B2B e-commerce of tomorrow: software by people for people
Just in time for the start of the year, our cross-sector networking event allowed experts from the
industrial sector and the automotive aftermarket to get fresh input and hot tips on digital commerce of
the future – at Saarbrücken Castle and online.
One workshop, two showcases, four discussion rounds, and twelve presentations. This is the summary of
this year's DIGITAL COMMERCE SUMMIT automotive & industry. Under the topic “Knowing today what counts in
tomorrow's B2B e-commerce”, the format went into its third round with a new name. Over the day, it
inspired about 100 participants on-site and nearly 150 viewers in the live stream....
The world of online retail is in a state of upheaval. Changing customer needs, and emerging new
technologies are challenging companies across industries and branches. At the same time, they are paving
the way for the creation of new sales channels.
What is the real significance of digital commerce today and tomorrow? What solutions will keep us going
in the digitalization marathon? We addressed these and other questions in presentations by top-class
speakers such as Felix Benner (HAWE), Thomas Wunsiedler (KNARR), Birthe Lilienthal & Fabian Schwer
(HIWIN), Kolja Prohl (Hämmerling), Michael Weitz (Goodyear), Sebastian Ley (TecAlliance), Steffen Fritz
& Gregor Knosala (GETTYGO) and Gernot Leitner (KTM). In addition to the series of presentations in the
ballroom, the on-site program with showcases, discussion rounds, and workshops also provided new
insights.
Among them: To remain competitive within our digitally networked society, companies – from industry to
the automotive aftermarket – should not only put the customer at the center of their digital sales
strategy. They should also recognize that he is one thing above all: a human being with individual
needs. When customer centricity becomes human centricity, nothing stands in the way of holistic
innovation.
OUR SPEAKERS AT A GLANCE
Dr. Darlene Withaker
Corporate Development & Marketing Manager
N4 Software Group
Kevin Dewi
COO
N4 Software Group
Tobias Raab
Councillor for the Department of Economic Affairs, Social Affairs and Digitalization
Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken
Gernot Leitner
Team Leader Master Data Management Information Technology
KTM
Manuel Bach
Head of the Cybersecurity Unit for SMEs
Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
Achim Angel
Managing Director
KiM
Markus Weiland
Project Manager
N4 Software Group
Patrick Lang
Solution Manager
N4
Andreas Hart
Head of e-Commerce
HYDAC Group
Werner Lipp
Senior sales manager
crossbase mediasolution GmbH
Hendrik Preis
Director Microsoft
ORBIS
Felix Benner
Configuration & Tool Integration Engineer
HAWE Hydraulik
Thomas Wunsiedler
Head of Strategic Marketing
KNARR Group
Dr. Christoph Endres
Managing Director
sequire technology
Kolja Prohl
Managing Director
Hämmerling
Steffen Fritz
Managing Director
GETTYGO
Birthe Lilienthal
Application Developer
HIWIN
Herby Tessadri
Owner & Head of Sales
crossbase mediasolution
Faton Beqiraj
Project Manager
N4
Patrick Lis
Director eBusiness
Voith Group
Julia Contelly
Business Consultant
N4
Dominik Schmitt
Head of Web Products
KiM
Mesut Cengiz
CEO
N4 Software Group
Michael Weitz
Manager Retail Operations Europe
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Sebastian Ley
Sales Manager TecRMI
TecAlliance
Gregor Knosala
Management Spare Parts
GETTYGO
Fabian Schwer
Team Lead Application Development
HIWIN
Dr. Jan Sölter
Data Scientist & Machine Learning Researcher
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
Andreas Lottes
Lead Automotive Products
N4
Byron Wells
Solution Manager
Plan Software
Julia Wildbihler
Head of HR, Solution Manager SAP
Plan Software
Holger Reimsbach
Consultant Digital Business
Plan Software
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY ABOUT TOMORROW’S B2B E-COMMERCE
FESTSAAL
ON-SITE EXPERTE WORKSHOPS – FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
KLEINER SAAL
Parallel to our industrial presentations, in the morning we will guide you and your colleagues through a varied on-site programm, focusing on topics regarding the automotive sector.
09:30 – 10:00
The automotive aftermarket between crisis, daily business and innovation
10:00 – 10:45
Where is the journey heading? Challenges & Megatrends in the automotive aftermarket
10:45 – 11:25
11:25 – 11:50
Master data management for the automotive aftermarket
Parallel to your automotive presentations, in the afternoon you will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with your colleagues and our experts regarding industry topics.
13:10 – 13:35
The future is today: How the industry must prepare now for the challenges of tomorrow
13:35 – 14:25
More than a solution: the interaction between PIM, CPQ and 3D configuration
14:25 – 15:05
15:05 – 15:25
Shit in, shit out: faulty data today = insufficient report tomorrow
15:25 – 15:45
Lifting hidden Big Data treasures from dormant data with AI
