Lot Size 1 as the Expected NormConfigit CLM Summit
Urban Mobility and how CLM helps to transform an industry
No two tall buildings are exactly the same, and as a result, the elevators that makes those buildings function are also not exactly the same.
thyssenkrupp Elevator is seeking to meet the needs of the architect, developer and occupants of tall buildings around the world by enabling our sales people to configure elevators to meet their needs in an efficient, timely and cost effective fashion.
Fergus will discuss the challenges that thyssenkrupp faces in Configure-to-Order/Engineer-to-Order, the process of selecting Configit, the value the solution brings and the success factors in making the solution and approach work.
He holds a degree in Computer Science from Queens University Belfast and an MBA from HKUST. He is married with four children and is a keen rugby supporter.
Aldi or Armani? One size fits all or Lot Size 1?
The digital world is bifurcating in the way enterprises lead and prosper. Some firms use digitisation to cut cost and standardise their products and services, so they may end in a semi-automated, speed & volume focused McDonaldization.
On the other hand, there is the stairway to innovation, indicated by the growing interest in agile development, self-empowerment, and design thinking processes. Such a culture is based on the mastery of complex and highly individualised products and services (“lot size 1”). Fast Fashion or Couture? The options between these two ends of the spectrum are narrowing down, and can result in changes in how companies and workforces are structured.
Dueck has worked at the IBM Scientific Centre in Heidelberg since 1987. He works in the field of strategy and the technological direction of IBM and deals with cultural change. In 2009 he was named Business Leader of "Dynamic Infrastructure". Dueck is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, IEEE Fellow and a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen.
In addition, Dueck is author of numerous satirical and philosophical books, which deal with the subject's life, people and managers. Among other things, his own philosophy was published in three volumes: Omnisophie: About right, true and natural man (2002), Supra mania: from duty people to score Man (2003) and Topothesie: Man in animal welfare (2004). One of his most famous books "Lean Brain Management - success and efficiency by zero-brain" was a satirical and sarcastic warning from an economic horror scenario of the dumbing down of people and Callcenterisierung work. Immediately after the publication of this book is chosen by the Financial Times and getAbstract for the "Business Book of the Year 2006".
Unleashing CPQ potential using 3D visualization and moving to SaaS
We will give an overview of the current implementation status of Configit Quote within Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) including the move to SaaS.
In addition, we will explain how -via a proof of concept with Configit and its partners Cadac and Coolshop- we have designed end-to-end 3D visualization using CAD drawings as a basis, integrating it with our PDM system and ultimately with our Configit Quote application.
Ralf previously held a position as IT program manager and successfully implemented Configit Quote within Signify.
Earlier in his career as a consultant, Ralf has been involved in implementing global SAP solutions mainly in the area of CRM.
Steven previously held a position as Lead Architect Sales for Royal Philips Electronics.
Earlier in his career as a consultant for a leading consulting firm, Steven has been involved in building B2B e-commerce solutions for configurable products.
Developing a configuration tool for a hoist or full crane system was just the first step.
CMCO needed to raise the bar to develop a complete configuration solution. To move beyond just a configurator and create an extended sales support tool, a solution that supports the full lifecycle of the configuration and quoting experience.
Leveraging the lessons learned and partnering with Coolshop, Project Apollo drove forward the development of a tailor made, best in class application based on Configit Quote.
Personas definition, system integrations, UI design, network validation and continuous improvement to scale globally are challenges that the company is solving with Coolshop.
In his role as Vice President at Columbus McKinnon, Mark not only drives the Information Technology and Business Systems but leads the customer facing digital transformation. A core part of this multifaceted digital transformation are configuration solutions.
CLM has emerged as a response to the proliferation of configuration capabilities and information required by traditional manufacturing companies involved in assemble-to-order manufacturing. However, there is little traditional about the new digital era of mobility.
Volvo Cars is at the forefront of the ambitious race towards hyper-intelligent and connected vehicles. This race is fueled by a steady stream of new technologies and business disruptions, all having a common denominator – software.
As manufacturing companies struggle with unifying their digital configuration capabilities, the software paradigm continues to push the boundaries of what is required to develop and execute configurable products.
