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Dr. Lukas Budde is going to present a new cooperation between Empa, KSSG and ITEM at smarthalle St. Gallen on 07 October 2019 15:00.
The meeting was focused on the exchange topic "Life Cycle, Change Management & Optimized Lab Operations". During numerous presentations and interactive workshop sessions the participating companies shared and exchanged many successful practices.
Professor Friedli describes in the article the importance of digitalisation for plants in high-wage countries. According to two surveys conducted at the Institute, a majority out of a sample of more than 270 participants think that digitalisation helps to keep production in high-wage countries whereas at the same time a similar majority thinks that no new plants will be necessarily established due to digitalisation. You can read the article here: Produktion – Technik und Wirtschaft für die deutsche Industrie (2018) Vol. 30, p. 31
After intensive weeks to wrap up the second year of research, our Year 2 Report was finally released on November 7, 2018 with a keynote of Prof. Friedli at the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering ISPE Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
Lean management remains the most important production paradigm, even after more than 25 years.