24 Brose Christian Ley Michael Daniel automotiveIT 2014 Ph ot os C la us D ic k We are not galloping blindly after new IT trends At automotive supplier Brose IT is deliberately looking for a close meshing with the company s departments In an interview CIO Christian Ley and Michael Daniel the head of Human Resources explain the advantages of the strategy citing a new material flow concept at the Brose plant in Ostrava in the Czech Republic as an example They also talk about the freedom that new workplace concepts bring for employees