Concrete instructions for digital transformation in business Supply Chain Management is without question deeply affected by the disruptive forces of a modern organization, positively as well as negatively. Between Advanced Analytics and AI, agile role models and autonomous warehouses a senior executive is often in danger of losing track in the digital jungle. In these exciting times, with their many turning points, h&z aims to share insights around digital supply chains, their application in business and the so vital transformation to successfully prepare organizations for this challenge. This book provides insights into best practices current supply chain and how CSOs apply technologies and advancements. It also makes daring forecasts about how processes and leadership must be designed so that the digital transformation does not fail in its infancy, but leads to a truly agile organization.

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Thomas Mrozek is a partner at h&z and responsible for supply chain management. Mrozeks specialization is making supply chains future-proof, and he works with major corporations and medium-sized businesses to make sustainable improvements to service. Daniel Seitz is a partner at h&z and responsible for supply chain management. Seitz is the co-founder of h&z Supply Chain Innovation Forums. He works to make businesses and organizations reach higher levels of performance by developing innovative concepts. KaiUwe Gundermann, Senior Expert and Project Leader at h&z, combines expert knowledge with practical experience for supply chain management. His emphasis is on planning, logistics, production and operating model optimization. Matthias Dicke is a consultant and part of Supply Chain Practice at h&z. In his capacity as digital native and a member of Generation Y, he is particularly interested in working with clients to institute new practices along the supply chain.

Overview of Interviews "Bring your clients to the digital world-They expect it from you." Martin Zehnder, COO, PALFINGER AG "People are the most important success factor in digital projects." Roland Becker, Managing Director, GLX Logistics "The development of digital supply chains is an evolution rather than a revolution." Peter Dressler, Senior Director Logistics, Infineon "There's no quick fix when it comes to transformation." Jacob Gorm Larsen, Director of Digital Procurement, Maersk Group "Digitalization cannot be avoided." Hartwig Meinen, Managing Director Logistics, Elflein Spedition & Transport GmbH "The goal is to create awareness at management level first." Thorsten Rosenberg, Executive Vice President & Head of Global Supply Chain, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH "It will become increasingly important for people to retrain and learn new skills." Alexander Gisdakis, Former Head of HR Leadership Culture, Siemens AG "There's no hype when it comes to digitalization-it's a fundamentally important topic." Erik Wirsing, Vice President Global Innovation, DB Schenker "Culture has come to occupy a more prominent place in today's companies than it used to." Simon Sagmeister, Founder and CEO, The Culture Institute We would also like to thank the following people for their active support, contribution, valuable expertise and shared experiences: Simon Sagmeister (The Culture Institute) Professor Doctor of Engineering Guido H. Baltes, University of Constance Philipp Smole, Executive Vice President Corporate Incubator PALFINGER 21st Dr Christian Rohrdantz, Managing Director, and Johannes Häussler, Data Scientist, Vidatics GmbH Dr Maximilian Hausmann, Senior Manager, Dr Elena Michel, Manager Data Analytics, rpc-The Retail Performance Company Acknowledgement Supply chain management is without question deeply affected by the disruptive forces of a modern organization, positively as well as negatively. Between Advanced Analytics and AI, agile role models and autonomous warehouses a senior executive is often in danger of losing track in the digital jungle. In these exciting times, with their many turning points, h&z aims to share insights around digital supply chains, their application in business and the so vital transformation to successfully prepare organizations for this challenge. This book provides insights into best practices of current supply chain and how CSOs apply technologies and advancements. It also makes daring forecasts about how processes and leadership must be designed so that the digital transformation does not fail in its infancy, but leads to a truly agile organization. Fortunately, we didn't have to do all this on our own. We would like to thank all contributors from leading industry organizations for their opinions and insights about supply chain management. We would also like to thank the entire h&z family, whose patience and dedication made this book possible. Bring your clients to the digital world- They expect it from you: Letter from a COO Dear digital practitioners, We are in the age of digital transformation. Our lifestyles, the way we work, the way we communicate, and the way we shop are changing and they will never be the same again. One implication of these changes is that those of us in the business of supplying products and services need to adapt swiftly to the rapidly changing requirements of our customers otherwise they will look elsewhere. At PALFINGER we are innovating and driving transformation to shape the future for us and our clients to make sure they stay with us. In our new digitalization program, we are pooling our digital competencies as well as adopting new approaches to the products and services we supply, all for the benefit of our customers. In addition, it is our ambition that the digital assistance systems and tools we use not only make work processes easier, improve support, and support cost-effectiveness - they also make every day work safer. These are a

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