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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Meissner

Leiter Technologiezentrum Produktions- und Logistiksysteme (TZ PULS)
  • Professor of Production Management and Logistics
  • Head of FSP Production and Logistics Systems (PULS)
  • Member of the Institute Council and the PULS Technology Centre Advisory Board
  • Member of the DigiTech Promotion Centre
  • Member of the doctoral committee of the DigiTech doctoral centre
  • Deputy Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Deputy Chairman of the ET/WI Examination Board
  • Head of degree programme Management of Production and Supply Chain (M-PS)

Consultation hours: by appointment by e-mail

Profile:
Prof. Dr Sebastian Meißner has been Professor of Production Management and Logistics at Landshut University of Applied Sciences since 2015. He has headed the research focus "Production and Logistics Systems" (PULS) since 2019 and the PULS Technology Centre (TZ PULS) research institute in Dingolfing since 2025. He teaches at the Faculty of Electrical and Industrial Engineering and, together with his research assistants, conducts research in various research projects on topics such as the "Internet of Things and Services", "Methods of Artificial Intelligence" "Digital twins" and "Data-based assistance systems". Prof. Meißner is a member of the Digitech doctoral centre and currently supervises eight doctoral students. Since the PULS Technology Centre was founded in 2015, he has been a member of the institute's advisory board and the expert advisory board and also heads the Master's degree course "Management of Production and Supply Chain" in Dingolfing. In addition, he has been advising companies on digitalisation and automation, supply chain management, logistics and factory planning since 2007 and has been a partner of the affiliated institute Technologiezentrum Dingolfing Schulungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH since 2016.
Prof. Meißner studied general mechanical engineering and industrial engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and at MIT, USA, and received his doctorate in logistics and factory control from the Chair of Materials Handling Material Flow Logistics (fml) at TUM in 2009. After completing his doctorate, he held various management positions in logistics at the MAN Group, including Head of Logistics Planning at MAN Diesel & Turbo and MAN Truck & Bus.

Prizes and scholarships:
2025 Giabiasi Award for Conceptual Modelling Excellence, I3M
2009 Science Prize for Logistics, German Logistics Association
2004 German National Academic Foundation, Foundation of German Business, Dr. Jürgen Ulderup Foundation

Areas of responsibility

Department of Production Management and Logistics

Head of Research Centre Production and Logistics Systems
Intelligent Production and Logistics Systems
AI in Production Logistics
Digital Assistance Systems
Digital Twins
Internet of Things and Services

Head of Research Institute Technology Centre Production and Logistics Systems (TZ Puls)

Associated Institute Technology Centre Dingolfing Training and Consulting Company mbH

Teaching areas

German
Procurement, Manufacturing and Logistics
Lean Factory Design & Lean Production
Logistics and Factory Planning
Production and Process Planning
Resource Management
Smart Factory Design

English
International Production Networks and Logistics
Procurement, Manufacturing and Logistics

Publications