Management GmbH: Business Model Innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Services
  • Klaus-Uwe Sondermann, Director, KombiConsult GmbH: Combined Transport. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Services
  • Klaus Langendorf, Member of the Supervisory Board, DB Cargo AG, and Niklas Schink, Project Manager, DB Cargo: The Supervisory Board – Insights into the work of a supervisory board. As part of the lecture Management of Value-added Networks

Winter semester 2021/22

  • Helmut Krauss, Head of Logistic excellence, Bosch Rexroth AG, and Matthias Pfister, Head of Logistic planning, Bosch Rexroth AG: Shaping an excellent supply chain, ca. 75 participants. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics Management
  • Dr. Holger Schmidt, Director Technical Management Wagons, DB Cargo AG: Effiziente Güterwagen durch m² – The module-based platform for multifunctional wagons, ca. 40 participants. As part of the lecture International Logistics systems

Summer semester 2021

Wintersemester 2020/21

  • Hans-Michael Steenbock, Director Logistics Beauty Care EMEA, Kao Manufacturing Germany GmbH: Welcome to Kao, ca. 35 participants. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics management
  • Dr. Stefan Rother, Head of Operations Control and Technology Department, MYTOYS GROUP, Blackfriday und Weihnachtssaison – Bedeutung für einen Onlineversender am Beispiel der myToys Logistik, ca. 40 participants. As part of the lecture International Logistics systems

Winterterm 2019/20

  • Frank Erschkat, Senior Vice President Intermodal Sales, DB Cargo AG: DB Cargo – Intermodal Sales, ca. 35 participants. As part of the lecture Strategic logistics management
  • Detlef Protzmann, Head of Productdesign CL/SCM, Schenker Deutschland AG, Innovation goes Reality – von der Idee zum Produkt, ca. 35 participants. As part of the lecture Internationale Logistics Systems

Summerterm 2019

  • Axel Schwaiger, Director Supply-Chain-Management Global Operations, Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH: Strategisches Logistik-Management bei Fresenius Kabi TCT-Disposables, ca. 75 participants. As part of the lecture Management
  • Mathias Leiner, Prokurist und Leiter Produktmanagement der TFG Transfracht: Maritimer Kombinierter Verkehr, ca. 30 participants. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Service

Winterterm 2018/19

  • Hans-Michael Steenbock, Director Logistics Beauty Care EMEA, Kao Manufacturing Germany GmbH: Einblicke in die Logistik von Kao EMEA, ca. 35 participants. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics Management
  • Xiaoke Jiang, Solution Design Manager, Schenker Deutschland AG, Einsatz von Simulationen bei der Schenker Deutschland AG, ca. 35 participants. As part of the lecture Internationale Logistics Systems

Summerterm 2018

  • Thilo Schäfer, Managing Director, Leisure Cargo: Challenges of the air cargo industry using the example of a virtual cargo airline, ca. 20 participants. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Service
  • Oliver Kahrs, Director Strategic Initiatives, TRANSPOREON Group: transport logistics 4.0 or Why Digitailization will lead into Infinite Collaboration, ca. 20 participants. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Service
  • Lars Krause, General Manager, Amazon Logistik Dortmund GmbH: Inside Amazon Fulfillment, ca. 350 participants. As part of the lecture Management

Winterterm 2017/18

  • Dr. Christoph Meurer, Norman Dosch und Dominic Fischer, Dematic GmbH: IIntralogistics solutions and implementation based on the case study Clalit Healthcare Services Israel, ca. 35 participants. As part of the lecture international Logistics Systems
  • Dr. Torben Engelmeyer, BearningPoint GmbH, Business Consultant: Use of methods and instruments in supply chain management in practice, ca. 15 participants. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics Management
  • Axel Schwaiger, Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH, Director Supply-Chain-Management: Strategic Logistics Management at Fresenius Kabi MD-Disposables, ca. 15 participants. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics Management

Summerterm 2017

  • Dr. Niklas Wilmking, Schenker Deutschland AG: Head of Air Freight: Business models of air freight forwarders, 25 participants. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Service
  • Nicole Grill und Felix Heusler, Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG: Modern human resource management in medium-sized companies on the example of Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG, ca. 350 participants. As part of the lecture Management
  • Dr. Christoph Klingenberg, Deutsche Bahn AG, Leiter Strategische Ressortprogramme – formerly Deutsche Lufthansa AG: Strategy development at Lufthansa, ca. 350 participants. As part of the lecture Management

Winterterm 2016/17

  • Jonas Bremicker, Lufthansa Cargo AG: Challenges for the aviation industry, 35 participants. As part of the lecture International Logistics Systems
  • Sabrina Resnik, Volkswagen Original Teile Logistik GmbH & Co. KG: Spare Parts Logistics in the AfterSales of the VW Group – Tasks and Challenges, 35 Participants. As part of the lecture International Logistics Systems
  • Marzell Bandur, Adam Opel AG: Stable production and flexibility for our customers – Risk management in the supply chain, 25 participants. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistics Management

