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Institute of Business Engineering, FHNW School of Engineering and Environment

School of Engineering and Environment


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Intelligent and innovative business processes through integration of strategies, processes, organizations and technologies.

We develop intelligent processes and systems for industry and healthcare.Together with research partners, we create practice-oriented solutions for efficient, scalable, and future-ready value creation.

  • AI-enhanced decision-making and expert support
  • Intelligent production systems and Industrial AI
  • AI-driven automation of supply chains
  • Functional digital twins

Strategic development of organizations, (AI) systems engineering

Research focus areas

Selected projects

We support innovative companies in exploring cutting-edge technologies and methods and in translating them into practical applications.

We collaborate with national and international research partners and facilitate access to funding opportunities such as Innosuisse projects and EU research programs.

AI-Operator for the efficient and reliable operation of process plants

Development and validation of an AI operator (digital twin) that generates a real-time visualization of intelligent action recommendations for the operators of a thermal test plant.
Institute
School of Life Sciences, School of Engineering and Environment, Institute of Business Engineering and Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics
Research field
Business processes

IT meets OT: Technical and Regulatory Safety for Industry 4.0 Machine Interfaces

Development and validation of a tool (software-based rule-book/coach) for the country-specific, safety-related and regulatory configuration of industrial machine interfaces in the context of Industry 4.0.
Institute
School of Engineering and Environment and Institute of Business Engineering

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The Institute for Business Engineering at FHNW has state-of-the-art laboratory infrastructure.

Smart Factory Lab

Smart Factory and Digital Twin architectures and technologies based on a real production environment.

About us

With practical management experience and profound theoretical knowledge, we are the preferred contact for the development and optimisation of practical and intelligent business processes for our project partners from industry, business and society.
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Contact

Björn Klocke

Prof. Dr. Björn Klocke

Head of FHNW Institute of Business Engineering
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+41 56 202 73 45
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bjoern.klocke@fhnw.ch

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