An Introduction to Data-Driven Supply Chain Resilience Management

Frank T. Piller

Head of the Technology and Innovation Management Group and Co-Director of the TIME Research Area

RWTH Aachen University

Prof. Dr. Frank T. Piller leads the Technology and Innovation Management Group at RWTH Aachen University since 2007. Earlier, he worked at the MIT Sloan School of Management and was an assistant professor of management at the TUM Business School (1999-2004). Frank Piller graduated with a Ph.D. in operations management from the University of Würzburg in 1999. His post-doctoral Habilitation degree is from the TUM Business School. At RWTH, he is a recipient of the RWTH Teaching Award of 2010 and 2015. Frank Piller has worked as a consultant and delivered executive workshops for many international companies, including several DAX30 and Fortune 500 corporations. As a member of their board of directors or board of scientific advisors, he works with a number of innovative technology companies to bring his research into practice. He also is a co-founder of the MIT Smart Customization Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

Stefan Spinler

Lehrstuhl für Logistikmanagement

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Prof. Dr. Stefan Spinler holds the Chair of Logistics Management at WHU ‐ Otto Beisheim School of Management. He received a master's degree in electrical engineering from Friedrich‐Alexander University in Erlangen, with research stays at University College London and Bell Labs (USA). In 1997, he was awarded the diploma in electrical engineering. Subsequently, he joined Infineon Technologies with responsibilities in process integration, quality, and supply chain management. From October 1999 to August 2002, Prof. Spinler was a doctoral student in the department of Production Management and taught at WHU and Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL).
His research on options on capacity has been presented at international conferences and leading US business schools. Moreover, his research was awarded several prizes, most notably the Management Science Strategic Innovation Award (from EURO) as well as the GOR dissertation award. Upon the completion of his doctoral studies, Prof. Spinler spent a year as a lecturer at the Wharton School, where he taught classes in the MBA and PhD programs and developed a real options class for executives. He has been invited to teach the real options class at MIT as a guest professor in their Leaders for Manufacturing Program. He was awarded the best guest lecturer award twice at HHL. His postdoctoral degree (Habilitation) covered aspects of market‐based supply chain coordination and was completed in September 2008. In January 2009, Prof. Spinler was appointed to the Chair of Logistics Management at WHU, which until 2021 was sponsored by the Kühne Foundation.

Christian Gülpen

Division head responsible for practice-oriented research at the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management at RWTH Aachen University on digitalization and Industry 4.0

RWTH Aachen University

Christian Gülpen is the division head responsible for practice-oriented research at the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management at RWTH Aachen University on digitalization and Industry 4.0. He is particularly interested in the systematic development of new business models, (innovation) strategy and value creation in ecosystems, and the development of customized offerings within the framework of Industry 4.U. As a board member and managing director of InTIME Industrietransfergesellschaft, he supports innovative companies in shaping the future. As Managing Director of IfU GmbH, he is jointly responsible for the development of the Institute for Enterprise Cybernetics. Christian is an honorary member of the German Federal Government's Plattform Lernende Systeme as well as the Interdisciplinary Panel Digital Transformation of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) and the Advisory Board of atp Magazine.