Communication between people and technology plays a decisive role in the success of the social networked industry. How people can communicate intuitively with automated transport vehicles was the subject of a recent study by the ”Human-Technology Interaction” research...
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Research clan implements new chatbot
The C3DLO is a chatbot developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST, one of the institutions participating in the Center of Excellence Logistics and IT. This chatbot can find information in large databases in natural language...
First results from field study: Picking made easy
Smart technologies can be used in the picking areas at companies to help employees to pick different articles. The “Cognitive Ergonomy” research clan has carried out a field study and is still looking for companies for further investigations. The picking area is of...
Identifying new research fields in inventory planning
According to studies, logistics costs account for around 16 percent of a company’s total costs, while inventory costs account for around 50 percent of logistics costs. In this context, the IT service provider Brockhaus AG is enhancing its inventory planning together...
Master Plan reviewers praise “excellent transfer to the business world”
Five years after the Master Plan Science was first presented by the City of Dortmund for the further development of the region as a location for science, the evaluation report is now available. According to the report, the Center of Excellence Logistics and IT will...