IPS - Innovative. Practical. Systematic.
Future needs origin: The IPS and its predecessors (Chair of Manufacturing Preparation, Chair of Work and Production Systems) have been conducting research in the field of labor and time management since the 1970s. Since Professor Jochen Deuse took over the chair in 2005, we have been engaged in the further development of industrial engineering by transferring knowledge from computer science and statistics into domain knowledge. From the claim of a holistic and systemic view of production systems, our four core research areas quickly developed: Work System Design, Industrial Data Science, Digital Factory and Dynamic Value Stream Design.
We see ourselves as a research institution that drives the transformation towards digitalized industrial engineering. Starting from our hometown Dortmund, our claim is to carry this change also beyond regional borders. In doing so, we live the principle of "promote and challenge".
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News from the IPS
Successful completion of the measurement series in the Takt Work –Assembly research project
The research project "Integration of activity-specific load alternation to reduce the physical demands during takt work" has reached another milestone…

Change Management in the introduction of exoskeletons
On 7 April 2022, the IPS in cooperation with mosaiic GmbH will hold a workshop on change management in the introduction of exoskeletons in production…

BMBF crossover project "Network Digital GreenTech" (NetDGT) has started
A hybrid kick-off meeting of the new crossover research project "Network Digital GreenTech" (NetDGT) took place on 14th and 15th of October 2021 in…

Pragmatic approaches for the application of artificial intelligence in the context of technical cleanliness
Dr.-Ing. Ronny Zwinkau at TecSa-TALK "Pragmatic AI approaches for cleanliness related processes" of the Cleaning Excellence Center (CEC).
