ANNUAL REPORT 2011 - Kuehne + Nagel

the institute’s researchers may well elaborate questions relating
to logistics and supply chain management with methods adopted
from financial management, psychology or other fields.
In June 2011, the Kuehne Foundation extended its grant of this
chair for a further four years with a donation of CHF 1.1 million
per annum.
Professorship and Kuehne Centre for Logistics
Management at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of
Management, Vallendar, Germany
The research activities at the chair of logistics management concentrate
on the areas of sustainability and risk management in
supply chains and logistics networks. In the context of sustainability,
strategies for the reduction of CO2 emissions are developed
and quantitatively evaluated with the use of real option
methodology. These include fleet modernisation, trading in
emission certificates and redesign of the supply chain network.
Risk management embraces operational risks as well as disruptive
events such as natural disasters. In this connection the systematic
identification, evaluation, control of risks and their representation
in formal analytical models are important. All
research activities are conducted in cooperation with leading
logistics providers and industrial companies.
The activities of the professorship for logistics and service provision
management, which has been sponsored since March 2011,
centre on the analysis of vertical and horizontal supply chain
relations, the management of logistics undertakings and services,
and logistics and supply chain controlling. Special importance
is attached to strategic alliances and other forms of horizontal
cooperation between logistics providers. At present,
studies are focusing on issues relating to governance and the
measurement and control of results in these cooperation systems.
It is aimed to bring about the practical application of the
knowledge acquired in this way through studies, workshops and
day events. The elaboration and utilisation of logistics key figures
in the context of controlling are addressed in a comprehensive
study which is being conducted in cooperation with the
German Logistics Association (BVL). The eighth annual WHO
Campus for Supply Chain Management, which is also supported
by the Kuehne Foundation, took place in March 2011 under the
motto “Managing Sustainability – Redefining Future Strategy”.
In lectures and workshops held by representatives of companies
and academics, new developments and challenges in supply
chain management were examined from the angle of sustainability.
Sustainability _ _ _ _ _ _ Kuehne Foundations
Grant of the Hochschule für Internationale Wirtschaft
und Logistik (HIWL)/German Foreign Trade and Transport
Academy (DAV), Bremen
At the Hochschule für Internationale Wirtschaft und Logistik
(HIWL) the Kuehne Foundation supports the Professorship for
Logistics Systems and Processes. This academy is located on the
campus of the German Logistics Association in Bremen, and
offers the dual bachelor courses in logistics and international
business studies which were accredited in 2011. They are a part
of the overall concept of “lifelong learning” which is jointly
realised by the institutions of the BVL campus, i.e. HIWL, the
German Foreign Trade and Transport Academy (DAV) and the
German Logistics Association (BVL).
Chair of Logistics Management
at the Tongji University, Shanghai
This professorship focuses on the optimisation of supply chains,
the formulation of contracts for the optimisation of supply chain
performance, and risk control. Special focus is on national and
international networking and cooperation, either with other professorships
supported by the Kuehne Foundation or with business
undertakings.
Humanitarian logistics
The H.E.L.P. Centre, which was established by the Kuehne Foundation
in October 2010, is devoted to training and further education
as well as consultancy in the field of humanitarian logistics.
In February 2011, the first African Logistics Conference was
held in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in cooperation with the Technical
University Berlin. In July 2011, the Technical University
Berlin presented the concluding report of a two-year research
project which dealt with the transfer of knowledge from Europe
to Africa. The consultancy project for the International Organisation
for Migration (IOM) was completed in the year under review
and resulted in substantial savings and improvements in the
supply chain. At the same time, courses of instruction in the
field of supply chain management were held for the IOM management.
The Swiss Red Cross also makes use of the consultancy
services of H.E.L.P., since the cost optimisation in logistics
enables more resources to be made available for people in need.
NetloP-Seminar –
Network management for logistics processes
In the past 11 years this series of seminars has established itself
as a firm part of German-language further training in logistics
management. More than 320 participants have now completed
the instruction courses. The holistic character of the approach to
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