Summerterm 2016

  • Dr. Tim Fischer and Dr. David Thomas, Merck Inhouse Consulting: Change Management bei Merck: Vorgehen und Herausforderungen am Beispiel aktueller Beratungsprojekte, 350 participants. As part of the lecture Corporate Management
  • Markus Fischer, Lufthansa Cargo AG: Road Feeder Operations & Capacity Optimization, 25 participants. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Service
  • Roland Klein Port of Rotterdam: Port of Rotterdam – Make it happen., 25 participants. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Service
  • Dietmar, Böttner, Agency for Industrial Software and Services: Praktische Einführung in die Simulation mit der Software Simio anhand ausgewählter Beispiele, 25 participants. As part of the lecture Logistics and Transport Management

Winterterm 2015/16

  • Maren Beck, Volkswagen Original Teile Logistik GmbH & Co. KG: Ersatzteilelogistik im AfterSales des VW Konzerns: Aufgaben und Herausforderungen. As part of the lecture Internationale Logistiksysteme
  • Michael Arlt, BASF: Project Buju – Network optimization China. As part of the lecture Internationale Logistiksysteme
  • Dr. Dieter Bölzing, Innovation in Supply Chain Management: Logistics strategy and Big Data – Transforming numbers to facts for logistics reorganization. As part of the lecture Strategisches Logistikmanagement

Summerterm 2015

  • Klaus Böhmer and Matthias Lindner, Alnatura Produktions- und Handels GmbH: Practical examples intermodal transport service, 30 participants. As part of the lecture Intermodale Transportdienstleistungen
  • Dieter Münk, IBM Deutschland GmbH: Führen in virtualisierten und globalisierten Organisationen, 350 Teilnehmer. As part of the lecture Unternehmensführung
  • Dr. Ulrich Kirsch, VhU – Vereinigung der hessischen Unternehmerverbände e. V.: Communication, stakeholder management and networking, 350 participants. As part of the lecture Management
  • Jean Matousek, Schenker Deutschland AG: Contract Logistics at DB Schenker, 25 Participants. As part of the Tutorial Logistics and Transport Manager – Managing a Contract Logistics Tender


Winterterm 2014/15

  • Dr. Stefan Wolff, 4flow: The Evolution of a Business Model in Logistics: How a Successful 4PL Arose out of Consulting and Software, 35 Participants. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistic Management
  • Alfons Lesch, Robert Bosch GmbH: International Procurement – A Strategic and Operational Challenge, 25 Participants. As part of the lecture International Logistic Systems

Summerterm 2014

  • Roland Klein, Ludwigshafen GmbH: The Combined Transport, 25 Participants. As part of the lecture Intermodal Transport Services
  • Stephanie Obaron, Audi AG: CKD-Logistics, 350 Participants. As part of the lecture Business Management

Winterterm 2013/14

  • Herr Klaus Langendorf, Herr Uwe Höppner, DB Schenker Rail AG: Further Developement of the Logistics Processes at a European Rail Freight Company and Optimization of Planning Processes in the Company, 25 Participants. As part of the lecture Strategic Logistic Management
  • Dr. Sebastian Simon, Bosch Rexroth AG: Benchmarking of Logistic Supply Chains, 25 Participants. As part of the lecture International Logistic Systems

Summerterm 2013

  • Markus Hunkel, DB Schenker AG: Sustainable Strategy DB SR 2020, 350 Participants. As part of the lecture Business Management
  • Helmer Fredrich, Merck KGaA: Supply Chain Management & Logistics at the Company Merck KGaA, 25 Participants. As part of the lecture Logistics Management and SCM
  • Panajotis Babakoudis, TFG Transfracht Internationale Gesellschaft für kombinierten Güterverkehr mbG & CO KG: Organization and Operational Procedures in the Hinterland Container Transport by Rail, 25 Participants. As part of the lecture Management of Transportation Networks
  • Martin Krause, Siemens AG: Organizational Management in Practice: Who is able to do PowerPoint is also able to do Organizational Management … ?, 20 Participants. As part of the lecture Organisation

Winterterm 2012/13

  • Lars Müller, Lufthansa Cargo: Challenges of Air Cargo Network Planning, 30 Participants. As part of the lecture Logistics Systems and Supply Chain
  • Dr. Armin Bohnhoff, DPD: European DPD Franchise System, 25 Participants. As part of the lecture International Management

Summerterm 2012

  • Michael Kadow, DB Schenker AG: Logistics Optimization and Project Management, 35 Participants. As part of the lecture Logistics Management and SCM
  • Franz Merath, Evonik Industries AG: Network Management in Chemistry, 25 Participants. As part of the lecture Management of Transportation Networks
  • Martin Krause, Siemens AG: … Let's just quickly reorganize …, 30 Participants. As part of the lecture Organisation
  • Thomas Dörr, Software AG: Key Account Management – The Multi Million Dollar Deal, 250 Participants. As part of the lecture Business Management

Winterterm 2011/12

  • Pascal Männche, DEUTZ AG: Supply Chain Transparency – Making it Happen and Gain the Benefits, 30 Participants. As part of the lecture Logistics Systems and Supply Chain
  • Matthias Brazel, Lufthansa Cargo: Consolidation and Cooperation Within the Lufthansa Cargo Group – Customer Benefits and Barriers, 20 Participants. As part of the lecture International Management