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2017HIGHLIGHTS
F R A U N H O F E R I N S T I T U T E F O R I N D U S T R I A L E N G I N E E R I N G I A O
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Cover photos: Science Year “Working Life of the Future“
The theme of the Science Year 2018 is “Working Life of
the Future“, which will address such questions as how
work will change in the future and what role research
and science play in coping with these changes. The Sci-
ence Years are a key science communication initiative of
the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF), which has been co-organizing this event with the
initiative Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) since 2000.
http://s.fhg.de/wissenschaftsjahr-2018
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PROJEKTBERICHTE IN ZWEI ZEILEN
HIGHLIGHTS 2017Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
in cooperation with the
Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management IAT at the University of Stuttgart
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. e. h. Wilhelm Bauer
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Riedel
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Dr. h. c. Dieter Spath
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anette Weisbecker
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ABOUT US
A B O U T U S 4
H I G H L I G H T S 2 0 1 7 8
Fraunhofer creates new group for innovation research 10
Future Meeting Space: Rethinking the events industry 11
Innovative services in the assistive and preventive
healthcare markets 11
eMobility Scout: Keep it simple and smart 11
SME 4.0 Cloud Agency: Communicating knowledge
of cloud applications 13
Permutations of flexible living and working (LAIF) 13
R E S E A R C H A T F R A U N H O F E R I A O 1 4
F U R T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N 1 8
I M P R I N T 2 0
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PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL WORKING WORLD Digital technologies are transforming our working world with profound effects on business and
society. Digitalization modernizes and revolutionizes long-established practices and processes in
the blink of an eye. The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO works together with
companies and public-sector bodies and institutions to develop strategies, business models and
solutions for digital transformation.
In our center for applied research, we focus on the following key areas:
Holistic approaches to work design and organization and corporate cultures
Pioneering solutions for human-machine interaction
Development and implementation of innovation and technology strategies
Application of virtual and augmented reality
Cognitive systems and artificial intelligence
Sustainable solutions for tomorrow’s mobility
System innovations for livable and adaptable cities
Our goal is to systematically optimize the ways in which people, organizations and technology
interact.
Working together with large corporations as well as SMEs, we tap into the potential of new
technologies such as cognitive computing, blockchain, autonomous driving and IoT platforms
and apply it to product innovations, process improvements and new business models. In doing
so, we enable our customers to quickly and efficiently align the potential offered by new
technologies with market requirements and leverage this potential for their own products and
processes. Our interdisciplinary research teams seek to provide the best possible support to
people in their jobs by developing solutions for efficient human-machine interaction.
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Our clients
Our clients range from major corporations and SMEs to public sector bodies and
institutions.
Our solutions
We offer you a distinctive knowledge advantage and show you ways of quickly adapting
this knowledge to your specific needs and using it to make your business more profita-
ble. Whatever the project, people are at the heart of everything we do – and we never
lose sight of the social repercussions.
Our teams
Our interdisciplinary teams bring together colleagues from a range of specialist fields,
including business management and economics, computer science, engineering, natural
sciences, and social science. They take a wide-ranging, holistic approach to analyzing key
issues in order to pinpoint the most practical and feasible solutions.
Our network and cooperations
We work closely together with our partner institute – the Institute of Human Factors and
Technology Management (IAT) at the University of Stuttgart – as well as the Technical
University of Berlin and a number of other institutes of higher education.
Our equipment
Combined, Fraunhofer IAO and the IAT employ more than 600 people and have a
total of 15,000 m2 of office space, demonstration centers, and development and test
laboratories.
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Fraunhofer creates new group for innovation researchPool ing competencies: Fraunhofer cementing i ts pos i t ion as a leading player
in the German innovat ion arena
Understanding the complex effects of new technologies is critical for the success of entire eco-
nomies. Structural changes through technological developments must therefore be recognized
and understood at an early stage in order to actively shape the long-term economic, social,
political and cultural impact on society and the economy. With the new Fraunhofer Group for
Innovation Research, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft aims to strengthen its future role in research,
technology and innovation policy dialogue with industry, politics and society, thus further
cementing its position as a leading player in the German innovation arena.
Technological changes such as digitalization merge a wide variety of living and working
environments and experiences. They open up new design opportunities, but at the same time
go hand in hand with fundamental change processes. It is precisely these rapid developments
surrounding digital transformation that are a pressing issue for industry, politics and society.
They sometimes necessitate quick action so that the political framework can keep pace with
technological development. “With its broad range of competencies, Fraunhofer has been a
reliable scientific partner to industry for decades. Our excellent pre-competitive research and
market knowledge help us contribute original technology transfer services that secure value
creation in Germany and in Europe. We are also fully committed to supporting policy makers
with our expertise as best we can,” explains Fraunhofer president Prof. Reimund Neugebauer.
