Practical examples from retailing, the manual trades, service providers, and tooling and mold-making
Digitalization is leading to a variety of changes in industrial processes, resulting in new kinds of service. This is also bringing about changes in industrial value creation …
The Digital Transformation Process at SMEs
Three Success Factors Affecting the Introduction of Micro Testbeds
Selecting the right participants – trust – organization
What are the most important factors when it comes to the success of a Micro Testbed? How important is it to have a network for administration and organization purposes? And what is …
Digitalization at SMEs – Why Aren’t Firms Benefiting Properly?
Steinbeis experts provide advice on launching digital transformation processes within companies
German firms in the Mittelstand – the broad base of small and medium-sized businesses – believe digital manufacturing offers little benefit for customers; it is more useful for optimizing …
Straight from Research into Practice: Facade Components Revisited
Steinbeis experts at FiberCrete develop fiberglass- reinforced construction concrete
For a number of years, there has been an increasing tendency to erect buildings with curtain wall facades – exterior walls covered by elements mounted on the outside. This building method …
The Innovation Dilemma
Steinbeis experts develop software for achieving the right balance in innovation projects
There are two approaches to innovation that – purely by themselves – are not really an option for innovation-centric companies: exploitation and exploration. For innovation to be viable …
Consulting X.0 – Networking. Digital Transformation. Convergence.
A review of the 2018 Steinbeis Consulting Day
The transformation sweeping through society, business, and technology, which is especially noticeable when it comes to digital solutions, is not just having a fundamental effect on companies, it is also changing different …
Brain Stimulation
Steinbeis experts develop stimulator for researching Parkinson’s through animal experimentation
Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the brain that leads to the progressive degeneration of nerve cells. A relatively new procedure called deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves sending electrical impulses …
Sustainable Fish Farming and Innovative Wastewater Recovery at Lake Victoria
Steinbeis is partner in the EU project VicInAqua, which supports knowledge transfer between Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Europe
Clean water is the basis for so much: food, the environment or agriculture. In view of the scarcity of water, wastewater treatment …
10 Years Enterprise Europe Network
Steinbeis 2i GmbH remains an important member of the European Commission network
The world’s biggest network for internationalization and technology transfer is marking its tenth anniversary. When the European Commission set up the Enterprise Europe Network in 2008, its aim …
SMT meets SAP University Alliances
School at Steinbeis University becomes member of the SAP University Program
The School of Management and Technology (SMT) at Steinbeis University Berlin (SHB) has been providing SAP experts with training since 2010. These days, no company can afford to turn …
In Good Shape for EU Applications and Project Management
S2i offers training to SMEs and research institutions
For business leaders, researchers, and other parties submitting applications to the EU, Steinbeis 2i (S2i) still offers a number of training options this year. Training is based on a modular system to …
6th Steinbeis Entrepreneur Forum 2018
Event review
Representatives of SMEs, Steinbeis customers and partners, students and alumni of Steinbeis University Berlin – on July 20, a variety of guests came to the Steinbeis House for Management and Technology in Stuttgart to gain inspiration at the …
A solution based on combination, not standardization
SHB student assesses the pros and cons of combined gravure printing cylinders in production
Two thirds of German packaging producers describe themselves as under pressure from foreign competitors in their domestic markets – foreign firms are catching up with German …
An Overall for Emergencies
Steinbeis experts work with project partners to design a patient cooling solution that can be used anywhere
In Europe, more than 375,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest away from a hospital every year. Over 82% of all cardiac arrests in …
A Good Way to Drum Up Business
Steinbeis experts provide help with the re-engineering of a stainless steel drum
“We wanted our drums to be even more perfect.” This was how the managing director of BOLZ INTEC, Cornelius Mauch, describes his successful innovation project. The business leader …
Is the World of Work Forming a Chain?
Steinbeis experts examine the anticipated impact of blockchain technology
Within a handful of years, blockchain technology has transformed from a solution for computer specialists and cryptographers into a global phenomenon, now practically mentioned every day in the mass media. Horst …
Franciacorta Discovers How to Introduce Italian Sparkling Wine to the German Market
Steinbeis consultant helps entrepreneur with the launch of a niche product
What’s the best way to stage a successful market launch in Germany with a premium Italian sparkling wine that nobody has even heard of? This was the challenge Alexander …
Observing and Understanding in the Volkswagen Autostadt
Steinbeis experts make the logistics process easy to understand for customers
How do they get new cars to people? The pickup center at the main Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg decided to make its technical processes more clear and easy to …
Digitalization Entails Change!
