Prof.in (FH) Mag.a Sandra Eitler

Lecturer and head of department

Sandra Eitler is Head of the Department of Transport and Traffic in the "Logistics and Transport Management" degree programme. Her research interests lie in the areas of e-commerce & city logistics and sustainability & human resources in logistics. Her application-oriented research activities focus on making the logistics profession more attractive and on application-oriented research into the changing skills required of employees in the transport, traffic and logistics sector as a result of digitalisation and automation and their impact on teaching and training.

Contact Sandra Eitler: sandra.eitler@fh-vie.ac.at

Selected research projects:

  • alBOX (Business model and service potential for flexible goods and information flows in the parcel segment)
  • Logistics Concierge (service integration concept for micro-hubs and parcel stations to establish innovative logistics services)
  • Inned (innovative network design through the integration of new technologies in high-performance transport infrastructure)
  • CommunityHub (Potential analysis for the joint utilisation of inner-city logistics areas)
  • Q4 (Quattromodal nodes - research and practical relevance for freight transport)
  • Benchmark TransSped (Utilisation of vehicle-generated data as part of a benchmark tool for transport companies)

Selected publications:

Schodl, R., Eitler, S., Ennser, B., Hartmann, G., Schrampf, J. (2019), Logistics Micro Hubs: Standardisation Meets Uniqueness, in: Proceedings of REAL CORP 2019, Karlsruhe, 819–824.

Schodl, R., Breinbauer, A., Eitler, S. (2018), Perspektiven zur Neuen Seidenstraße, Eine Erhebung in der österreichischen Transport- und Logistikbranche, in: Internationales Verkehrswesen, Volume 70, Issue 3, 52–54.

Schodl, R., Eitler, S., Ennser, B., Breinbauer, A., Hu, B., Markvica, K., Prandtsetter, M., Zajicek, J., Berger, T., Pfoser, S., Berkowitsch, C. Hauger, G. (2018), Innovative means of cargo transport: A scalable method for estimating regional impacts, in: Transportation Research Procedia, Volume 30, 342–349.

Eitler, S., Schodl, R., Staritz, S., Jung, E., Haller, A. (2017), Improving Logistics Education in Secondary Schools – An Adaptable Approach for Transferring Knowledge, in: Proceedings of 11th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia 2017.

Haller, A., Eitler, S., Wesp, L., Jung, E., Putz, L., Schodl, R., Breinbauer, A. (2017) Praxisorientierte Wissensvermittlung zur Attraktivierung der Thematik Verkehrslogistik: Implementierung einer web-basierten Informationsplattform, in: Jahrbuch der Logistikforschung, Innovative Anwendungen, Konzepte & Technologien, Band 1, Trauner Verlag.

Eitler, S. (2016): Diversitätsmanagement in der Praxis österreichischer Transport- und Logistikunternehmen: Status Quo und Ausblick, in: Tagungsband 10. Forschungsforum der Österreichischen Fachhochschulen.

Eitler, S., Kummer, S. (2014): Kompetenzanforderungen im Einkauf. Sind Frauen die besseren Einkäufer?, Beschaffung aktuell 1-2, S. 60–61.