Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML

IT Management

IT strategy

IT infrastructure and its efficient use are essential for every company and require a continuous reorientation according to future business requirements and technological trends. The strategic planning of the IT landscape and the management of IT services is a difficult balancing act to ensure operational efficiency and long-term success. This is why, we work with you together to develop a profitable IT strategy and assess the benefits of new technologies for your company.

Business-IT-Alignment

A smooth flow of information is central to efficient processes. The decisive factor for this is the availability of targeted information within the necessary time frame and in the right place. All this presupposes the use of needs-based software. We clarify the flow of goods and information in your processes and, among other things, identify potentials and obstacles in cooperation between IT and departments. Based on your requirements, we create expert documents for the acquisition of ICT and software.

Service & Lifecycle Management

It is important to have powerful IT services to realize current and future business potential. That's why portfolio management plays an important role for your design and decision on your IT service portfolio. Every IT service must also be systematically managed over its entire lifecycle so that it can be optimally deployed and seamlessly adapted or replaced as required. This is why we work with you to design the entire cycle of your IT services and help you set up a targeted service management system.

Services & Offers

We will work with you to realign your IT strategy.
We support the reorganization of your IT within the framework of a company restructuring, e.g. by merging internal business areas or mergers & acquisitions.
We evaluate the potential of new IT trends and technologies for your company and identify beneficial areas of application.
We analyse the flow of goods and information in your production and logistics processes and identify strengths, weaknesses, potentials and risks in the interaction between specialist departments and IT.
We prepare qualified tender documents for the procurement of software and ICT based on your requirements,
We support you in the development and decisions for an IT portfolio management.
Together with you, we design the entire life cycle of your IT services and support you in establishing a systematic service management.

Further topics

Optimization of loading of load carriers

PUZZLE® optimizes the loading of load carriers such as pallets and cartons.

PUZZLE®
pallet optimization
load unit formation
palletizing software
charge optimization
robot palletizing
packaging optimization
pack optimization
Optimal packing

Data Driven Logistics

We are supporting you with the analysis, integration and visualisation of your data. Our priorities are "Big-Data-Architecture", "Hana-Integration" and "Machine Learning".

Big Data
Data Analytics
Machine Learning / Deep Learning
Internet of Things
Sensor Data Integration
Data Visualisation
Enterprise Infrastructure
Development of Smart Services

Privacy Engineering

We support you with "Privacy by Design" and "Privacy as a Service" so that your IT systems fulfil the growing demands in data protection, data security and confidentiality.

Controlled collaboration of many Cloud Services
Central Access Management for the complete workflow
Privacy-by-design /
Privacy-by-default
Privacy-Certification
Detailed Authentification

Cloud Computing

We support you to make your logistic IT fit for the future by outsourcing it into the Cloud. Our focus is on the topics "business objects for logistic" und “changeable logistic systems”.

Business Process as a Service
Cloud Infrastructure
Shopfloor Integration
Cloud Platform
Standardization of Components and Services
Internet of Things

IT-Architecture

We analyze your company's IT architecture for any potential for optimization. Our team supports you from modeling to adaptation to market requirements.

Enterprise Architecture
System Architecture
Data Architecture
Architecture Management

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“We develop future”

Software Development

Software as a foundation:
Today, modern logistics is no longer possible without modern IT. Our team develops IT solutions specifically designed to meet your needs in all areas of logistics. Our promise to you: sophisticated software with quality and brains! Analysis, conception, architecture design, component design, implementation, refactoring, integration, migration and evaluation - we offer you comprehensive solutions.

Research

We develop the future:
Through our participation in various
research projects, we are always surrounded by the latest developments and ideas.
This creative spirit runs through all our projects, because as a department in an application-oriented research institute we know exactly what it means to forge ideas and put them into practice. As our customer, you always profit from this special competence.

IT Strategic Consulting

Standstill means regression:
Being successful is no guarantee of staying successful. Secure your competitive position for the long term and let us look beyond our horizons together. From standard software to new software concepts that are individually tailored to your requirements and effectively and resource-efficiently support your processes, we are at your side.