Philipp Sprenger Research Associate, Fraunhofer Institute for Materialflow and Logistics IML Philipp Sprenger is research associate in the department of “Procurement and Finance in Supply Chain Management” at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML. His research at the Fraunhofer IML focuses on supply chain design and financial supply chain management. Next to logistical assistance systems for the automotive industry, Philipp Sprenger is working on self-coordinating logistics objects and autonomous decisions in supply chain management. Philipp Sprenger is also responsible for Blockchain and Smart Contract developments in different research projects and coordinates the Blockchain developments in the division of “Enterprise Logistics” at the Fraunhofer IML.