Projects

CEPRA's work focuses on the realization of publicly funded research projects. The work is usually carried out together with several, predominantly small and medium-sized companies, as well as with further research partners (professorial chairs, institutes etc.) within a research consortium, which works on a research topic for 2-3 years.

The scientists working with CEPRA have been able to process numerous projects for renowned funding authorities to this day. Among those authorities are the German Research Foundation, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany.

Beyond that, applications for new projects are continuously filed. We would be pleased to be contacted by companies and institutes that are interested in participating in a project.

Ongoing projects at the CEPRA

• 4C4Learn - Competence-oriented corporate coaching for a sustainable competence management in SMEs
• Composition of Bonus Bank Oriented Incentive Systems
• Performance Measurement in Multidivisional Companies

Projects finished in 2015

• Modular Design of Products and Innovations (GiBWert)
• Innovation Success in Product Development (InnoPeP)

Projects finished in 2014

• Robust Product Design Scenario Architecture - Minimal Change Effort Designing Product Architectures in a Dynamic Business Environment (S-PAG)
• Effizienzbewertung von Dienstleistungskonfigurationen in der Telemedizin (EDiMed)

Projects finished in 2013

• Responsive Control of Innovation Behavior for Sustainability (ReSINa)
• Cost Effects of Modularization (KosMo)

Projects finished in 2011

• Sustainability Oriented Assessment of Innovation Projects (NaBI)

Projects finished in 2010

• Dynamic Human Capital and Competence Controlling in innovative medium-sized businesses
• Efficiency of cross-company research and development projects
• Innovation controlling in companies
• Besonderheiten der Bankenbewertung
• Einsatz von Strategy Maps als Instrument der strategischen Steuerung

Projects finished in 2009

• Scenario management to support planning
• Customer value oriented development, valuation and marketing of service bundles
• Characteristics of bank ratings

Projects finished in 2008

• Analysis of water fees and prices
• Rationally produce construction machinery in a national high performance network and assemble for the world market
• Evaluation of workplace health promotion via balanced scorecard using the example of a company in the automobile industry
• Logistics and cost-oriented commencement of production
• Integrated services near production in the process chain of sheet metal forming
• Company valuation: Impact of the 2008 corporate tax reform
• Profitability valuation of RFID investments

Earlier finished projects

• Produce construction machinery in a national high performance network
• Evaluation in the cardboard industry
• Central Eastern European Performance Panel
• Life-cylce optimized development of service bundles
• Platform concept to support ramp-up management
• Evaluation in the automotive supplier industry
• Overhead cost management in drive engineering
• Complexity and risk management with client-specific products of drive engineering
• Procurement controlling accompanying construction in drive engineering
• Cost information system for drive engineering
• Feasibility study for a joint-venture in China in power plant construction
• Multi-dimensional outsourcing evaluation with IT strategy maps
• Forecast model for quantity development of new products and new generations
• Multi-level fixed cost absorption in steelmaking
• Target costing of gas and steam turbines