Reinventing manufacturing: Beyond factory walls

Author's Biography

Gunter Beitinger Dr.-Ing., Dipl.Wirt.-Ing. studied industrial engineering, lean management and business administration at universities in Germany and the USA. Prior to starting his career at Siemens, he worked as a research collaborator at the University of Erlangen. At Siemens AG he has held various responsibilities in different countries and businesses, including SiemensVDO Automotive, Siemens Healtheneers, Process and Drives and now Digital Industries. He has worked as Head of Business Excellence (Lean Management), Management Consultant for the executive board, Director of Industrial Engineering and Plant Manager. Currently his roles and responsibilities are Senior Vice-President Manufacturing, including various digital lighthouse plants; Head of Factory Digitalisation and Product Carbon Footprint/SiGreen. He is also member of the Advisory Council of Advanced Manufacturing of the World Economic Forum and CIRP, the International Academy for Production Engineering.

Petra Monn MSc, MA is the Operational Program Lead of the factory digitalisation programme at Siemens AG. As such she addresses 120 factories across Siemens AG with an approach for accelerated use of digital tools and media with scalable 4IR technology. After graduating from HEC Paris (in strategic management), University of St Gallen (in business innovation) and Stanford University (in design thinking), she occupied multiple positions with increasing responsibility in the metal, power and utilities industry before joining Siemens.