Upon successful completion of the course, students will know:

• the basic life cycles and their influence on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• the concept of PLM as a software solution
• the concept of PLM as a strategic business approach
• the opportunities of Lifecycle Assessment in combination with PLM
• the creation of the Lifecycle Impact Assessment
• the connection of PLM/LCA and risk management
• the prerequisites for the implementation of risk management strategies in PLM and supply chain design
• the design options of sustainable supply chains in the context of the strategic enterprise approach PLM

• classify the topic of PLM and evaluate it as a strategic management approach
• operate Siemens Teamcenter as a PLM software solution
• explain lifecycle assessment and its implications and possibilities
• understand the connections between PLM and risk management, also in the supply chain

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• Basics of life cycle concepts and their influence on the product life cycle
• PLM as an integrative IT system (Siemens Teamcenter)
• PLM as a strategic corporate concept
• Approaches for the implementation of PLM in terms of sustainability
• Lifecycle Assessment - possibilities and effects
• Combining Lifecycle and Risk Assessment

Alexander, A. & Pascucci, S. (Hrsg.) (2023): Handbook of the Circular Economy, Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter.
Battelle Memorial Institute & Curran M. (2020): Lifecycle Assessment: Inventory Guidelines and Principles, 1st Ed. Boca-Raton: CRC Press.
Blokdyk, G. (2021): Product Lifecycle Management Complete Self Assessment Guide, o.O.: 5STARCooks.
Eigner, M. & Stelzer, R. (2012): Product Lifecycle Management: Ein Leitfaden für Product Development und Life Cycle Management (VDI-Buch), 2. neu bearb. Aufl. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer.
Eisenriegler, S. (Hrsg.) (2020): Kreislaufwirtschaft in der EU - Eine Zwischenbilanz. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
Has, M. (2022): Sustainable Products - Lifecycle Assessment, Risk Management, Supply Chains, Eco Design. Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter.
Herbst, S. & Hoffmann, A. (2018): Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) mit Siemens Teamcenter. München: Hanser.
Klöpffer, W. & Grahl, B. (2009): Ökobilanz (LCA) - Ein Leitfaden für Ausbildung und Beruf. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH.
Kranert, M. (Hrsg.) (2018): Einführung in die Kreislaufwirtschaft, 5. Aufl. Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg.
Lehmacher, W. & Bödecker, J. (2023): Circular Economy - 7. Industrielle Revolution: Der Weg zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit durch Kreislaufwirtschaft. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien.
Liu, L. & Ramakrishna, S. (Eds.) (2021): An Introduction to Circular Economy. Singapore: Springer Nature.
Münger, A. (2021): Kreislaufwirtschaft als Strategie der Zukunft - Nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle entwickeln und umsetzen, 1. Aufl. Freiburg, München, Stuttgart: Haufe.
Pazhani, S. (2021): Design and Analysis of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks, Boca Raton: CRC-Press.
Qudrat-Ullah, H. (Eds.) (2018): Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Supply Chains. Cham: Springer Int. Publishing.
Ramanathan, U. & Ramanathan, R. (Eds.) (2020): Sustainable Supply Chains: Strategies, Issues and Models. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Sonnemann, G., Tsang, M. & Schuhmacher, M. (2019): Integrated Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for industrial Processes and Products, 2nd Edition. Boca-Raton: CRC Press.
Stark, J. (2016): Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 2) - The Devil is in the Details, 3rd Ed. Cham: Springer Int. Publishing Switzerland.
Stark, J. (2019): Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 4) - The Case Studies. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Stark, J. (2022): Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 1) - 21st Century Paradigm for Product Realization, fifth Ed. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Von Hauff, M. (2023): Grundwissen Circular Economy: Vom internationalen Nachhaltigkeitskonzept zur politischen Umsetzung. München: UVK.

Lecture, discussion, self study and group work, case studies

Integrated module examination
Final examination character:
written seminar work