In this presentation, topical challenges for CLM that are derived from the evolution in the automotive industry will be introduced, including:
- Customization in the digital era – will every product be unique?
- Intersection between product development and execution – using configuration data as a knowledge base and as a means to automate configure-to-order
- Modeling configuration spaces supporting the continuous evolution ambition in vehicle development
- Vehicles that can be re-configured anytime, anywhere
These topics spark the ultimate question:
Does the CLM vision of a single source of configuration data hold when complexity grows along both the customer and development frontiers?
Mr. Cahlin is primarily focused on employing next generation configuration solutions as a PLM cornerstone to increase efficiency in development and execution of highly complex, mechatronic vehicles.
With a background in mechatronics from Chalmers University of Technology, Mr. Cahlin has a deep interest in the interdisciplinary nature of product development and when theory meets practice.
A prerequisite for the digital transformation is the connectivity of assets such as tools, machines, materials and employees along the value chain. This creates a link between the real, physical world and the connected, digital world. How can we improve the commercial operations.
ABB’s Electrification business has always been at the forefront of innovative electrification and today is writing the future of safe, smart and sustainable electrification. ABB has a long history in using configurator technology to deliver customized products to its customer.
In this presentation, Massimo Signori gives an overview of the ABB Electrification e-Configure program and specifically focus on how to connect configuration knowledge across different configuration solutions from devices to complex system level configuration of enclosures.
Mr. Signori is an experienced Product Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry. Skilled in SQL, C#, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Integration, and Software Design, Agile Software Development (SCRUM). Strong sales professional with a Bachelor of Science (BS) focused in Software engineering from Politecnico di Milano.
Wind energy is becoming a cost competitive source of energy, even without subsidies. The result is a demand for a larger and flexible product portfolio with an accelerated time to market.
Anders T. Laursen of Vestas Wind Systems, the global leader in the wind turbine industry, will tell the story of how existing processes and applications were ineffective while the need for speed was exploding.
Laursen will share how organizational collaboration enabled Vestas to create an aligned application setup, simplifying their process flow and ensuring accountability of configuration management data.
This presentation will conclude with a brief look into Vestas’ next steps towards Enterprise Configuration Management.
With more than 25 years of practical experience in product development, business improvements and PDM, ECM, CAD and configurable x-BoM’s, Anders has worked on a variety of projects including wind turbines (Vestas Wind Systems), agricultural machinery (AGCO), passenger trains and locomotives (Bombardier) and water pumps (Grundfos).
AGCO, a leading global player and innovation leader in the AgriTechnology industry, started a Digital Transformation journey for their customers, dealers, and internal stakeholders.
The Digital Customer Experience Program 1.0 comprised a best-in-class, cloud-based CPQ solution, a state of the art CRM system, and data analytics for both their dealers and internal AGCO users.
By integrating portals for dealers and customers, as well as integrations to AGCO legacy systems, they were able to ease the dealer process and achieve fast, reliable offers for the farmers.
This presentation will discuss the challenges AGCO overcame, including
- Creating and managing reliable underlying data (customer, dealer, machine, parts, rules, etc.) in a scattered post-merger context
- Building a standard solution, versus a differentiated user experience, in a multi-brand environment
- Tackling the change of an on-/offshore delivery from ‘traditional’ to ‘agile’ mid-project to improve time-to-market intervals
- Managing minimally-viable product strategy, followed by further enhancements and scalability, versus perfect user experience from the beginning
- Managing complexity, completeness and correctness, versus maximum performance, scalability and offline capabilities
He is leading the global and multi-branded ConfigurePriceQuote workstream in parallel to a rules sourcing and management initiative.
Steffen has a 16 years technology & business consulting background and worked for global players in various industries supporting in large scale digital transformation and delivery programs. He holds a diploma in Business Administration, focus area Business Information Technology.
For Kohler Engines to scale and grow, relying on product SKUs kept in multiple systems to develop configurations was no longer an option. Kohler Engines developed and implemented a CPQ solution to capture intellectual property, improve time to quote, and align product requirements and design delivery.
In this presentation, Paolo Costantini will introduce the opportunities, benefits, lessons learned from this CPQ implementation and focus on the further steps to leverage it into a fully integrated IT-landscape.
