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Case Study: Building new networks for data exchange – New ecosystems and value chains in the automotive industry and manufacturing sectors

The current transformation of the manufacturing and automotive industries is additionally massively influenced by geopolitical disputes, pandemics and climate change. Material flows must therefore be traceable throughout the entire value chain. This is a challenge that no company can solve on its own today. To do so, it is necessary to enable the digital flowRead more

CASE STUDY: From Building to Selling – Implementing AI-based Smart Maintenance Applications in your processes and products

Artificial Intelligence has a lot to offer when it comes to more efficient and better production processes. In regard to maintaining assets, it provides manufacturers with the possibility to act preventive instead of reactive and therefore to prevent unplanned shutdowns as well as to ensure a continuously high quality of your products. Walter Schubert, SeniorRead more

CASE STUDY: The Smart Factory Navigator – Driving Operational Performance and Digital Services

The need for manufacturing companies to transform and digitalize production processes has been growing since years and is also reaching smaller enterprises. Before realizing any digitalization, projects decision makers are facing a plethora of different necessary decisions and questions. What is the right solution for their specific business’s needs? How can they secure the expertiseRead more

CASE STUDY: From the Smart Factory Pilot to the Global Rollout – How can economic potential be leveraged in practice?

Smart factory pilots are often implemented in companies. But how does a global rollout succeed? How can employees be qualified worldwide? Economic potential can only be leveraged if these questions are answered positively. A methodical approach has been developed over the last few years, starting with pilot projects and ending with a learning architecture. TheRead more

CASE STUDY: How to integrate the Mega Trends in your Maintenance & Obsolescence Management

As part of the digital maturity transition this talk will be about cybersecurity as a Critical Assets Obsolescence Driver and the concept of Energy Centered Maintenance an approach for Energy Savings The overall contribution of Maintenance within the digtial maturity transition Critical assets obsolescence management integrating cybersecurity and energy efficiency The concept of energy centeredRead more

CASE STUDY: From top to bottom – Living a lean management approach in the digitalization of manufacturing processes

In the field of smart manufacturing one big trend follows the other. This makes it increasingly difficult for manufacturing companies to develop a long-lasting and sustainable digitalization strategy tailored to their company’s specific needs.   Hugo David Herrmann introduces in his presentation the strategy of the automotive supplier IAC is realizing digitalization projects at its multipleRead more

THE RETHINK! SMART MANUFACTURING EUROPE WORLD CAFÉ SESSION | ROUNDS 1-3

The first two rounds of your 2021 World Cafés! We start with the first 3 rounds, each round is 45 minutes long. After each round, participants change the Round Table based on the assigned order on their name badge! Find your challenges, solutions and ideas.Read more

(2) Transformation Café: Continuous Improvement; Holistic Transformation

How can we become more customer centric? How can we create purpose for people? How can we create sustainable business models? How can we create a compound effect in profitability? How can we inspire for high levels of performance?Read more

CASE STUDY: Bringing Sustainability and business together – Developing a business need approach to sustainability

We live in a world where everything is in motion – and also the long-standing manufacturing industries feel a growing to change their traditional business models. As new standards arise, and new players have entered the field the need to digitalize products and production grows in order to stay competitive. At the same time theRead more

REFRESHMENT BREAK & NETWORKING

Get coffee, get snacks, make connections and talk with your peers – and have the chance to actively participate in product and service demos on the expo floor.Read more