Check-in participants and welcome coffee
Welcome and moderation
Keynote: Automated production planning in times of uncertainty
From silo solutions to end-to-end breakthroughs
• Why conventional optimization measures are no longer sufficient
• The true strength of a holistic approach to value creation
• How you can take your competitiveness to a new level and maintain it there
Coffee break and visit to the trade exhibition
Winner Outstanding Transformation: Digitalization & Automation
Sustainable digitalization – egeGigaFab paves the way for tomorrow's production
• Fully digital – from planning to production
• Automatically networked – material flows from raw materials to finished products
• Sustainably efficient – resource conservation as a system principle
Winner Outstanding Transformation Location
How COVID-19 became a catalyst for change for us!
• How did we manage to completely rebuild our factory while dealing with COVID-19?
• What successes have we achieved in terms of value stream and work organization?
• What role did our managers play in this as organizational developers?
• What is our outlook and what are the next steps we see now in order to be prepared for the tense market?
Startup Challenge
• The best startups pitch their solutions for production.
• Congress participants vote via app on who presented the best solution.
Lunch and visit to the trade exhibition
Departure from Westfalenhalle to Wilopark
Adresse: Wilopark 1, 44263 Dortmund
Guided tour with lecture “Shaping the Next Generation of Operations” at Wilo
Welcome to Wilopark – discover the “Factory of the Year 2024”! Back in 2022, Wilo's Smart Factory in Dortmund was named “Factory of the Year” in the category “Outstanding Transformation: Digitalization.” Two years later, it took home the overall victory – the expert jury was particularly impressed by the consistent use of digitalization and automation. From the skywalk, you will gain exclusive insights into the award-winning factory, where artificial intelligence, digital processes, and cobots ensure maximum efficiency and precision. Georg Weber, Global CTO of the Wilo Group, and Michael Ranft, Regional CTO of Wilo Europe, will welcome you in advance to the unique atmosphere of Wilopark. Gain exciting insights and discuss the future of industry with experts. Take advantage of the opportunity to exchange ideas with specialists and take away new inspiration for your own projects.
End of the first day and return
Departure from Westfalenhalle to Rohrmeisterei
Gala at the Rohrmeisterei
(Address: Ruhrstraße 20, 58239 Schwerte)
Ultima Media GmbH and Kearney are delighted to welcome you to an exclusive dinner and awards ceremony at the Rohrmeisterei.
