RWTH Aachen Campus Certificate Course: Managing Product Complexity
Web seminar:
12–14 October 2026
Face-to-face seminar:
24–26 November 2026
In order to successfully manage growing product complexity in companies in a customer-oriented manner, the Complexity Management Academy has developed an executive programme in the form of a certificate course entitled ‘Managing Product Complexity’, which answers individual questions on how to sustainably and economically anchor complexity management in the corporate structure.
Further information
Agenda
Time Programme item 09:10 Begrüßung und Einführung Dr.-Ing. Alexander Keuper, Complexity Management Academy 09:30 Grundlagen des Komplexitätsmanagements Dr.-Ing. Alexander Keuper, Complexity Management Academy 10:15 Kaffeepause 10:30 Management komplexer Produkte aus Sicht des Marketings – Strategien der Segmentierung und der Kundenorientierung Prof. Dr. Florian Siems, TU Dresden 11:30 Kaffeepause 11:45 Workshop: Management komplexer Produkte aus Sicht des Marketings – Strategien der Segmentierung und der Kundenorientierung Prof. Dr. Florian Siems, TU Dresden 12:30 Wrap-up (5 Minuten) und Zertifikatquiz (10 Minuten) Time Programme item 8:50 Begrüßung Frederike Hellwig, WZL der RWTH Aachen 09:00 Strategien des Komplexitätsmanagements in Zeiten des digitalen Wandels Frederike Hellwig, WZL der RWTH Aachen 09:45 Komplexitätsmanagement bei Viega Dr. Jonas Riest, Viega GmbH & Co. KG 10:45 Kaffeepause 11:00 Datenbasiertes Variantenmanagement I/II Lennard Knobel, WZL der RWTH Aachen 12:00 Wrap-up (5 Minuten) und Zertifikatquiz (10 Minuten) Time Programme item 08:55 Begrüßung Frederike Hellwig, WZL der RWTH Aachen 09:00 Datenbasiertes Variantenmanagement II/II Lennard Knobel, WZL der RWTH Aachen 10:30 Kaffeepause 10:45 5 to drive – Complexity KPI Marisa De Bellis, Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG 11:30 Kaffeepause 11:45 Kosteneffekte durch Variantenvielfalt Timm Schulz-Isenbeck, WZL der RWTH Aachen 12:30 Wrap-up (5 Minuten) und Zertifikatquiz (10 Minuten)
Event description
Companies are attempting to meet increasingly heterogeneous and individual customer requirements by increasing the variety of products they offer. In addition to the increasing functionality of products due to the increased integration of different technologies, this leads to highly complex product ranges. In order to successfully manage growing product complexity in companies in a customer-oriented manner, the Complexity Management Academy has developed an executive programme with the certificate course ‘Managing Product Complexity’, which answers individual questions about the sustainable and economical anchoring of complexity management in the corporate structure. The course is divided into modules on the basics and strategies of complexity management, mastering external (market-related) and internal (company-related) complexity, and the organisational anchoring of complexity management. The aim is to teach key skills for managers in development and sales areas. To this end, experts from industry and research highlight current trends and developments in complexity management and use case studies and exercises to teach state-of-the-art methods and knowledge for efficient work. In addition, the course creates a network between participants and speakers.
Your advantage:
- Intensive courses lasting several days (digital and physical)
- Selected contributions from experts in industry and research
- Certificate from RWTH Aachen University
- Teaching of key skills
- Presentation and application of state-of-the-art methods and knowledge in complexity management
- Raising awareness of current and future tasks
- Creation of a network between participants and speakers
Topic areas
- Fundamentals and strategies of complexity management
- Mastering external and internal complexity
- Modular design
- Organisational anchoring of complexity management
Target group
Your contact
Frederike Hellwig
Mobil: +49 175 7138991
Frederike.Hellwig@complexity-academy.com
Experience
- Consultancy project for the integrated design of a modular product and production concept
- Consultancy project for the design and implementation of a PLM strategy and introduction of a modular system for a machine manufacturer
- Conducting assessments of the degree of maturity of digitalisation and sustainability in development and production
- Supervision of an industry working group in the field of market intelligence
- Conceptual design, planning and implementation of a certificate course on complexity management