“Germany needs to secure its position as a front-runner in important innovations as well as
in innovations that have the potential to disrupt. With this in mind, we decided to create the
Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research with a focus on socio-economic and socio-technical
research.”
Key technologies for future-oriented innovations
The new Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research will commence work on July 1, 2017, initi-
ally comprising four research institutes with over 500 employees: the Fraunhofer Institute for In-
dustrial Engineering IAO in Stuttgart, the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and
Knowledge Economy IMW in Leipzig, the Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis
INT in Euskirchen, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karls-
ruhe. “By founding the new group, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft wants to further consolidate
its role in researching and supporting innovation processes and the technological, economic
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and social conditions that shape them,” says chairman of the alliance and Executive Director
of Fraunhofer IAO Prof. Wilhelm Bauer. “Throughout Europe, we have the broadest diversified
technology profile, with expertise in areas such as resource-efficient production, transport and
mobility, energy and housing, information and communication, protection and safety as well
as health, nutrition and environment. The link between our range of competencies and socio-
economic and socio-technical research is what makes us stand out from the crowd.”
Addressing system-relevant technological issues in the future
Initially, the new group will focus on strengthening the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in research,
technology and innovation policy dialogue with politics, industry and society. It also sees
itself as a platform for addressing system-relevant technological issues in the future. In its
capacity, the new group will support an important aspect of the newly launched Research
Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD). Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education
and Research (BMBF), the project has furnished eleven Fraunhofer and two Leibniz Institutes
with state-of-the-art equipment and systems costing around 350 million Euros. It aims to pool
together technological skills for addressing topics related to the future. “The project deals
with developing existing and new market or customer needs, evaluating disruptive business
models and innovative services as well as providing recommendations for technology roadmaps
and innovation strategies. Microelectronics is set to gain more importance in the international
arena as a major German technology. This requires us to work together across all disciplines,”
adds Neugebauer. “After all, developing and implementing new technologies invariably allows
you to be at the forefront of strategically important transformations. This is how we can drive
pioneering innovations today and create enormous innovation potential for tomorrow.”
Institutes working in closely related fields join forces to form the Fraunhofer Groups and com-
pete together on research and development in the market. These groups are actively involved
in corporate policy as well as implementing the tried and tested function and financing models
of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research brings the total
group count to eight – the other groups deal with information and communication technology
(ICT), life sciences, light and surfaces, microelectronics, production, defense and security
research as well as materials and components (MATERIALS).
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Future Meeting Space
Rethinking the events industry
The “Future Meeting Space” innovation network was created by the German Convention
Bureau (GCB) and the European Association of Event Centers (EVVC) in collaboration with
Fraunhofer IAO, with the objective of safeguarding Germany’s future as a prime location for
international conferences and conventions. The purpose of this initiative is to anticipate trends
in the events industry, evaluate their possible impact, and recommend courses of action. In
this interview, Matthias Schultze, managing director of the GCB, and Dr. Stefan Rief, head of
Organisational Development and Work Design Research Unit at Fraunhofer IAO, tell us how this
research is organized and what results they expect from the project.
Innovative services in the assistive and preventive healthcare markets
Creating business models for collaborative service networks
The INDiGeR research project – Innovative Netzwerke für Dienstleistungen und Gesundheit in
Regionen von morgen – aims to develop new solutions for the provision of networked services
in the healthcare sector. It focuses on four essential questions: What are the basic design para-
meters of a robust service network? How are services developed? What kind of business model
best fits the needs of collaborative service provision? What metrics can be used to measure
performance?
eMobility Scout
Keep it simple and smart
What is the most efficient way of integrating electric vehicles into my fleet? How can I reduce
the costs of installing and connecting a charging infrastructure? These questions are being
studied by a consortium of research partners in the eMobility-Scout project, which deals with
the conceptualization, implementation and testing of a cloud-based IT solution for operating
electric vehicles and sharing private charging infrastructures. E-mobility offers companies
huge potential to improve efficiency, save costs, and implement new business models. But in
practice, integrating electric vehicles into a company’s fleet is not as straightforward as it might
seem. The eMobility-Scout project addresses this challenge by developing and testing
Read the interview at
http://s.fhg.de/future-
meeting-space
Read more about this inno-
vative research project at
http://s.fhg.de/indiger-
research
Learn more about how to
keep your fleet manage-
ment simple and smart at
http://s.fhg.de/emobility-
scout
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e-mobility solutions based on the pragmatic motto “keep it simple and smart.” It focuses on
the integration of electric vehicles into existing fleets: a gradual approach that will make it
easier for companies to adopt e-mobility.
