„Lean meets Industrie 4.0“ was the title of the TOP Transfer Forum which took place at Schaeffler AG in Herzogenaurach on September 27, 2016 and was attended by many industry representatives.
Well-known companies such as Harting, Schaeffler, Festo and SCA presented examples and success stories about implementing Industrie 4.0 into lean production. Technologie-Initiative SmartFactory KL e.V. also took part in the event: Dennis Kolberg, Team Leader Digital Production Processes, at SmartFactory-KL talked about existing solutions and potential arising from research and practice. In the Coaching Café, SmartFactory-KL offered individual advice to companies on how to improve digitization in their lean production. „The event showed very clearly that Industrie 4.0 is really being implemented and realized“, Kolberg said.