Steinbeis experts provide help with understanding stressful situations at work and dealing with them early
Absenteeism caused by mental problems is on the rise, resulting in significant damage to the economy. What can companies do to recognize stressful situations early …
Who Needs This Stress?
Seeing is Believing – the Qualileo Monitoring System
A brief journey into the realms of automated industrial quality assurance
The experts at Steinbeis Qualitätssicherung und Bildverarbeitung GmbH (SQB) believe in looking at things in detail ... and looking again. The team in Ilmenau has developed a smart fault …
Focusing on Excellence: Green Technology in Emerging Markets
Using integrated technology management to generate energy from waste
What can be done to make mega-cities more resilient? And how can their carbon footprints be reduced in the long term? One answer to these questions is the use of latest …
The Augsburg Journey – Seven Steps to a Healthy Business
Steinbeis experts provide support with the promotion of occupational health management
Healthy Work, the core competence center at the Institute for Effective Management, a Steinbeis Consulting Center, helps businesses of all sizes and sectors of industry with programs aimed at …
A Hydrogen Ecosystem for the Heilbronn-Franconia Region – Made Possible by the H2 Innovation Lab
Steinbeis experts conduct joint research into the potential of the hydrogen industry
There are number of reasons to use hydrogen as an energy source. Not only does it make it possible to store excess electrical energy, hydrogen can also be …
“One decisive factor for data analytics projects to succeed is combining artificial and human intelligence”
An interview with Dr. Philipp Liedl, Managing Director of STASA Steinbeis Angewandte Systemanalyse GmbH
We are surrounded by data, at work and at home. Filtering out information that is actually relevant and using it properly is one of the biggest …
Calliope – Digital Support for Care Services in Rural Areas
Steinbeis experts turn to digital technology and collaboration
Caring for others – as a relative at home or as a professional care worker at a care facility – is strenuous, physically and mentally. It is also becoming increasingly challenging, not …
Leading by Using Psychology
Steinbeis experts recommend dovetailing psychology with business and applying it to the everyday situations faced by managers
Specialists and managers face a number of big challenges in day-to-day business. They often have to cope with difficult conversations and are forced …
People and Robots – A Strong Team
Steinbeis experts in Friedrichshafen use robots to provide assistance to people with disabilities
Modern human-robot collaboration makes it possible for people to work on tasks side-by-side with robots. But if you look closer and examine how collaborative robots (cobots) are …
“It is key that organizations have a clear strategy at all”
An interview with Dr. Stefan Pastuszka, lecturer at Steinbeis University
Typically, it is impossible to know upfront whether a strategy will be successful or not. Only time will tell. This is why it is all the more important for organizations …
How to Keep Old Machines Going
EU project uses smart factories and closed loop strategies to extend the life of machines
Can European manufacturing improve its productivity and competitiveness by adopting digital solutions and transitioning to closed loop strategies? This is the question being tackled by …
Fit for the Future: Industry 4.0 in Vocational Training
The challenges faced by European skilled workers as a result of digital transformation
Erasmus+ is a European funding program aimed at supporting cross-border initiatives with a bearing on vocational training. One such initiative is called A.U.T.O. 4.0 – Understanding and …
Making Better Decisions – Quickly, Openly, Efficiently
Close collaboration in design sprints – the way to make decisions everyone can agree to
As the rate of change accelerates – not only in society, but also in the economy and in terms of technology – companies and their …
The Protection Professionals
Working in collaboration with Isocoll Chemicals, Steinbeis develops an elastomer surface coating system based on filled butyl rubber.
