Issue
N° 11 / 2024
Step Off The Wheel
Redefining value generation: Is the time-tested Lean model the pathway to the future? How can businesses achieve zero-emission goals? And how can digital transformation successfully engage employees?
Dear Readers,
Holistic transformation is essential for companies to secure their future viability and competitiveness. We're not just discussing a technological upgrade; rather, we're exploring the complex dynamics of various components crucial to an ongoing transformation process. Yesterday's business-as-usual mentality is outdated; it's time for a swift reassessment. Stepping off the wheel of traditional methods is imperative. We must reconsider how we generate value and eliminate the strategic barriers hindering our potential to lead in economic and manufacturing sectors once again.
In the current issue of Ingenics Magazine, we closely examine the realms of Lean, Green, and Digital initiatives. We've interviewed experts to understand how they tackle the challenges of continuous transformation and assess the importance of these areas to them. Is the time-tested Lean model the way forward? How can businesses achieve the goal of becoming zero-emission companies? And how can digital transformation be tailored to effectively engage employees?
I hope you find this issue to be an enjoyable read and, above all, one that provides you with valuable inspiration, encouraging lively exchanges with your colleagues, business partners, and with us as well. We look forward to your suggestions and feedback.
Holistic transformation is essential for companies to secure their future viability and competitiveness. We're not just discussing a technological upgrade; rather, we're exploring the complex dynamics of various components crucial to an ongoing transformation process. Yesterday's business-as-usual mentality is outdated; it's time for a swift reassessment. Stepping off the wheel of traditional methods is imperative. We must reconsider how we generate value and eliminate the strategic barriers hindering our potential to lead in economic and manufacturing sectors once again.
In the current issue of Ingenics Magazine, we closely examine the realms of Lean, Green, and Digital initiatives. We've interviewed experts to understand how they tackle the challenges of continuous transformation and assess the importance of these areas to them. Is the time-tested Lean model the way forward? How can businesses achieve the goal of becoming zero-emission companies? And how can digital transformation be tailored to effectively engage employees?
I hope you find this issue to be an enjoyable read and, above all, one that provides you with valuable inspiration, encouraging lively exchanges with your colleagues, business partners, and with us as well. We look forward to your suggestions and feedback.
Our key themes in this issue
The Eleventh Hour
Value Creation at a Crossroads. A commentary by Andreas Hoberg, Managing Partner, Ingenics Consulting
Page
06
“Looking at the big picture is essential”
Stefan Flicke, Partner Ingenics Consulting, about the pathway to the zero-emission company
Page
26
“Rolling out AI as a shared process”
A guest article by Britta Daffner, Head of Data Strategy & Data Culture at O2 Telefónica
Page
48
The following articles may also be part of this issue
14
“The pathway to excellence is not a blueprint”
An interview with Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Lechner, CEO, Pöttinger Landtechnik GmbH, and Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. Markus Petry, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
20
“Efficiency increase irrespective of transformation”
Dr. Wolfgang Walter, Production Manager and Site Manager Augsburg at MAN Energy Solutions, about efficiency increase and potential of employees
24
“The effort can only be managed by clearly enhancing efficiency”
A conversation with Dr. Marcus Bollig, Managing Director, Product and Value Creation at the Association of the German Automotive Industry (VDA)
30
“Looking at the big picture is essential”
A conversation with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter F. Tropschuh, Adjunct Professor at the Department for Vehicle Engineering at TU Munich
32
Harmonizing Costs and Carbon
How software from TSET coordinates cost targets and sustainability goals with each other
34
“Cost engineering is no longer feasible without software”
An interview with Michael Mayringer, Chief Service Officer at TSET, and Andreas Grundnig, Partner, Ingenics AG
36
The Circular Economy as a Location Advantage
An interview with Wilhelm Mauß, CEO of Lorenz GmbH & Co. KG
40
“The idea of efficiency is our driver”
Michael Meister, Chief Operating Officer at H-TEC SYSTEMS, about digitalization and process optimization
42
No-Code & Low-Code: Efficiently Digitalizing Processes Yourself
How employees can be enabled to technically implement processes themselves