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Lecturer, Institute for Information Systems
Driving Digital and Sustainable Transformation in Supply Chains and Value Networks
Profile
Dr. Dominik Wörner is an expert in Supply Chain Management with a focus on the digital and sustainable transformation of value creation networks. He is Co-Head of the research focus area Supply Chain & Value Networks at the Institute of Information Systems. After studying Business Administration at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany, and completing study visits at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and the Loyola Institute of Business Administration in Chennai, India, he earned his PhD in cooperation with AUDI AG, focusing on in-house logistics and sequencing planning. Following his doctoral studies, he held various positions in the automotive industry, where, in his most recent role, he was responsible for the digital transformation of more than ten manufacturing plants. Dominik Wörner has over ten years of industry experience in multinational corporations.
His professional interests include the design of global production and logistics networks as well as the digital and sustainable transformation of companies and value networks. His work particularly focuses on the use of maturity models and knowledge-based methods, as well as AI-supported quantitative approaches for data-driven optimization of value creation processes.
Teaching and Consulting Activities
Bachelor
- Supervisor International Students Project “Focus India” (EN), since 2024
- Supply Chain Management & Sustainability (DE), since 2022
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management (EN), since 2022
- Supervision of project, student, and thesis work (DE/EN), since 2022
- Operations Management (DE), 2012–2015
Master
- Circular Supply Chain Management (DE), since 2024
- Introduction to Simulation (DE), 2012–2015
Continuing Education
- From Product to Service – Transforming the Value Chain (DE), since 2025
- Sustainable Supply Chains: From Linear to Circular Supply Chains. Strategies for Sustainable Transformation (DE), since 2025
Visiting Professorships
- Supply Chain Management, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany, since 2017
- Introduction to Supply Chain Management, Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia, 2024
Projects
Research
- Eurostars Project LeadAI, Project Lead, funded by Eurostars/Innosuisse, 2025–2027, funding volume: approx. CHF 1.4 million
- Virtual CTO (vCTO), Project Lead, funded by Innosuisse, 2025–2026, funding volume: < CHF 0.1 million
- Model-Based Consulting, Project Lead, funded by Forschungsfonds Aargau, 2024–2025, funding volume: approx. CHF 0.1 million
- - Automated Patient Admission Process, Co-Project Lead, funded by Hightech Zentrum Aargau, 2024–2025, funding volume: approx. CHF 0.1 million
- Impact of Car Sequencing on Inhouse Logistics Costs, Project Lead, funded by Audi AG, 2012–2015, funding volume: EUR 0.18 million
Services
- Development of a mid-term demand planning model, Project Lead, 2025, project volume: < CHF 0.1 million
- Development of strategic options to increase circularity in procurement, Project Member, 2023, project volume: < CHF 0.1 million