Prof. Dr. Werner Sohn

Interim Division Director Business Administration/ Logistic, Member of the Institute of Logistics
Department of Cooperative Studies
Professorship for Logistics (Visiting Professor)

T: +49 (0)30 30877-2280
F: +49 (0)30 30877-2289
E: werner.sohn@hwr-berlin.de

Visitor's address
Lichtenberg Campus
Building 5
Room 5.1006
Alt-Friedrichsfelde 60
10315 Berlin

Postal address
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Lichtenberg Campus
Faculty 2
Building 5
Alt-Friedrichsfelde 60
10315 Berlin
Germany

Academic and Professional Career

• Studied Physics and Computer Science at the University of Kaiserslautern
• PhD at the University of Kaiserslautern
• 1985 –1987 Software Engineer and Project Manager with Carl Schenck AG
• 1987–1997 Deutsche Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo, Manager Maintenance Processes, Manager Maintenance Control Center, Project Manager ERP with LH Cargo, Manager Network Standards and Network Quality
• 1997–2011 DANZAS / DHL Manager Software Development Glovbal, Manager DHL Post Merger Integration, Manager Human Resources Administration, Manager Ground Transportation Procurement
• Deutsche Bahn, Manager Quality and Security Strategy

International contacts (e. g.)

• Member of Expert Group “Environment” of the Logistik Cluster Basel
• Hamburger Logistik Initiative
• Bremer Hafenvereinigung
• Via Bremen
• Effizienz Cluster LogistikRuhr
• Department for Logistics Management Uni St. Gallen

Key Aspects in Teaching

• Logistics and freight forwarding management
• Supply chain and operations management
• International freight transport industry and transport policy
• Strategic and operational logistics planning
• Logistics controlling and supply chain controlling
• Information and communication systems in logistics
• Logistics benchmarking and change management
• Sustainability in Logistics

Research Projects and Fields

• Sustainability-Benchmarking
• Impact of sustainability on business transactions in logistics
• Collaboration in logistics (Crowd Intelligence)
• Post-Merger-Integration and Change Management Processes in logistics

Selected, current Publications

• The STAR Program – Ready for the finish 2005, Capital Market Day, Bonn, Feb 2005
• Successful Integration Management in the Logistics Sector, Merill Lynch, London, 2005
• Nachhaltigkeit in der Logistik, Bremische Hafenvertretung, Bremen, 2011
• “AskHR & Change Management in Express Asia Pacific” ACTive Change Management, Singapore, Sep 2008
• “COSIE – Cost Of Sales Improvement Europe” DHL Global Forwarding Newsletter, Bonn, Apr 2009
• „HR Operations reduziert die Kosten für die Nachverfolgung der Anfragen von Business Partnern und Beschäftigten“, GBS Business Brief, Bonn, Juni 2009
• “Shed light on the black box: how Deutsche Post DHL achieved global transparency over payroll processes” Strategic HR Review, VOL. 8 NO. 5 2009,