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HDBW-PROFESSOR DR.-ING. MATTHIAS PFEFFER: ACADEMIC PROFILE

Here you can learn more about the backgrounds and academic profiles of HDBW professors and lecturers: what they studied themselves and which professional experiences they bring with them from outside the university.

Some also share their personal teaching philosophy, list their academic publications, or highlight special areas of interest — professionally or even privately.

Position at HDBW

HDBW Vice President for Research
Member of the HDBW Executive Board
Program Director for the Departments of Industrial Engineering and Engineering / Bachelor’s and Master’s
Winter Semester 2025/26: Interim Program Director for the Department of Business Informatics / Business Intelligence and Cyber Security
Professor of Industrial Engineering

Courses Taught:

Teaching Philosophy of Professor Dr. Matthias Pfeffer

"In the field of production and logistics, a solid analytical approach is always required. I want to challenge and support the students in building this methodological understanding.

Since I have been working in the area of factory planning and optimization for over 20 years, it is important to me to pass on this practical knowledge. Examples, case studies, and projects from real life are just as essential in my lectures as the corresponding theoretical content. Only the combination of these factors gives students a comprehensive understanding of the processes in companies and across business boundaries.

To make all of this more 'tangible,' I place great emphasis on organizing excursions to companies within various modules. Additionally, we fully involve students in industrial projects and research initiatives that also take place with the companies. Here, the knowledge learned is directly applied."

His motto in teaching: "Analytical thinking. Practical action. Independent implementation."

Research and Areas of Interest:

Optimization of production, logistics, and value chains; digitization of business processes.

Professional Career and Practical Experience

BMW Munich
Technical Logistics; Order Management Area
Development Consulting; Documentation and Communication Area

Debis Systemhaus, Munich
IT Consulting, Business Analyst, Order Management and Workflow Systems Area

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation (IPA), Stuttgart
Corporate Management; Head of Integrated Factory and Logistics Planning Department
Fraunhofer Austria, Vienna (Freelance Employee)

IPL Beratung GmbH, Munich
Managing Director, Consulting and Implementation in the areas of Factory Planning, Production Management, Logistics, and Process Optimization

BWR Media Verlag
Editor-in-Chief for 'Produktionsleiter aktuell'

Training and Coaching for Executives
Leadership in Production; Production Controlling; Lean Management; Key Figures in Production; Warehouse Management; Factory Planning; Logistics Optimization; etc.

Teaching Assignments
Lecturer at various universities and colleges in Germany and Austria, including: Technical University of Vienna, University of Stuttgart, Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Erding University of Applied Sciences, Steyr University of Applied Sciences

Studies

PhD at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) in Dr. techn. - Topic: 'A Method for Evaluating Value Streams'
Studies in Industrial Engineering
University of Siegen / University of Bath (UK)
Training as a Wholesale and Foreign Trade Merchant

Publications (Selection)

Production and Logistics in the Digital Transformation: Analysis – Planning – Practical Experience; Taschenbuch 25. September 2022 von Klaus-Jürgen Meier(Herausgeber), Matthias Pfeffer;(Herausgeber)
Monograph: Pfeffer, Matthias: Evaluation of Value Streams - Cost-Benefit Analysis of Optimization Scenarios; Monograph; Springer Gabler Verlag, 2014