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Bernhard Winkler   Automotive Lighting 33 automotiveIT 2012 Are other locations taking this ap proach Competition breathes life into the business even inside the company In the future for example we plan to challenge our produc tion plants with an internal award program for logistics Standardized information technology with an appropriate system of metrics will provide an important founda tion for it The idea is to make it possible to view spheres of activity specific to the loca tion gradually optimize them and thus the company forward Does that mean that factory logistics are not really harmonized There are naturally standards that apply to factory logistics But they run up against a broad array of products The factories need the freedom to configure their processes in specific ways And it is really exciting to see how far people go with a particular ap proach Can IT have a catalytic effect Absolutely Standards are at the top of our agenda and we are investing in the right tools for example in SAP and production management systems These solutions are among our greatest assets solutions that were developed in our various business lines and can be introduced proactively into other areas In addition we have just inve sted in a telepresence system that offers us three benefits First we can use it to sup port communication at top management le vels Second we make the appropriate use of our valuable working hours and third we have the opportunity to reduce travel costs appreciably in the entire company The acceptance has been tremendous As I see it the number of meetings convened on short notice has already increased signi ficantly And it s clear that the farther the locations are from one another the greater the advantage of a tele presence meeting is for all participants involved What are some other ways that IT can strengthen cooperation between decen tralized teams and integrate partners who work beyond the boundaries of the company Collaboration has always been a topic for Automotive Lighting After all we started out in 1999 as a joint venture involving Italy s Magneti Marelli and Robert Bosch GmbH Even back then it was IT s core role to virtually bring together sources of exper tise who worked at various locations And we are sticking with that to this day We avoid building up specialized knowledge two or three times but instead network the knowledge available in the company wherever possible The fact that people from various cultures work together at our