Conference
"In 2022, outstanding companies will once again show how they are continuously developing, using the latest technologies and approaches, and thus strengthening their competitive position." This is the conclusion drawn by Dr. Marc Lakner, Partner Strategic Operations European Lead, Kearney on this year's competition.
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31st Factory of the Year – The winners of this year’s production competition have been announced!
Congress with award ceremony and gala on March 22 and 23, 2023, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich.
For the 31st time, the management consultancy Kearney, together with SV Veranstaltungen and the trade journal Produktion, honored factories that master current production challenges in an exemplary manner.
Supply chain resilience, sustainability and employee availability were the key topics in the 31st benchmark competition. In the process, the participants of the ‘Factory of the Year 2022’ managed to draw sustainable benefits for their company from the current challenges.
The Rational plant in Landsberg am Lech is the ‘Factory of the Year 2022’! The plant is particularly characterized by its strong production figures and is able to flexibly adapt and optimize processes. In addition, Rational invests a lot in promoting and retaining its employees,” says Daniel Stengel, Director at Kearney, explaining the jury’s decision to select the “Factory of the Year” 2022.
This year, the special “Global Excellence in Operations (GEO) Award” goes to the Power Systems division of Rolls-Royce with its plants in Friedrichshafen. The plant is the largest in the network of 12 locations and takes on a lighthouse function: “Rolls Royce convinces with a sound and future-oriented operations strategy and has a clear concept for the future, which is characterized by digitalization and process streamlining,” says Dr. Marc Lakner, Partner at Kearney.
For more category winners, see the overview.
Learn from the best and look forward to the presentations of the winners, who will share their path to success with you.
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Congress 2023
Winners 2022
Participation details
Participation fee
Accomodation
Speakers 2023
Rabea Böhme

Branko Calusic

Jörg Cwojdzinski

Isabel Fiebig

Katrin Fricke

Hayri Göcke

Harald Greiner

Bernd Hausler

Steffen Krippendorf

Marc Lakner

Erik Manning

Heinz Mäder

André Piel

Torsten Ratzmann

Christina Reuter

Ingo Schröter

Pia Sczesny

Peter Wiedemann

Katja Windt

Contacts
Division Management
Franziska Blume

Conference Management
Kathrin Schricker

Isabelle Waiblinger

Jessica Schmitz-Nellen

Advisory Board

Jörg Cwojdzinski
Vice President Supply Chain Management, ASMPT GmbH & Co. KG, München

Katrin Fricke
CEO KATEK GmbH Grassau, Part of KATEK Group

Steffen Ihlenfeldt
Director of the Institute Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik IWU, Chemnitz

Evi Hartmann
Chair of Supply Chain Management at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg

Johann Kraus
Senior Vice President Production, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, München

Uwe Loos
Former CEO of FAG Kugelfischer AG, Schweinfurt, and DEKRA AG, Stuttgart

Roman Löw
Former automotive company plant manager and managing board member, currently working as a consultant, coach and interim manager for major industrial companies

Marc Lakner
Managing Director Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Kearney

Heinrich Nottbohm
Former manager of the Chemnitz Engine Plant, Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH

Torsten Ratzmann
CEO of egeplastinternational GmbH

Bernd C. Schmidt
Vice President Operations Strategy & CI at BU Transformers, Hitachi Energy

Günther Schuh
Director of the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL at RWTH Aachen and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

Peter Wiedemann
COO, RATIONAL AG