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The Purpose-Led Manufacturer: Thriving with Impact, Scale, and Trust

Coverage: Europe

New ecosystems, resilient supply chains, efficient and agile factory and service operations

In an environment that will continue to be volatile, uncertain, and complex, purpose-led and digital-first strategies will enable manufacturers to build new ecosystems, resilient supply chains, efficient and agile factory and service operations, and worker experience concepts to retain and attract talent.
Overview
Successful digital-first strategies will:

  • Utilize digital technologies to achieve measurable business outcomes that significantly contribute to KPIs

  • Be enabled by scalable IT architectures and solutions that ensure cost-effective digital operations and that can easily be rolled out enterprise wide and across the ecosystem

  • Utilize digital technologies to make them a more trustworthy customer, supplier, partner, and employer that positively contributes to society and sustainability.
    • Why Attend?
    IDC European Manufacturing Xchange is an event that connects senior IT and business professionals from several industries and countries. We aim to create the best-in-class independent content based on insights from our analysts, external speakers, as well as industry, and thought leaders.

    The event will provide you with industry trends, actionable recommendations, hands-on experience from external speakers and last but not least - a chance to connect and network with your peers from the biggest European companies.

    Advisory Board

    We build each edition of the Xchange event by starting dialogue with industry leaders, which helps us to create the best independent content. Meet the Advisory Board Members for this year!

    Ingo Hild Show full profile linkedin

    Ingo Hild

    Plant Manager, ams OSRAM Group

    Berke Menekli Show full profile linkedin

    Berke Menekli

    Vice President, Global Head of Digital Platform Services, BSH Home Appliances Group

    Luis Miguel del Saz Rodríguez

    Head of DDMS Digital, Design, Manufacturing Services, Airbus Commercial Spain

    Dr. Birgit Boss

    Standardization, Open Source & IP Strategist, Robert Bosch GmbH

    Rainer Heining

    Head of Manufacturing Applications, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG

    Matthias Kratz

    Head of Manufacturing IT, RONAL AG

    Thomas Herbstreuth Show full profile linkedin

    Thomas Herbstreuth

    Head of Digital Services Unit, KSB SE & Co KGa

    Mustafa Ayhan

    Director - Global Business IT & Digital Transformation, Umicore

    Pierluigi Mastroddi Show full profile linkedin

    Pierluigi Mastroddi

    Director, Global IT Infrastructure Services, Hyster Yale Group

    Yekta Caymaz

    CIO, Arçelik Global

    Theo Zuijdwijk

    Chief Executive Officer, DMT Environmental Technology

    Marc Van Herreweghe Show full profile linkedin

    Marc Van Herreweghe

    Group CEO, Mydibel

    Agenda

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    11:45

    Registration & Networking lunch
    12:45

    IDC Greetings & Welcome
    13:10

    The Purpose-Led Manufacturer: Thriving with Impact, Scale, and Trust
    13:40

    Ensuring sustainable and profitable growth in the manufacturing industry while mastering the storms of disruption
    14:00

    Panel: Business and operating model transformations: Balancing investments in technology and people
    14:20

    Coffee & Networking; One-to-One Meeting
    14:50

    How can we improve European competitiveness by raising workers' productivity
    15:05

    How a manufacturer improved business performance with building digital/IT inhouse capabilities
    15:30

    Future of AI-driven applications in manufacturing operations
    15:45

    Coffee & Networking; One-to-One Meeting
    16:15

    Roundtables
    17:00

    Networking and Refreshment Break; One-to-One Meetings
    18:30

    Champagne Reception
    19:30

    Gala dinner with games and speeches
    22:00

    After Dinner Drinks

    Speakers

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    Roberta Bigliani

    Group Vice President, Head of IDC Insights and IDC Future of Work Executive Lead - Europe, IDC EMEA

    Stefanie Naujoks

    Research Director, IDC Manufacturing Insights EMEA

    Jan Burian

    Associate Vice President, IDC

    Lorenzo Veronesi

    Associate Research Director, Manufacturing Insights, European Region, IDC EMEA

    Gunjan Thukral Bassi

    Research Manager, Manufacturing Insights EMEA, IDC

    Mark Casidsid

    Senior Research Analyst, Manufacturing, IDC

    Thomas Meyer

    Group Vice President, European Research, IDC

    Romain Fouchereau

    Research Manager, IDC

    Partners

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    Exclusive Xchange Partner

    Venue

    Landgoed Duin & Kruidberg
    Duin en Kruidbergerweg 60

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