The Team

Functions at the Chair

Office

Office Management

At the Chair since July 2014

Contact

Responsibilities:

General administration
Organizational aspects of the study program

Career:

since July 2014: Chair of Industrial Logistics
May 1983 - June 2014: Department for Studies and Courses (today "Study Support Center")

Personal Interest:

Sports
Cooking

Management

Head of the chair and lecturer

At the Chair since October 2008

Contact

Research and teaching focus:

Strategic Supply Chain Management
Variant Management
Complexity Management

Link to publications in PURE

Link to courses in MUOnline

Link to supervised theses in MUOnline

Career:

Studies at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
- Business administration (management economics, marketing and operations research)
- Interpreter (English, Spanish)
Doctorate in social and economic sciences (dissertation on "Prerequisites for the successful implementation of IT systems for management support")
Visiting professor/lecturer at universities in Ibague (Colombia), Riga (Latvia), Vienna, Krems (Austria)

About Helmut Zsifkovits:

Helmut Zsifkovits took over the management of the Chair of IL in October 2008. He graduated in business administration at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, was a university assistant at the University of Graz, division manager for logistics/industry at the Austrian Academy for Executives, managing partner of Systemlogistik GmbH, project manager at the evolaris eBusiness Competence Center in Graz, head of the Administration Academy of the City of Graz as well as team leader for intranet projects at UBG/DaimlerChrysler AG.

Helmut Zsifkovits teaches at various universities and colleges. His work focuses on logistics, supply chain management and complexity management. Numerous publications have been produced on these topics.

He is president of the European Certification Board for Logistics (ECBL) and the Federal Association Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics Austria (BMÖ). He is a member of the board of the Federal Association of Logistics Austria (BVL) and heads its regional office in Styria.

In addition to his passion for logistics, there is also his love of literature and distance. Helmut Zsifkovits combines the professional necessity of stays abroad with a personal desire to travel. He also likes to write away from scientific topics. He searches for and finds thoughts and words, especially in the deserts of the American South, the primeval forests of Colombia, the English moors or under the volcanoes of Iceland. And when words fail, there are the pictures.

Deputy Management

Deputy Head of Chair

Research assistant and lecturer, contact person for international cooperation

At the Chair since July 2016

Contact

Research and teaching focus:

Socio-economic analysis of strategic decision-making processes
Empirical economic research, implementation of empirical-statistical procedures in laboratory experiments and field studies, multivariate analyses, structural equation modeling, simulation
Process management, material flow management, logistics system design, factory planning and operations management
Production planning, production control and production logistics
Smart Logistics / Logistics 4.0
Industry 4.0 for SMEs
Industrial Logistics Engineering Education

Link to the publications in the PURE Portal

Link to the courses in MUOnline

Link to the supervised theses in MUOnline

International research activities:

Adjunct Associate Professor – Faculty of Business, Management and Economics – University of Latvia (Latvia)
Registered Expert for "Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management" at the European Commission – (EX2020D389890)
Visiting Researcher at ELCOM (Slovakia) and Department of Manufacturing Management – Technical University of Kosice (Slovakia)
Visiting Researcher at the E–LSCM (Excellence Center in Logistics and Supply Chain Management) – Department of Industrial Engineering – Chiang Mai University (Thailand)
Guest Lecturer – University of Latvia (Latvia), University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia), Free University of Bolzano – Bolzano (Italy), etc.
Editorial Board Member – Production & Manufacturing Research (ISSN 2169-3277)
Editorial Board Member – Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050)
Reviewer – Journal of Cleaner Production (ISSN 0959-6526)
Reviewer – International Journal of Production Research (ISSN 0020-7543)
Reviewer – Scientific Reports (ISSN 2045-2322)
Reviewer – Operations Management Research (ISSN 1936-9735)
Reviewer – IEEE Access (ISSN 2169-3536)
Reviewer – Procedia Manufacturing (ISSN 2351-9789)
Reviewer – Cogent Engineering (ISSN 2331-1916)
Revewer – Production & Manufacturing Research (ISSN 2169-3277)
Reviewer – Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050)
Reviewer – International Conferences on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM)
Reviewer – International Conferences on New Challenges in Economic and Business Development (BVEF)
Reviewer – International Conferences on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM)
Reviewer – International Conferences of the European Professors of Industrial Engineering and Management (EPIEM)
ORCID iD – 0000-0003-1496-3388

Career:

Habilitation in the scientific subject "Industrial Management" - University of Leoben
Dissertation in the field of Industrial Management on "The Impact of Decision Making Process Maturity on Decision Making Efficiency" - University of Latvia
Attendance of individual courses as part of the dissertation - Montanuniversität Leoben
Attendance of individual research seminars as part of the dissertation - Graz University of Technology
Master's degree in International Supply Management - FH Joanneum
Diploma program in Industrial Management - FH Joanneum
Secondary school leaving certificate and diploma examination - Höhere technische Bundeslehranstalt Wolfsberg
Industrial experience in production and logistics, e.g. in the areas of Implementation and optimization of integrated production systems, material master data management, inventory management and optimization of global supply chains
Scientific advisor at the Chair of International Business Economics at the Faculty of Economics at Fulda University of Applied Sciences in a research association with the University of Kassel, activities in the areas of research, teaching and knowledge transfer

Personal interests: