DigiPodcast

Are you present on Social Media? Do you watch videos on YouTube or do you get your news via internet? Then you are in the middle of digital communications. Also our DigiPodcast is a prime example for this more and more growing area. But what is needed that the Podcast can be listened? Get with this episode a deeper insight of the DigiPodcast journey, how everything began, what challenges emerge an...

Innovative ideas are the core of every company. They are necessary to drive products and solutions forward. At Siemens, innovations are part of our DNA, which is why our company relies on the innovative power of external partners in addition to developing internal innovations. This collaboration creates a significant contribution to the value chain. But how do innovations find their way to Siemens...

How become Siemens products even more attractive for the market? Meanwhile it is no longer sufficient to simply manufacture a good product: A thought-out strategy is needed which combines design, an optimal supply chain set-up and much much more. The keywords behind: being productive and cost-efficient. This is where Cost and Value Engineering comes into play. CVE is a systematic approach to provi...

Are you connecting Supply Chain Management to a cost-cutting unit or to a value-add orchestrator? Normally the answer would be “cost-cutting unit”. But not at Siemens. Klaus Staubitzer, our Chief Procurement Officer, started really early to change the perspective. Now, together with his team he is on the journey to transform SCM to a powerful value-add orchestrator. What are his experiences and wh...

The DigiPodcast with moderator Thomas Holzner has meanwhile shed light on the darkness of purchasing-specific topics. Now it’s time to interview the moderator himself. Thomas is an expert when it comes to Supply Chain Management and has many exciting stories to share. For this episode, the cards were reshuffled: Christiane Weidendorfer took over the moderators' role and Thomas gives as the guest e...

In strategic business, adapting working methods to an open culture is usually easy to implement, but what does it all look like in operational business? Can Growth Mindset be implemented in a factory? After this podcast you will know. For this episode, moderator Thomas Holzner went straight to Berlin and spoke with Guido Rumpel and Philipp Richstein. Guido is Head of Operations Germany of the Siem...

Let’s be honest: who can resist this “pay one – take two” temptation in the supermarket? Offering bundled products is effective not only for the consumer, but also on the organizational level. We at Siemens bundle a big portion of our purchasing volume globally, which is beneficial for many units. But how can we ensure the flexibility and smooth management of such a big and complex process? In thi...

In the course of the fast-growing digital world, modern leaders must adapt to constantly changing expectations and it is more important than ever to be present in the digital world. But what defines a good leader in the digital age? In this Episode Thomas Holzner talks with Christian Kabusch, frontrunner in strategic individual and organizational development, about digital transformation and leade...

Bills accompany us always in our daily lives. Whether they are paid on the same day or at the end of the month - they need to be organized. For a private person this should not be a problem, but what about a large company? In this DigiPodcast Episode, Thomas Holzner talks with Prof. Dr. Juergen Schurig, who is responsible for Digitalization at Siemens SCM Pooling, all about Payment Terms. Payment...

Do you have a digital mindset or is it just a buzzword to you? In this Episode Thomas Holzner talks to Lien Kemper, a co-founder and member of the SCM DigiNetwork, about #digitalMIND and what’s behind it. Lien, along with 8 other passionate colleagues, developed a new format at Siemens Supply Chain Management focusing on digital mindset. The format consists of three main elements: It starts with a...

Digital Formats are more in demand than ever. Especially now, livestreams and webcasts seem to be a constant companion and almost a necessity in our day to day life. But what revolves around the production of this kind of digital format? Already 4 years ago, the idea of an own webcast, to inform the Supply Chain Management community at Siemens, evolved within the SCM DigiNetwork. The result: The s...

Does the idea "junior coaches senior" sound intriguing to you? If yes, then let us introduce you to Reverse Mentoring – the opposite of the conventional ”top-down” learning method. In the 3rd episode of the DigiPodcast, Thomas Holzner talks to Matthias Weidinger who is the global HR Business Partner for Siemens Supply Chain Management. Why does Matthias call Reverse Mentoring a philosophy? How doe...

Meet your supplier virtually, BUT in person ... Sounds impossible? In this episode of the DigiPodcast, Thomas Holzner talks to Soenke Hotsch about a new possibility for supplier collaboration. Soenke introduces TriCAT, a slightly different tool for virtual collaborations. TriCAT allows to explore a 3-dimensional world with an avatar and makes direct communication even though in virtual worlds poss...

How will digitalization evolve in Supply Chain Management? The SCM DigiNetwork was launched in 2017 to drive forward the digital transformation and provide a space for digital ideas to become reality. In the first episode of the DigiPodcast, Thomas speaks with someone who has played a key part in the DigiNetwork right from the outset. Priska Goebel-Ralph has been involved since 2017 – in fact, she...