There has been a sharp rise in demand for new materials with predefined electrochemical and mechanical properties, primarily because of the inability …
From Digitalization to Business Transformation
An interview with Prof. Dr. Heiner Lasi and Michael Köhnlein
2019 was an eventful year for the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute – on a number of fronts. In addition to organizing and taking part in numerous Micro Testbeds – involving a …
Using AI to deal with the Pandemic
Steinbeis experts develop a health and safety concept based on artificial intelligence
If there’s one thing companies have discovered they really need in the wake of COVID-19, it’s a well-functioning crisis management system. This was something experts at the Steinbeis …
Need for speed
Solis BioDyne and Steinbeis collaborate to commercialize diagnostic reagents
One thing quickly became clear in the current COVID-19 pandemic: the only way to understand and efficiently break the chain of infection would be to start widespread, reliable testing programs. This …
AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY
Like most people, you’ve probably sat in a car or bus and wondered what it will be like traveling around in several years or decades. Getting from A to B without actually steering a car yourself, relying on a vehicle …
DEAR READERS,
“A car that drives by itself” – a big dream, and a vision that could become reality in the coming years. This isn’t something that will happen overnight, more like bit by bit, as each step of the journey gradually …
“PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE IS IMPORTANT IN ESTABLISHING EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN THE LONG TERM”
An interview for TRANSFER magazine with entrepreneur Dr. Csaba Singer
Image you could analyze any location on Earth from the stratosphere, or closer, using a device that works on wind and solar energy. Imagine internet access and communication throughout the …
REFUSE TO CRASH – AUTOMATION IN CIVIL AVIATION
The Institute of Flight Mechanics and Controls at the University of Stuttgart conducts research into the challenges faced when programming aircraft to fly autonomously
Under current arrangements, pilots have full responsibility for aircraft while flying, operating all systems by taking …
GRASPING TECHNOLOGY: EXPERIENCING AUTONOMOUS FLYING HANDS-ON
Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institute organizes event to promote wider public acceptance of new technology
Let’s Talk Technology* – this was the invitation sent by the Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institute (FSTI) to readers of the 2/2019 edition of Steinbeis TRANSFER magazine. Going by the motto #techourfuture, since …
GREENCITYLAB: VISIONARY MOBILITY SOLUTIONS TESTED IN REAL SETTINGS
Engineering autonomous mobility solutions requires new approaches to developing urban spaces
Even if it is unclear how much time it will take to introduce transportation options that are genuinely autonomous, under some scenarios progressive autonomization will result in the introduction …
AUTONOMIZATION: REALITY OR (STILL) FICTION?
The principles behind autonomous aircraft
“We know what you want” – the tagline used by author Marc-Uwe Kling in his novel, QualityLand, for an online e-commerce platform called TheShop. Data evaluations predict what customers actually want – consciously or subconsciously. …
IT’S ALL ABOUT NETWORKS
Moving closer to autonomous driving in the Lake Constance region
Autonomous driving is not an entirely new concept. Autonomous vehicles have already been used in farming, manufacturing, and dockland areas for quite some time. Logistics centers are increasingly turning to …
“OUR VISION IS TO CREATE SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND FASCINATING MOBILITY”
An interview with Dr. Andrej Heinke, Vice President of Corporate Foresight and Megatrends at Bosch
Dr. Andrej Heinke’s job at Bosch is to make the seemingly impossible possible. He makes plausible assumptions about the future and travels the world investigating …
“THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL BE THAT ROUTINES AND CONVENIENT PRACTICES WILL NEED DISMANTLING”
An interview with Professor Dr.-Ing. Jochen Baier and Professor Dr.-Ing. Oliver Taminé, experts at Mobility and Logistic, the Steinbeis Transfer Center
Mobility is undergoing a transformation. But where is the journey taking us? What should we expect the future of …
“YOU HAVE TO SET UP THE SYSTEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT TAKES ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT”
An interview with Professor Dr.-Ing. Markus Stöckner, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center Infrastructure Management in Transportation (IMV)
Autonomous driving is about a lot more than just vehicles that operate autonomously. The transportation infrastructure also has to meet new …
THE TRANSITION TO DIGITAL HEALTHCARE IN EUROPE
Take part in the joint declaration of a European healthcare cluster
Problems combating the current pandemic highlight the importance of closely sharing digital information between public health services in Europe. This topic will be looked at in the second half …