Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Schupp

Developing a NextGen Digital Manufacturing Supplyverse

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Schupp is Senior Vice President Purchasing and Supplier Management E-Mobility, Motor and Motor Components at the Schaeffler Group, Germany. Within his responsibility at Schaeffler he is also shareholder representative at SupplyOn, Hallbergmoos, Germany. He completed his PhD at TU Berlin on strategy development in purchasing and logistics. Prof. Schupp integrates practical purchasing work with academic research together with his team and several Universities such as in Digital twins and predictive AI-based inspections for quality control with Free University of Bozen, Additive Manufacturing & Sustainability with University of Udine and University of Catania, Sustainability vs. Resilience with University of Verona, Skills meet AI era project with University of Notthingham, University of Bergamo and University of Padova, Study on Critical Raw Materials with Politecnico di Bari, Recycling of plastics automotive components with University of Turin, among others. Florian Schupp is Adjunct Professor for Logistics at the Constructor University Bremen and teaches at the Technical University Berlin. Prof. Dr. Schupp is a frequent guest speaker at leading universities, sharing insights on procurement trends and practical expertise, with recent lectures and talks at Stanford University, California (United States); Tongji University, Shanghai (China); University of Cambridge, Cambridge (United Kingdom); University of Verona, Verona (Italy). Florian Schupp is co-editor of several scientific purchasing and supply management books and is member of the Advisory Board of the Engineering Management Phd Program (DRIG) at Politecnico di Bari, Italy, and member of the Advisory Board of Manfred Erkert Familienstiftung, Sulzbach/Murr, Germany.