Steinbeis experts organize a Network event on the role played by the media in digital transformation
Digitalization is fundamentally changing the world of work. The fast rate of change continually fuels new forms of technology convergence, putting the meaning and …
Feature Topic: Life Science
Insights from Steinbeis experts into recent projects
The life science market is expanding worldwide. There are several reasons for this – demographic developments, increasing levels of chronic disease, and general growth in the global population. Personalized medicine is now considered …
Dear Readers,
The feature topic of this issue of TRANSFER is life science and its important influence as a key area of interdisciplinary research and development. The German economy would be inconceivable without the work going on in the fields of health …
“The diversity of people is an enrichment”
A TRANSFER interview with PRISMA CEO Stefan Nachbaur
Stefan Nachbaur is passionate about networking. As CEO of the PRISMA group of companies in Vorarlberg and Germany, he plays an active cross-border role in economic and regional development. It would be …
Can Nanoparticles Make People Sick?
A team of Steinbeis experts draws on the findings of stem cell research into environmental toxicology
Atmospheric pollution caused by particulates is emerging as a central factor in the development of cardiovascular, blood, and tumor diseases. Increasing exposure to nanoparticles …
“At the end of the day, the key consideration has to be what is best for the patient”
An interview with Professor Dr. Tobias Preckel, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center Medical Engineering & Life Sciences, and Professor Dr. Sascha Seifert, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center E-Health-Systems and Medical Informatics
The future of medicine, data protection, and …
WeSeniMuS: Wearable Technology in MS Research
The use of mobile technology and wearables in clinical studies
The development costs of new pharmaceuticals have increased many times over the last decades. More than 50 percent of all expenditures are now channeled into clinical development. Using mobile technology …
“It’s not just the medical experts who have challenges to face, but the entire healthcare system”
An interview with Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Deigner, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Personalized Medicine
Personalized Medicine: What exactly is it, what benefits does it offer and what challenges does it present? What does the future have in store …
Minimizing Risk with IMMODGEL and PANBioRA
New research findings on the prevention of immune responses after the fitting of implants and assessing the risk posed by biomaterials
To avoid or at least reduce often undesirable immune responses to implants, an innovative system comprising chemical and biological …
„Combining ultrastructural and molecular biology analysis would be ideal for gaining new insights“
An interview with Professor Dr. Ulrich Schraermeyer, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center OcuTox
Professor Dr. Ulrich Schraermeyer talked to TRANSFER magazine about current developments in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration and his fascination with electron microscopes and the …
Innovation Knows No Borders
Steinbeis Innovation Center coordinates cross-sector business network for medical technology
Digital transformation is a door to opportunity, but it also presents a number of new challenges to many sectors of industry. It is resulting in networks between a multitude of …
„A technology isn’t an end in itself – it’s an engine of innovation“
An interview with Professor Dr. Ralf Kindervater, director of BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH
In an interview with TRANSFER magazine, Professor Dr. Ralf Kindervater describes the work of BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH, its goals, how its work translates into business practice, and much …
An Impressive Treatment: Enzyme Therapy
Steinbeis experts conduct research into diagnostic and treatment processes for lysosomal storage diseases
Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of metabolic diseases in which defects in a specific enzyme lead to severe pathological changes in organs. Although individual types …
Leveraging the Full Potential of Digital Solutions
EU-backed training on digital solutions in the healthcare industry
In January 2018, the Steinbeis Transfer Institute Therapeutic Communication and integrated Health Promotion embarked on a three-year project with twelve partner organizations from eight European countries. The project is called Digital …
Continuing Professional Development That Pays
A hybrid education concept for Six Sigma projects
Since June, the Steinbeis Business Academy (SBA) at Steinbeis University Berlin has been working with the Six Sigma Akademie Deutschland to offer training as a project manager for Six Sigma improvement projects. …