Enterprise Interoperability VII Enterprise Interoperability in the Digitized and Networked Factory of the Future

Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Kai Mertins was born 1947 in the Federal Republic of Germany. After
studies of Control Theory in Hamburg and of Economy together with Production
Technology at the Technical University of Berlin he was a member of the
scientific staff of the University Institute for Machine Tool and Manufacturing
Technology (IWF). Since 1983 he was head of the department "Production
Control and Manufacturing Systems" at the Fraunhofer-Institute for
Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK), where he is since 1988 Director
for Planning Technology. Since 1998 he is Professor for Production Management
at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. He has more than 20 years
experience in design, planning, simulation and control of flexible manufacturing
systems, manufacturing control systems, shop floor control systems, computer
integrated manufacturing, business reengineering and enterprise modelling as
well as Intellectual Capital Statement. He was General Project manager in
several international industrial projects and gave lectures and seminars at the
Technical University Berlin and several other universities.