Ulrich Lanz
PLM
Ulrich Lanz
Head of Application Services Engineering, Andritz, Austria
Biography
- Born in Meran, South Tyrol, Italy
- Studied Mechanical Engineering in Graz, Austria
- 2002 - 2005 LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH, Kitzingen, Germany: ERP specialist and rollout project leader
- 2005 - 2007 Siteco Beleuchtungstechnik GmbH, Traunreut, Germany: SAP specialist
- 2007 - 2009 Andritz AG, Graz, Austria: Program Manager PLM
- 2010 - Andritz AG, Graz, Austria: Head of Application Services Engineering
Presenting: When Things Go Wrong: How to Put Them Right
20 Feb 2013, 09:20
This presentation will give you an insight on the learning curve this company has made in the area of PLM: Starting from a heterogeneous environment with many acquisitions and different CAD and PLM systems, an effort was made to implement one large-scale \"PLM backbone solution\", valid for all Strategic Business Areas:
Due to both technical and organizational restrictions, this attempt did not succeed, and Business and IT decided together to change the strategy:
Refocusing the implementation towards several smaller \"best fit\" solutions to manage the mechanical engineering files of the respective CAD system: Item / BOM level and ERP integration is only done on the needed level, and additional functionalities are just added if the base is stable.