Klaus Altendorfer

Klaus Altendorfer is a Professor at FH Steyr - University of Applied Sciences, affiliated with the School of Production and Operations Management. He leads the Research Center Steyr's work on smart production systems, focusing on topics like material requirements planning, production scheduling, and simulation-based optimization. His research contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure (SDG9).

Key areas of expertise include production system engineering, lead time optimization, service level management, and robust production planning. His work emphasizes simulation modeling for evaluating planning parameters under uncertainty, with recent projects addressing energy cost balancing and stochastic demand scenarios.

Altendorfer has received the FH OÖ Forscher*innen Preis 2020 award and actively participates in academic activities, including organizing conferences like the ASIM Dedicated Conference on Simulation in Production and Logistics. He has supervised 9 research projects and holds an h-index of 49 with 14 citations.

His current grants include leadership roles in projects such as 'SimGenOpt2 - Integrated Methods for Robust Production Planning and Control' (2017-2021) and 'Optimal Workforce' (2016-2018), focusing on workforce planning and simulation optimization in manufacturing environments.

Research activities span interdisciplinary collaboration with industry partners, emphasizing practical applications of simulation-based methods in production systems and logistics optimization.