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"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
