News & Events
New Paper and Serious-Play Card Deck for Teaching AI in Manufacturing
A new article: Serious-Play Cards for Teaching AI Applications in Manufacturing by Torbjørn Netland and Damian Borth (University of St.Gallen) is now published in INFORMS Transactions on Education. To complement the article, the Chair of POM is also making the accompanying print-and-play card deck available for teaching and learning.
New Postdoctoral Fellow
The Chair of POM welcomes Dr. Carol Long as an ETH AI Center postdoctoral fellow from September 2026
Five conferences in 2.5 months: Dr. Christian Kober shares research on Digital Twin value creation across Europe
From July to September, Dr. Christian Kober represented the Chair of Production and Operations Management at five international conferences in Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom. He presented research on Digital Twins, digital transformation and value creation in manufacturing. At several of the conferences, he also organised special sessions and served as session chair.
POM attends APMS conference
The Chair of POM presented two paper at this year’s conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS). Dr. Christian Kober and Alexander Albers attended the conference in Bergamo, Italy.
We just published the most extensive literature review of the lean literature
A new article, The evolution of lean: taking stock and looking ahead, by Torbjørn Netland, Rachna Shah, Sven Januszek, and Alan Pilkington, has been published in Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management.
Introducing POMunity ESTIEM Zürich: Connecting Students with Industry
POMunity ESTIEM Zürich is a newly founded student initiative at ETH Zurich aiming to bridge the gap between academic studies and real-world industry experience. By organizing company visits, networking events, and international exchanges through the ESTIEM network, the initiative creates opportunities for students to gain practical insights and connect with peers across Europe.
POM Team Retreat at Beautiful Bodensee
It is now official: The POM Team is not only exceptionally driven but is also characterized by a strong degree of emotional intelligence. This was one of the many insights from our two-day retreat at the beautiful Bodensee, focused on career and personal development under the guidance of Dr. Robert Straw.
New paper published on why and how corporate lean programs change
New paper: Why and how do corporate lean programs change? A punctuated equilibrium perspective, by Torbjørn Netland, Mark Grothkopp, Matteo Rossini, Thomas Friedli, and Alberto Portioli Staudacher has recently been published in the International Journal of Production Economics.