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Helmut Peters  Michael Klöwer   Kostal 55 automotiveIT 2012 Mr Peters you previously worked as the head of information technology at Kostal Today you are the commercial business director in the automotive electric area One rarely finds such a transition between a division and corpo rate IT Peters Not at Kostal At our company many employees have taken advantage of the opportunity to gain professional expe rience on both sides both in the divisions as well as in IT There are no restrictions that would hinder this change in perspec tive On the contrary we actively promote the exchange and have had very good ex perience with it Information technology in companies has changed at a rapid rate over the last 20 years We are far from the operators data loggers and programmers of the early 1990s Today we mainly talk about how applications can support our di visions business processes A great deal of engineering knowledge is needed to deli ver solid consulting services in addition to purely IT expertise That is why more than half of the employees working in Kostal IT today have completed their professional training in a technical area What is the size of your team here in Luedenscheid Klöwer IT currently has 56 staff at the com pany headquarters Our foreign locations add nearly the same number to that figure Our goal is to provide all our locations with competent first and second level support We basically provide changes and expan sions in the central system from Germany That is important for example if you want to align SAP and our centralized Product Lifecycle Management quickly to future business requirements The proximity to management and the active integration into strategic planning naturally have a positive effect In IT we are not oriented to fast moving trends but always have Kostal s long term business success in view That sounds like centralized guidelines and standards Klöwer Precisely For example we make sure that a unified network infrastructure is available at all locations for the trans mission of data as well as speech At the moment we are planning a companywide changeover to Voice Over IP We expect substantial cost advantages from the inter