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Martin Hofmann   Volkswagen 65 automotiveIT 2012 To this end we maintain connections with Stanford University in California as well as the Hasso Plattner Foundation for Soft ware Systems Engineering in Potsdam For example we want to greatly simplify the screen interface of our K PDM product data system and increase its user friendliness for our engineers So it is simply not true that Volkswa gen IT is often involved with the analysis of problems for too long instead of working on solutions No it is not true It is like football You need a top defense and you have to quickly switch over to the offense Otherwise you never score We are an auto manufacturer and think in terms of design drawings and components The requirements for our IT solutions come from this They have to be practical and modular Do you consider it conceivable that you would award more services to IT providers In this way you could create more room for maneuver and focus on important management tasks That makes no sense in our view On the contrary we are going to expand our in ternal activities In the future for examp le Volkswagen IT will increasingly provide tasks such as support for systems critical to the company in house Do your CIO counterparts at Audi Skoda Porsche and MAN share this perception Absolutely We worked out our strategy together and are implementing it jointly For important decisions we all sit here at one table and have the same goal to prag matically align Volkswagen Group IT with customer needs in order to have the best IT in the industry by 2018 Whether this entails synergies or standards competence centers or the IT Academy the coopera tion is enormously fun Our motivation is better than ever not just among managers but among employees as well Does IT enjoy greater importance at Volkswagen than it has in the past Without a doubt IT s importance has grown enormously since it is expanding into the automobile at a rapid pace IT was previously just a discipline to keep compa ny processes running Today it is a part of the product Car IT is the best thing that could have happened to information tech nology Interview by Ralf Bretting and Hilmar Dunker