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Chair of Production and Operations Management Prof. Ing. Mag. Dr. rer.soc.oec. Herwig Winkler

head of the chair

Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Herwig Winkler

Siemens-Halske-Ring 6
03046 Cottbus
FZ3H, Room 316

T +49 (0) 355 69 4089 (office)
T +49 (0) 355 69 4120
F +49 (0) 355 69 4091
winkler(at)b-tu.de

consultation hours after arrangement

Academic and professional career

Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Herwig Winkler is the head of the Chair of Production and Operations Management at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg. In July 2000 he began his scientific career as Research and Teaching Assistant at the Chair for Production, Logistics and Environmental Management at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. He completed his doctorate degree in social sciences and economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in November 2004.
In January 2005, Herwig Winkler was nominated as assistant professor and received his habilitation as University professor in March 2009.

On April 1. 2009 he was appointed as university professor and on January 1. 2011 as associate professor. From October 1. 2009 to August 30. 2014, he was head of the Department for Production, Logistics and Environmental Management at the Alpen-Adria Universität of Klagenfurt. From 01.10.2012 to 30.09.2013, Herwig Winkler also was guest professor and head of the Department of Production and Operations Management at the BTU Cottbus.

From 1988 to 1993, Herwig Winkler graduated from the Higher Technical College of Applied Sciences (HTBL) in Ferlach, Austria, where he completed his Matura (high school graduation) with distinction. Subsequently, he studied applied business administration at the University of Klagenfurt, focusing on production, logistics and environmental management as well as controlling and strategic business management, and finished his studies in 1999 with honors.

Regarding his practical experience, Herwig Winkler has worked with different industrial companies; especially companies located in the Carinthia and upper Austria regions. He has also been involved in commercial activities, particularly in the construction-related industry.

After completing his studies, he worked as management assistant of a lighting manufacturer. Moreover, he has conducted consultant activities, carrying out several projects in the field of production and logistics management for national and international companies. 

Until June 2016, parallel with the professorship at BTU, Professor Winkler was the General Manager of the ‘Institute of Production Science and Consulting’, a research and consulting company based in Klagenfurt, Austria, founded by him and two other partners in 2014.

Selected research areas

  • Flexibility Research,
  • Lean Management,
  • Technology Management,
  • Business Model Management,
  • Competition and Production Strategies,
  • Interface Management,
  • Bionics in Production and Logistics,
  • Maintenance and Facility Management,
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management,
  • Freight Transport and Materials Management Centres,
  • Regional and City Logistics,
  • Cost Management and Controlling in Production and Logistics,
  • Environmental Management and Sustainable Development.

Memberships

  • Verband d. Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB) e.V., member of the scientific commissions: 
    • Production Management 
    • Logistics, 
  • Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (ÖVG), Bundesvereinigung Logistik Österreich (BVL), 
  • Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).

Expert activities

  • Reviewer for the Jubilee Fund of the Austrian National Bank (ÖNB),
  • Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG),
  • Reviewer for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO),
  • ad hoc reviewer for several journals, e.g.
    • Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal,
    • International Journal of Production Economics,
    • International Journal of Production Research,
    • Central European Journal of Operations Research,
    • International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 
    • Industrie Management,
    • Journal of Supply Chain Management,
    • Logistics Research,
    • Journal of Transport Geography,
    • International Journal of Logistics Management,
    • International Journal of Logistics,
    • International Journal of Environmental Management,
    • International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems,
    • African Journal of Business Management,
    • Computer in Industry

Activities in further education

  • Development, management and implementation of two postgraduate programmes at the School of Management, Organizational Development and Technology (M/O/T) of the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt:
  • ‘University course Industrial Management’, graduated as MSc. and
  • ‘University course Business Logistics’, graduated as MSc.
  • Lecturer and examiner for the certified course ‘The Production Manager’, Confare GmbH, Vienna, (until 2015)
  • Examination chair for the logistics course at WIFI Styria, (until 2015)
  • In-house training courses on production management, lean management, procurement management and supply chain management at national and international industrial companies.

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