Global Production Academy

In 2022 we started our Global Production Academy in collaboration with the KIT. With two leading research institutes led by Prof. Friedli (St.Gallen) and Prof. Lanza (Karlsruhe) and currently 10 multinational companies, we discuss the current challenges within global production networks and work on solutions, commonly.

Each of our exchange days includes a unique exchange between practitioners and researchers consisting of keynote presentations, discussions, workshops, shopfloor tours, and networking sessions. The program is complemented by a get-together on a respective evening before the exchange to get to know each other personally.

This year we will focus on the following 4 topics:

• Complexity Management in Global Production Networks
• Connection between Technology and Production(-network)
• Know-How Transfer/Sharing within the Network 
• Success Factors of Factories

If you are interested to join our Global Production Academy 2025, feel free to reach out to Karl Schalm.

Together with our collaboration partners we are focussing the following topics this year:

• Knowledge Sharing & Collaboration between Plants
• Centralization of Decision Making between HQs and Global Plants
• Data-based Decision Making
• Plant Roles

Our focus topics 2022 were the following:

• Global Production Strategy
• Resiliency in Production Networks
• Strategical Site Selection Process
• Risk Mitigation in Production Networks