Digital Talk | The Experience of GEA Group

GEA Group, one of the largest manufacturers of machinery and equipment for the Food&Beverage and pharmaceutical industries with more than 18,000 employees worldwide, has embarked on a journey Lean World Class® with the goal of bringing customer value to the center of design activities while optimizing internal processes.

3 outstanding speakers:

• Stefano Antonini | Senior Vice President - Head of BU Bakery | GEA Group
• Marco Nicoletti | Director Machines Safety and Documentation | GEA Group
• Corrado Di Perna | Business Development Manager | Bonfiglioli Consulting

will tell the journey of implementing Lean Design, Design to Cost and Design to Value methodologies for:

• Reduce product costs
• Increase sales volumes by better interpreting customer needs
• Increase internal efficiency by reviewing certain processes
• Introduce new methodologies that can become shared business know-how

Objectives achieved

Hard aspects:

• Reduction in product cost through targeted interventions on functionality that do not generate an impact on the quality perceived by the end customer
• Reducing the throughput time of orders in the design area
• Reducing Time-To-Market

Soft aspects:

• Increased awareness of the impact of design choices on final product cost
• Decreased internal conflicts between the functions involved in job development (Technical Department, Sales Department and Production)
• Increased resource engagement

We look forward to live streaming with Q&A sessions from 4:30pm to 5:30pm!