Prof Joachim Kuhn

Joachim Kuhn


Professor of Management Practice in International Logistics and Quality

Location: Lord Ashcroft Building, 3rd floor, Cambridge

UK: 0845 196 2846
International: +44 (0)1245 493131 ext. 2846
Email: joachim.kuhn@anglia.ac.uk






Joachim Kuhn is Professor of Management Practice for international logistics and quality management and Manager for Quality at Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant, Centre for International Production Support. Professor Kuhn has expertise in the design, realization and continuous improvement of supply chains in an international context. Furthermore, he is responsible for quality inspection planning and its realization in plants supplied with car kits. Currently, he builds up knowledge as Black Belt in the areas of 6Sigma, Shainin and further quality tools. All his practice was gained with Daimler AG, Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant and on various business trips to the foreign plants of Mercedes-Benz passenger car production.

Professor Kuhn began teaching at the Technical University Ilmenau (Thuringia, Germany) in 1991. He was teaching in the areas of production management and general business management. From 1995 onwards he was visiting fellow of the University of East London giving lectures in the areas of logistics and international management. In 1998 he was appointed as visiting professor and continued teaching on a regular basis. In 2002 he joined Anglia Ruskin University becoming a visiting professorship at the Lord Ashcroft International Business School. On several occasions a year he gave guest lectures on strategic management and globalization patterns in the automotive industry. On 1 January 2008 has was appointed Professor of Management Practice at Anglia Ruskin with a special focus on lecturing supply chain management, international production strategy and globalization issues.

Besides this post he is a guest lecturer at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) teaching in the area of strategic management in the international MBA class.

Professor Kuhn's research interest is embedded in four main areas.
  • Results of industrial policy to attract new investment in automotive industry in selected regions.
  • Influential factors for foreign direct investment in the automotive sector.
  • Evolution of worldwide production networks.
  • Sustainability of industrial structures in the automotive sector and related industries as well as services. Illustrated by selected regions after deregulation.

