Joachim Hensch

Managing Director
Hugo Boss Textile Industries

Joachim has a holistic knowledge of garment manufacturing, tech and innovation. Starting as a tailor in bespoke couture, he became Managing Director of the biggest HUGO BOSS Group factory (3800 employees) in 2015. Transferring the whole organisation into a flexible and reactive Smart Factory with implementation of industry 4.0 measures is his key goal – and preparing for a highly volatile, demanding and impatient market means that he is in the forefront of innovation excellence. He believes in agile project execution and flat hierarchies to cope with today’s pace of doing business.

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Conference Day One – Wednesday 29th January 2020

Sunday, May 1st, 2022

9:00 AM OPENING KEYNOTE Your Industry 4.0 opportunities: How to champion the right projects to help you plan, react to changes and remain ahead of your competitors

· How are geopolitical changes pushing manufacturers to change the way they produce?

· How can a smart factory help connect the right people and machines to give data?

· What is the importance of speed and efficiency to the customer of today?

· What other geopolitical challenges do manufacturers face?

2:45 PM PANEL WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING How can you use AI to read data, improve algorithms and build a ‘proactive’ site?

· How can connectivity showcase the right algorithm for your business?

· How can technology help your processes?

· How can robots and humans collaborate to predict situations in the plant?

· How can we teach robots trends in the factory?

· How can you build an AI algorithm to self-heal?

· What information can you gain from systems repairing themselves?

· How does real time repair assist your product development?