Value proposition

Human and technology in the digital world of work

How will people live and work in the future? Asking this and similar questions, researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO apply their findings in practice to achieve concrete results. Our experts shape the interaction between humans, technology and organization with a view to the whole, keeping each customer’s specific needs in mind. We help companies and institutions recognize the potential of new technologies, harness them for profit, and open up attractive future markets. Employ our knowledge advantage to make your business a success!

Key areas:
- Holistic approaches to work design and organization and corporate cultures
- Pioneering solutions for human-machine interaction
- Development and implementation of innovation and technology strategies
- Application of virtual and augmented reality
- Cognitive systems and artificial intelligence
- Sustainable solutions for tomorrow’s mobility
- System innovations for livable and adaptable cities

Our clients range from major corporations and SMEs to public sector bodies and institutions.

We offer you a distinctive knowledge advantage and show you ways of quickly adapting this knowledge to your specific needs and using it to make your business more profitable. Whatever the project, people are at the heart of everything we do – and we never lose sight of the social repercussions.

Our interdisciplinary teams bring together colleagues from a range of specialist fields, including business management and economics, computer science, engineering, natural sciences, and social science. They take a wide-ranging, holistic approach to analyzing key issues in order to pinpoint the most practical and feasible solutions.

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Dienstleistungs- und Personalmanagement, Organisationsentwicklung und Arbeitsgestaltung, Mensch-Technik-Interaktion, Digital Business, Cognitive Engineering and Production, Stadtsystem-Gestaltung, Mobilitäts- und Innovationssysteme, and Responsible Research and Innovation