Issue
N° 04 / 2020
The New New
Topics in the magazine: Production and Work of the Future – new solutions are required
Dear Readers,
The Covid pandemic has left all companies facing immense challenges in recent months, regardless of their industry. Everything changed seemingly overnight. Nevertheless, the crisis also has a positive side thanks to its catalyst effect, creating new things with great energy. Productivity, market proximity, and flexibility are the new success factors for the future. Whether in production or the worlds of work, we must keep thinking one step ahead and design not only the new, but “the new new”.
We are also actively codesigning “the new new”, and thinking one step ahead with our acquisition of the PIXEL Group in July 2020. We are excited to offer our clients pioneering solutions for digital transformation, all under one roof and available immediately.
By publishing the “Ingenics Magazine”, we seek to keep providing fresh stimulation and engage in a dialog with you. After all, it is only through continuous dialogue that we can fill “the new new” with life. Read this issue to find out why customer centricity must be thought of in a new environment, why lean is more relevant than ever these days, what challenges the work of the future will involve, and how aviation is responding to the biggest crisis in its history.
I hope you find this magazine informative and stimulating, and that you enjoy an exciting dialogue with your colleagues, with business partners, and with us.
Sincerely yours,
Oliver Herkommer
The Covid pandemic has left all companies facing immense challenges in recent months, regardless of their industry. Everything changed seemingly overnight. Nevertheless, the crisis also has a positive side thanks to its catalyst effect, creating new things with great energy. Productivity, market proximity, and flexibility are the new success factors for the future. Whether in production or the worlds of work, we must keep thinking one step ahead and design not only the new, but “the new new”.
We are also actively codesigning “the new new”, and thinking one step ahead with our acquisition of the PIXEL Group in July 2020. We are excited to offer our clients pioneering solutions for digital transformation, all under one roof and available immediately.
By publishing the “Ingenics Magazine”, we seek to keep providing fresh stimulation and engage in a dialog with you. After all, it is only through continuous dialogue that we can fill “the new new” with life. Read this issue to find out why customer centricity must be thought of in a new environment, why lean is more relevant than ever these days, what challenges the work of the future will involve, and how aviation is responding to the biggest crisis in its history.
I hope you find this magazine informative and stimulating, and that you enjoy an exciting dialogue with your colleagues, with business partners, and with us.
Sincerely yours,
Oliver Herkommer
Our key themes in this issue
Good Things Come in Threes
Interview with Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Porsche AG Executive Board, Production and Logistics.
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10
Lean More Relevant Than Ever
Realizing Integrated Transformation Properly.
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16
Grounded
Aviation expert Heinrich Grossbongardt and Bernhard Lietzmann, Partner and Business Unit Director at Ingenics AG, on current challenges in aviation.
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22
Using Structural Guardrails for a New Way of Working
Six propositions about the future worlds of work.
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32
The following articles may also be part of this issue
14
Leveraging Future Potential
Requirements for the factory of tomorrow.
19
“Lean as a Catalyst of Culture Change”
6 questions for Dr. Georg Rau, Chief Executive Officer of Hermes Fulfilment GmbH.
20
“Use Lean Methods Recurringly”
6 questions for Dr. Bernd Hoppe, Chief Executive Officer of Vossloh Locomotives GmbH, and Mike Vetter, Head of Production at Vossloh Locomotives GmbH.
21
“Eliminating Waste a Timeless Issue”
6 questions for Markus Weber, Senior Vice President Production and Logistics Aesculap AG.
26
“Use the Crisis to Operate More Efficiently”
Joachim Nägele, Chief Executive Officer of Premium AEROTEC GmbH on making supply chains flexible and slowing down production.
28
Bottlenecks: Tackled Together
Why aviation needs to make a clear commitment to digital transformation. Guest article by Torsten Welte, Global Vice President & Head of Aerospace & Defense at SAP.
30
Time for a Rethink
A commentary by Manfred Loistl, CHRO of Ingenics AG, on the work of the future.
36
Hype or Hope?
Experts evaluate the latest developments in new work.
38
An Intelligent Combination
Using RPA and process mining to manage digitized processes in real time and minimize costs.
40
New Addition
Ingenics has acquired the PIXEL Group, showing its commitment to growth and pioneering solutions in the field of digital transformation.