As part of the Kohler IT management team, Paolo is responsible for the information technology department in Italy of the Kohler Engines EMEA division.
He coordinates and collaborates with the business team to maximize performance of engine operations and align infrastructure technologies and business applications to the strategic group guidelines.
Buildings come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from single family homes to enormous stadiums and high-rise hotels, each requiring a vast range of electrification solution configurations.
With ABB’s new Digital Solutions, end-users can plan electrical solutions in an easy, intuitive way, and share it with the installing electrician who can define protection needs and buy it from wholesalers. And all these through a single connected thread – keeping the solutions for each end-user highly contextualized.
This presentation will share solutions created with Configit’s configuration engine for ABB end users turning them into Smart Consumers.
Wolfgang has more than 22 years of experience in software tools for Energy Distribution and Building Automation and started working on configurator solutions 8 years ago.
In addition to the focus on supporting sales growth with planning tools, Wolfgang also investigates new services for commissioning and building operations.
The foundational element is an autonomous and adaptive enterprise of people, processes, and products that operate cohesively within an integrated business model. Old mind-sets, legacy processes and systems must be shifted or an organization will fail to exploit true operational excellence.
Based on a modern operating model and advanced enabling digital solutions, there will no longer be a difference between information and material because products will be dynamically linked to their application and supporting information.
He holds executive-level authority for the IpX global services organization, which is responsible for leading IpX clients through business and digital transformation.
Paul has more than 20 years of experience within the aerospace, automotive, and defense industries in various executive and management positions.
Markets for engineered goods have undergone significant changes. The trend of greater individual fulfillment of customer needs is causing the rapid growth of variants and, as a result, increasing costs. Companies must think about creating strategies that balance this increasing complexity with meeting expectations of markets and customers.
Volker Schnittler of VDMA will discuss the mechanisms behind this rising need for product variants, and will give insight and advice on how to best manage this growing complexity.
Prior to joining VDMA, Mr. Schnittler spent more than 10 years as an IT manager in a medium-sized company, before moving to an ERP software provider for the next three years.
In addition to completing training as a computer science business economist (VWA), Mr. Schnittler is a skilled toolmaker and master machine builder, and member of the Research Advisory Board of fir (Aachen).
Adapting machines consider their environments, their usage, and possible soft- or hardware updates and shall change themselves accordingly.
This presentation will consider how configuration technologies can support this adaptation process.
Configuration Lifecycle Management continues to grow and mature in the market. As the journey from vision to practice gains traction and followers, the lessons learned are being incorporated into new processes and practices.
This presentation will further look at trends in the ongoing digital transformation of manufacturing and discuss how they relate to the development of CLM.
Henrik Reif is Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder of Configit A/S with more than 25 years’ experience in IT development and research. Henrik Reif holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Aarhus and is a Professor of Computer Science. He has published more than 75 academic papers and articles covering the breadth and depth of mathematics, computer science and logic.
Many of the world’s largest manufacturing companies are placing growing attention on delivering a service rather than just a product, often at higher margins.
This presentation will address the challenges around changing business models to integrate products and services in total solutions.
Henrik is CTO and Co-founder of Configit A/S and responsible for the overall technology vision for Configit. Henrik holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington and is an Associate Professor of Computer Science. He is an author of more than 25 academic papers and articles.
The CLM Platform is a unified system for accessing configuration data, pricing and products from different systems such as SAP ERP and Configit Ace through a set of standard APIs. The platform offers storage and versioning of all released data, and supports scalability and load balancing for providing high performance configuration functionality.
In this presentation, I will give an overview of the features of the CLM Platform and show examples of how to use it to build web-based configuration applications with product logic and pricing data from different sources such as SAP ERP and Configit Ace.
Jesper is Product Director in Configit and is leading the execution of the overall product strategy, ensuring integration and alignment between products. Jesper holds a PhD in Computer Science and has worked with configuration lifecycle management at Configit for over 15 years. Jesper has extensive knowledge about rule-based systems, CPQ solutions, SAP variant configuration, and modeling and pricing of complex products. Before his role as a Product Director, he worked as a Product Manager for Configit’s CPQ product Quote and as a Solutions Architect in Configit’s Delivery department.