Industry 4.0

A look at the opportunities for mechanical engineering documentation today and what key points you may need to look at when developing your documentation 4.0 solution.

Content:

1. What are the implications of Industry 4.0 for technical product information and information management?

2. What challenges and opportunities does Industry 4.0 create for documentation departments?

3. Which competencies in terms of tools and processes are needed for a successful documentation workflow at your company?

4. What – and whom – do we need to bring together to transform your current situation into a powerful solution for tomorrow.

At the end of this session, we will take a glance at an example of a state-of-the-art implementation.

Speakers

Thomas Schubert

Tom began his career in Sales and project coordination for a foundry technology supplier operating in the EU. This is where he came in contact with documentation for the first time, not knowing it would later play a major role in his business life. After several years in various customer-oriented industries, he joined kothes GmbH in 2004. With 13 years of experience as Regional Key Account Manager in sales of documentation solutions, he is also responsible for all international business development activities at kothes.

With his understanding of how complex the situations in documentation departments usually are, Tom enjoys discussing how exciting developing and implementing solutions for Industry 4.0 Documentation can be.

Angela Peter

Angela Peter is a Swiss technical writer who moved to Manchester in March 2017. Since 2013, she has been working as a technical writer for Kothes Schweiz GmbH and is currently fascinated by information models. In her first three years of employment two of her manuals have been awarded the “Tekom Dokupreis” by the German Association of Technical Communication “Tekom”.

Angela received her bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in 2013.