Permutations of flexible living and working (LAIF)
How and to what degree does this trend affect workers’ private lives and the much-
vaunted “work-life balance?“
People’s working lives have been growing more flexible for many years, to the extent that the
restriction of fixed hours and a fixed place of work is becoming a thing of the past. How and
to what degree does this trend affect workers’ private lives and the much-vaunted “work-life
balance?” The LAIF research project, funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation, is investigating
the relevance of all conceivable effects of different permutations of flexible living and working.
The analysis is based on an opinion survey carried out by the IG Metall trade union in 2017, to
which some 680,000 employees responded. The scale of this survey allowed a wide range of
opinions concerning flexible working to be gathered. In 360 of the participating companies, the
set of questions was expanded to include other aspects of flexibilization, employees’ personal
circumstances and work-life balance. The collected data thus constitutes a truly representative
sample of opinions drawn from all areas of the manufacturing industry, which can serve as a
meaningful basis for further analysis. Three such studies have been published by Fraunhofer
IAO in collaboration with the Institute for Human Factors and Technology Management (IAT) at
the University of Stuttgart.
SME 4.0 Cloud Agency
Communicating knowledge of cloud applications
The SME 4.0 Cloud Agency is part of the “SME 4.0 − Digital Production and Work Processes”
funding initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
as part of its “SME Digital – Strategies for digitally transforming business processes” priority
funding category. The Agency’s work supports multipliers, such as competence centers,
professional organizations and associations, that in turn support companies on the path toward
digitalization.
Curious about the results?
Find out more at
http://s.fhg.de/working-laif
Want to find out which
services the SME 4.0 Cloud
Agency offers? See
http://s.fhg.de/sme-4-0
http://s.fhg.de/working-laif
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RESEARCH AT FRAUNHOFER IAO
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https://www.iao.fraunhofer.
de/lang-en/research/organi-
sational-development-and-
work-design.html
https://www.iao.fraunhofer.
de/lang-en/research/service-
and-human-resources-
management.html
https://www.iao.fraunhofer.
de/lang-en/research/human-
technology-interaction
RESEARCH FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONFraunhofer IAO’s research is both task- and result-or iented. Our goal i s to implement innovat ions for the
business world and society, which is why we str ike a dynamic balance between appl icat ion-or iented ba-
s ic research and innovat ive development. With this in mind, we consider a powerful infrastructure to be
a key prerequis i te for excel lent research. In our innovat ive research and demonstrat ion centers, we see
to i t that new ideas and f indings from sc ient if ic projects are implemented as prototypes. Our cutt ing-
edge off ices and laborator ies enable you to exper ience future trends today.
R E S E A R C H A T
F R A U N H O F E R I A O
Organisational Development and Work DesignAll our consulting and implementation projects aim to make companies
more responsive, more innovative and productive by putting in place the
ideal conditions for good performance and sustainable employment for
their staff.
Service and Human Resources ManagementResearch and consulting projects for the management of services and HR
must prioritize objectives and implementation.
Human-Technology InteractionIn our research, we work on solutions that facilitate efficient interaction
between people and smart technology. We create people-oriented
innovation processes and develop IT security concepts tailored to specific
requirements.
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https://www.iao.fraunho-
fer.de/lang-en/research/
cognitive-engineering-and-
production.html
https://www.iao.fraunhofer.
de/lang-en/research/urban-
systems-engineering.html
https://www.iao.fraunhofer.
de/lang-en/research/mobili-
ty-and-innovation-systems.
html
https://www.iao.fraunho-
fer.de/lang-en/research/
responsible-research-and-
innovation.html
https://www.iao.fraunhofer.
de/lang-en/research/digital-
business.html
Digital BusinessIn the scope of multiple projects and research initiatives, our Digital Business
researchers develop and test new methods and intelligent IT solutions that
benefit companies and society as a whole.
Cognitive Engineering and ProductionOur research focuses on innovations that use virtual and augmented reality
to make product development and the production process more efficient,
creative and connected.
Urban Systems EngineeringIn the scope of diverse research projects, the teams of scientists in Urban
Systems Engineering establish methods of analysis and design with respect
to the cities and towns in which people will live and work in the generations
ahead.
Mobility and Innovation SystemsDuring our research projects, we establish real-world solutions and methods
to generate, design, introduce and assess new product, process and service
innovations as part of the transition to future mobility.
Responsible Research and InnovationIn the scope of our research, we systematically examine societal implica-
tions, incorporate various perspectives and shape the future in cooperation
with other stakeholders within a system of innovation.
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