Enterprise Labs

At least three full-time equivalent (FTE) researchers from the Institute work for a company in an Enterprise Lab. Our Enterprise Lab partners have access to over 300 experts from a wide range of disciplines, who contribute their specialist expertise as required and supplement the team in phases at any time. The company's employees are fully integrated into the work and sub-projects of the Enterprise Lab as "company engineers".  

The team meets regularly at the institute, in particular to use the research infrastructure such as research halls, co-working spaces, workshops and laboratories. The team members are in close personal contact with each other. In addition to the intensive exchange between our researchers and the employees of the company, there is also a regular exchange at the level of the Executive Board and the Institute management.  

The minimum duration of an Enterprise Lab is three years, with the option to extend it. Companies such as DB Schenker have already extended their Enterprise Lab several times due to the successful collaboration. A partnership with the associated chairs at TU Dortmund University or the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST is also possible.