TDS Telecommunications Corp.
David Dudsak
Vice President of Network Operations Service Assurance and Support
Organisations are always looking to improve efficiencies across their internal processes and procedures, and AI and automation are the perfect tools to help them do so. And yet, fear of automation still exists across global workforces. It’s based on the idea that machines will be taking over jobs.
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Philips
Vadym Lotar
Global Lead, Learning Consulting & Design (a.i)
"If you're planning for a global solution, you really need to consider data. This can be a real challenge."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
Philips
Tony Strows
Global Lead, Learning Consulting & Design (a.i)
"Undeniably, companies need to continuously use data to improve customer service. This requires sophisticated e-commerce to help build relationships and understand customers."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
ZEISS Group
Timo Landwermann
Head of VTS Supply Chain
"We are expected to adapt a lot faster than 10 years ago and also on an ongoing basis. Products are constantly needing to be renewed, sometimes after three years, sometimes after only one year."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
Boehringer Ingelheim
Nikhil Reddy Podduturi
Head of Data Science at BI X
"We are an innovation-based company. We don't try to optimise manufacturing. We don't try to save pennies on top of what we are already doing. We try to innovate and even if it means that we have to spend a bit more, that's okay for us."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
GEA Group
Christoph Michael Claus
Vice CIO bei GEA Group AG , Head of Architecture and Digital Innovation Management
"Combining the workforce allows our engineering visions to become a reality. We can begin our product design in Asia, continue the design process in Europe, India, and finish in South America that same day."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
Porsche Consulting
Mateus Possati Figueira
Associate Parter Life Sciences (Pharma & Medtech)
"Blockchain technology will have a major impact on the future efficiency and sustainability of the supply chain. It will give us a far better real-time, seamless view of our entire supply chain: from the moment a component leaves a supplier to when the finished product reaches its final destination."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
Firmenich
Laurent Vignaga
IS Director Operations
"The people on the shop floor or running the factories want to know what's going on in real time: no longer by the month or the day, but what's happening now. So, you need a different infrastructure for this. You need different IT systems and you need to decentralise."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
Aptiv
John Crowley
Director of Supply Chain Resiliency
"The pandemic highlighted in real-time the need to think, plan and ensure greater embedded resilience throughout our infrastructure. One of the positive outcomes was deciding to implement a supply chain resiliency team."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
Sodexo
Henrik Jarleskog
Head Of Strategy
"As an organisation, you need to be humble and realise that you do not have the perfect solution. It takes time to adapt to the massive paradigm shift we are experiencing. We have to take steps in order to understand which are the best platforms that will yield optimal results."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications
BAT
Dinesh Krishnan
Global Head of Information and Digital Technology - HR, LEX and IT
"In today’s world of video conferencing, there is such a disconnect between colleagues working remotely and those in the office. We need to bring these two worlds together seamlessly to reenact that in person collaboration."
Telecommunications, Tata Communications