Re:Invent - Revolutionary business models as the basis for product innovations

  • type: Vorlesung (V)
  • chair: KIT-Fakultäten - KIT-Fakultät für Maschinenbau - Institut für Produktentwicklung
    KIT-Fakultäten - KIT-Fakultät für Maschinenbau
  • semester: Sommersemester
  • time:

    Session 1: 21.05.2025

    Session 2: 28.05.2025

    Session 3: 04.06.2025

    Session 4: 02.07.2025

    Session 5: 16.07.2025
  • lecturer:

    Dr.-Ing. Tom Schneider
  • sws: 2
  • ects: 4
  • lv-no.: 2147177
  • exam: oral
  • information:

    Questions and registration by e-mail to: ReInvent@ipek.kit.edu
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Contents
  • Students acquire the skills to embed their knowledge of product development in innovative business model development in order to actively shape the change to user-oriented product-service systems within the next decades.
  • Students are able to describe the connections between business models and today's challenges such as global competitive pressure, decarbonization and data sovereignty.
  • They develop the basics of the technical requirements that must be created in product development for the selection and introduction of different servitization business models.
  • Students will also be able to describe the basics of building industrial ecosystems within business models (end-to-end system design).
  • Using the TRUMPF machine tools case study as an example, the first industrial pay-per-part business model is discussed and further ideas are explored in student teamwork.
  • The course concludes with a workshop in which the product launch in European markets is actively developed in a practice-oriented manner.

Attendance time: 30 hours

Self-study: 90 hours

Lecture languageGerman
References

Course materials will be provided via ILIAS.

Organizational details

Registration is required. Dates and further information will be announced on the IPEK website.

Re:Invent

Registration

Please send an email to ReInvent∂ipek.kit.edu with the following information:

  • In which degree program are you enrolled?
  • In which module would you like to have Re:Invent credited?
  • How did you find out about Re:Invent?
  • What is your motivation?

The number of participants is limited.

The deadline for registration is 25.04.2025.

Confirmation of participation will be sent on 29.04.2025.

Crediting of modules

The examination can be credited in the Master's degree program in Mechanical Engineering (MACH) in the following modules

  • SP51: Development of Innovative Appliances and Power Tools
  • SP10: Engineering Design
  • SP31: Mechatronics
  • SP03: Man-Technology-Organisation
  • Compulsory Elective Module Mechanical Engineering

The following applies to the Master's degree program in Mechatronics and Information Technology (MIT):

  • Field of Specialization: Design of Mechatronic Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Subject

It may be possible to receive ECTS credits for the Master's degree programme in Industrial Engineering and Management (WIWI), Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (ETIT) and Computer Science (INFO), but this must be checked in advance.

There are only two dates for the oral exams:

  • 15.08.2025
  • 29.09.2025

Lecturers

The lecture will be held by

Dr. Tom Schneider (Global Head of R&D TRUMPF Machine Tools) and

Benedikt Braig (Head of R&D Management Services TRUMPF Machine Tools)

 

Impressions 2022

Visit to the Fischer company in Achern

Impressions 2023

Visit to the company Physik Instrumente (PI) in Karlsruhe

Impressions 2024

Visit to the company TRUMPF in Ditzingen