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Stefan Schrauf
Partner, Operations Transformation Leader at PwC Germany
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From strategy to the operational reality of Industry 4.0

If you want to successfully implement strategies and achieve your goals in Industry 4.0, then your operating model, structures, processes and skills have to be right. Even innovation management – in artificial intelligence, for example – will only succeed if company processes function smoothly. As a result, operational excellence plays an important role in almost all strategic decisions – throughout the entire value chain, from your raw materials to your customers.

Our experts help companies to transform strategies and new operating models into a reality, and to achieve real competitive advantages through optimised processes. And we do this because innovative companies with holistic value chains grow faster, generate more revenue and are more successful in the long term – as proven by a PwC study.

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Increased transparency and efficiency for your supply chain

Business and digitalisation working in sustainable harmony

Making the move to digital production processes

How to make R&D a digital champion

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AI in Operations Day – powered by Microsoft & PwC

Join us on 28 November 2025 in Frankfurt to explore how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping Operations – from R&D and Procurement to Supply Chain and Production. Expect exclusive insights, interactive sessions, and a relaxed Get-together the evening before.

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Supply Chain Network Design

Discover how to transform modern supply chain networks to improve resilience, agility, and sustainability for a brittle, anxious, non-linear, and incomprehensible (BANI) world. Our whitepaper explores the importance of transparency, flexibility, and connectivity, including specific use cases and a Q&A.

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Sustainable Supply Chain

The draft due diligence law published in Germany poses challenges for many companies – so it’s high time to proactively address the issue, put global value chains to the test and ensure greater transparency.

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Partner, PwC Germany

Dr Reinhard Geissbauer

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Partner, Operations Transformation, PwC Germany

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