04: Agile and Robust Supply Chains – How to Manage Volatility Across Your Business
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German and English languageToday manufacturing networks are operating globally and are dependent on further networks and companies worldwide. Besides the positive effects of globalization, companies become prone to incidents like the financial crisis, the nuclear event in Fukushima or the political conflict in Ukraine. Therefore the emerging volatility of business markets is designated as one of the megatrends that manufacturing industry is facing at the moment. Agile and robust supply chains can be seen as the essence of strategic management for the future.
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Guan Zhe CHEN
Country Director Ethiopia, The World Bank, Washington, DC
| 1990 | /1991 Instructor, Harvard Extension School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1992-1993 | Young Professional, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines |
| 1993-1997 | Project Economist, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines |
| 1997-2001 | Sr. Transport Economist/Program Leader, Infrastructure Sector Unit, South Asia Region, the World Bank, Washington DC, USA |
| 2001-2008 | Sector Manager, Transport, South Asia Region, the World Bank, Washington DC, USA |
| 2008-2011 | Sector Manager, Urban, Water Supply, and Disaster Management, Latin American and Caribbean Region, the World Bank, Washington DC, USA |
| since 2011 | Country Director for Ethiopia, Africa Region, the World Bank, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Dipl.-Ing. MBA Raimund DIEDERICHS
Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, Munich
| 1979 | Master in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen |
| 1979-1981 | Procter & Gamble Paper Divsion: USA and Germany |
| 1982 | MBA, INSEAD Fontainebleau France |
| 1982-2009 | McKinsey & Company (Munich, Vienna, Beijing), Focus on automotive, assembly industry and operations |
| Currently board member in several companies and lecturer at TU Graz |
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Kurt GRUBER
Corporate Vice President, Corporate Supply Chain, Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg
| With almost 30 years of semiconductor experience Kurt Gruber currently heads Infineon's Corporate Supply Chain. His department is responsible for global demand fulfillment and logistics operations for all Infineon accounts. His international team manages the internal and external production networks and drives the development of Infineon's supply chain and production strategies. Dr. Gruber also headed several departments within Infineon, including the "Center of Excellence" and held a position in "Strategic Production Management". Dr. Gruber received his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Technology Graz, Austria. |
Dr. Georg KASPERKOVITZ
Chief Executive Officer, Rail Cargo Austria AG, Vienna
| Dr. Georg Kasperkovitz, 20 Jahre internationale Logistikerfahrung, ist seit 16. August 2012 Vorstand der RCA AG (ÖBB Güterlogistik) für Produktion & Finanzen. Der promovierte Techniker und Harvard-MBA, mit 20 Jahren internationaler Logistikerfahrung, leitet die Bereiche Produktion, Finanzen und Strategie. Er war zunächst fünf Jahre als Geschäftsführer der .A.S.A in der Slowakei tätig. Danach hat er als Berater, seit 2006 als Partner, bei McKinsey & Company, Inc. weltweit Güterbahnen und Speditionen bei Produktionsoptimierungen und Wachstumsstrategien unterstützt. |
Mag., MBA Dieter MESSNER
Board Member International, OBI Group Holding SE & Co. KGaA, Wermelskirchen
| Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company Inc. | |
| Head of Corporate Development, OBI Group Holding SE & Co KGaA | |
| Managing Director International, OBI Group Holding SE & Co KGaA |
Ph.D. Reinhilde VEUGELERS
Full Professor, Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation, University of Leuven; Member, ERA Council Forum Austria; Leuven
| 1990 | PhD in Economics, K.U.Leuven (on FWO-Aspirant Grant), Dissertation "Scope Decisions of Multinational Enterprises" |
| Visiting Academic Positions: | |
| Northwestern University, The Kellogg Graduate School, Management, M.E.D.S. Department, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. (Winter& Spring term) | |
| 1995-1997 | UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve |
| 1998 | /1999 Université de Paris I, Sorbonne |
| Univeridad Autonoma de Barcelona, Econ. Departement (April) | |
| MIT, Sloan School of Management (Summer term) | |
| 1999 | /2000 Universitat Pompeu Fabre, Barcelona |
| 2000 | /2001 ECARES/ULB, Brussels (1st semester) |
| Université of French Guyana, Guadeloupe (January) | |
| Universitat Pompeu Fabre, Barcelona (February) | |
| Universiteit Maastricht, Sectie Organisatie (2nd semester) | |
| 2001 | /2002 Université de Paris I, Sorbonne |
| 2004 | Stern Business School, New York University (April). |
| 2006 | BETA, Université Louis Pasteur (April) |
| 2007 | /2012 Visiting Faculty GSE UPF-UAB Barcelona (Master in Innovation) |
| 2012 | University of Bordeaux (April); |
| Ecole des Mines-Telecom, Paris (September) | |
| 2013 | Sciences Po, PSIA, Paris (Spring) |
| 2004-2008 | Economic Advisor BEPA (Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis) to JM Barroso, European Commission) on leave from KULeuven |
| Current positions: | |
| -Full Professor (Gewoon Hoogleraar) at the K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Business and Economics, Management, Strategy and Innovation Department; Teaching: International Business Economics & Strategy (Master); Economics of Information (PhD); Economics & Management of Innovation (PhD) | |
| -Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Bruxelles (http://www.bruegel.org) | |
| -Research Fellow at CEPR (Center for Economic Policy Research, London) in Industrial Organisation and International Trade (http://www.cepr.org) |
DI Dr. techn. Christian RAMSAUER
Head, Institute of Industrial Management and Innovation Research, Graz University of Technology, Graz
| Christian Ramsauer received his PhD focusing on production management from Graz University of Technology in 1996. He spent two years conducting research on process development as a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, working with Professor Stefan H. Thomke. He was 5 years with McKinsey & Company as a management consultant, focusing on product and process development and on strategic issues, mainly with automotive and steel companies in Europe, US and Mexico. As a shareholder and CEO of a "green technology" company in Salzburg, he developed his company into a fast-growing and profitable enterprise. After working in the private equity sector in Munich he joined Graz University of Technology in 2011. |