Publications

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  • Joachim Kuhn (2008): Developing a Worldwide Production Network, in: Dekkers, R. (2008): Springer Publishing, London 2008.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2007): Best Practice: Management von Service Levels in der Automobilindustrie Die Konstruktion von Service Level Vereinbarungen am Beispiel der Daimler AG, Marke Mercedes-Benz Pkw [Best Practice: The Management of Service Levels in the Automotive Industry - The Engineering of Service Level Agreements of the Daimler AG, brand Mercedes-Benz passenger cars], in: Schietinger, J. und Pulverich, M.: Service Levels in der Logistik, Springer/Heinrich Vogel Publishing, Munich 2007, pp. 81-94.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2007): Limits of Agility in Automotive Manufacturing, Conference Proceedings 2nd CARV conference (Refereed stream): Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production (CARV) , Toronto 2007, pp. 137-146.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2006): Evolution of a Worldwide Production Network, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 8/2006, pp. 1099-1116.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2006): E-Business: Eine Welt ohne Grenzen? [E-Business - A Borderless World?], Zeitschrift fuer Automobilwirtschaft 3/2006, pp. 6-12.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2006): Logistical Challenges for Traditional Production Sites, Conference Proceedings of International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Refereed Stream), Hong Kong 2006, page 96 (Abstract paperback) and 1-7 (Proceedings CD).
  • Joachim Kuhn (2005): Globalisation and Innovation - Two Complementary Functions?, Conference Proceedings 6th CINet Conference (Refereed Stream): Continuous Innovation - (Ways of) Making Things Happen, pp. 340-347.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2005): Vertrauen und Kontrolle [Trust and Control], in: Logistik heute 4/2005, pp. 60-61.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2004): Accessorize the E-Business Strategy: Designing tools for strategic evaluations of CI efforts, Conference Proceedings 5th CINet Conference (Refereed Stream): Continuous Innovation: Strategic Priorities for the Global Knowledge Economy, pp. 434-443.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2004): Designing a Worldwide Production Network, Conference Proceedings: Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (=IMS) International Forum 2004, pp. 699-706.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2004): Die Qualitaetsfunktion als Echo des Kunden [The Quality Function as an Echo for the Customer's Voice], in: Braßler, A., Corsten, H. (2004): Entwicklungen im Produktionsmanagement, Verlag Vahlen, Munich 2004, pp. 217-232.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2003): Shaping a global manufacturing network, Conference Proceedings: Managing Innovative Manufacturing (MIM 2003), pp. 163-169.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2002): Logistik aus einer Hand - Qualitaet und Zeit als verbindende Zielgroessen [Logistics from one Source - Quality and Time as Common Targets], Zeitschrift fuer Automobilwirtschaft 4/2002, pp. 47-51.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2002): New Knowledge puts Life into Traditional Logistics, Conference Proceedings 4th CINet Conference: Continuous Innovation in Business Processes and Networks, pp. 385-392.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2002): Vom "Made in" zum "Made by" [From "Made in" to "Made by"], in: Qualitaet und Zuverlaessigkeit 1/2002, pp. 35-38.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2000): Management Aspects of a Globalised Production, Conference Proceedings 33rd International Symposium on Automotive Technology & Automation, Section: Advanced Manufacturing - Modular Manufacturing, Supplier Integration, Production Planning, pp. 175-182.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2000): Linking Continuous Improvement and Knowledge Management, Conference Proceedings 3rd (Euro)CINet Conference: CI2000 From Improvement to Innovation, pp. 285-289.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2000): The Role of Continuous Improvement within Globalisation, International Journal of Technology Management (20) 3-4/2000, pp. 442-458.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2000): Wenn sich Logistik und Qualitaetssicherung ergaenzen [If Logistics and Quality are complementing], Harvard Business manager 5/2000, pp. 46-53.
  • Joachim Kuhn (2000): Transregionales Zusammenwirken der Qualitaet und Logistik: Illusion oder Wirklichkeit? [Transregional Linkage of Quality and Logistics: Illusion or Reality?], Zeitschrift fuer Automobilwirtschaft 2/2000, pp. 22-28.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1999): Logistics Links, Team Purchasing Decisions 5/1999, pp. 49-53.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1999): Quality Aspects of a Global Player Company, Conference Proceedings 32nd International Symposium on Automotive Technology & Automation, Section: Surface Transportation Advances and Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 231-237.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1998): El factor tiempo en el ámbito de la logistica, Revista Internacional De Dirección De Empresas 4/1998, pp. 437-453.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1998): Logistics of a Global Player Company in the Automotive Field, Conference Proceedings of the "Produktionstechnisches Kolloquium Berlin 1998", pp. 369-374.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1998): CI as a Methodology for Global Player Companies, Conference Proceedings of the 2nd CI conference, pp. 244-252.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1998): Internationales Logistikkettenmanagement [International Logistics Chain Management], Zeitschrift fuer Automobilwirtschaft 4/1998, pp. 26-33.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1998): Der Global Player-Ansatz im Automobilbau [The Global Player Approach in Automotive Manufacturing], Zeitschrift fuer Betriebswirtschaft 9/1998, pp. 937-957.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1998): Outsourcing as a Globalisation Tool, Conference Proceedings 31st International Symposium on Automotive Technology & Automation, Section: Logistics Management, pp. 211-216.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1998): Fuzzy Sets im Spannungsfeld der Reihenfolgeplanung [Fuzzy Sets in Tension of Production Scheduling], PPS-Management 2/1998, pp. 43-46.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1998): Die Ressource Zeit im Spannungsfeld der Logistik [The Resource Time in the Area of Logistics], Zeitschrift fuer Betriebswirtschaft 2/1998, pp. 131-146.
  • Manfred Hessenberger, Joachim Kuhn (1997): Global Innovative Logistics, Team Purchasing Decisions 2/1997, pp. 59-64.
  • Manfred Hessenberger, Herfried Schneider, Joachim Kuhn (1997): Continuous Improvement as an Improvement tool for logistics, International Journal of Technology Management (14) 1/1997, pp. 29-38.
  • Manfred Hessenberger, Joachim Kuhn (1997): Globalisation and Its Impact on Assembler-Supplier Logistics, Conference Proceedings 30th International Symposium on Automotive Technology & Automation, Section: Globalisation of the Automotive Industry, pp. 159-165.
  • Manfred Hessenberger, Joachim Kuhn (1997): Out of the Crisis: Russia related Investment Strategies, Conference Proceedings 1997 International Conference of the State University of St. Petersburg (Russia), Section 8, pp. 22-23.
  • Manfred Hessenberger, Joachim Kuhn (1996): KVP: Mit guter Logistik faengt alles an [CI - With Good Logistics it all Starts], Harvard Business Manager 2/1996, pp. 17-24.
  • Manfred Hessenberger, Joachim Kuhn (1996): Russia and the Triad World, Conference Proceedings 1996 International Conference at the State University of St. Petersburg (Russia), Section 5, pp. 49.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1996): Das zeitgesteuerte Unternehmen [The Time-Driven Company], Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1996.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1995): Fuzzy Sets as a Tool for Supporting Management Decisions, Conference Proceedings of the International Symposium on Management in Lublin (Poland) 1995, pp. 148-152.
  • Joachim Kuhn (1994): Fuzzy Sets - A Concept for Decision Support Systems, Conference Proceedings of the 2nd European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing (EUFIT) 1994, pp. 932-936.
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