Rainer Lasch
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About
Rainer Lasch is a prominent researcher whose work sits at the intersection of digital transformation, purchasing and supply management (PSM), and process automation technologies. His scholarship has made significant contributions to understanding how emerging technologies — particularly Robotic Process Automation (RPA) — can be strategically adopted within organizational and supply chain contexts. Lasch's most influential work, a multiple case study on RPA in purchasing and supply management published in 2021, has garnered an impressive 195 citations, reflecting the field's hunger for rigorous empirical insight into automation's practical applications. This study broke new ground by systematically exploring the potentials, barriers, and implementation challenges of RPA in PSM — an area that, at the time, remained largely underexamined despite rapid industry interest. His earlier 2019 collaboration examining the synergies between RPA and Business Process Management (BPM) further demonstrated his forward-thinking approach to process optimization, accumulating 38 citations. Together, these works position Lasch as a leading voice in the digitalization of supply chain operations. Students and practitioners researching automation strategy, process improvement, or digital procurement will find his research both practically grounded and academically rigorous.
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